Terms of Service
Last updated: June 2025
Introduction
Welcome to ChordMini, a research project developed at California State University, Fullerton. These Terms of Service govern your use of our AI-powered chord recognition platform.
By using ChordMini, you agree to these terms. Please read them carefully.
Research and Academic Use
Important Notice
ChordMini is provided as a research tool for educational and academic purposes. It is not intended for commercial use or production environments.
- • This platform is part of ongoing research at CSU Fullerton
- • Usage data may be collected for research purposes
- • Features and availability may change as research progresses
- • No warranty or guarantee of service availability
Acceptable Use
You May:
- • Use ChordMini for personal music analysis and learning
- • Analyze publicly available YouTube videos
- • Upload your own audio files for analysis
- • Share results for educational or research purposes
You May Not:
- • Use the service for commercial purposes without permission
- • Attempt to reverse engineer or copy our machine learning models
- • Upload copyrighted content without proper authorization
- • Overload the system with excessive requests
- • Use the service for any illegal or harmful activities
Intellectual Property
- • ChordMini's source code and algorithms are owned by the research team
- • You retain ownership of any audio content you upload
- • Analysis results (chord progressions, beat data) are provided for your use
- • Third-party content (YouTube videos, lyrics) remains owned by original creators
- • Machine learning models are proprietary research assets
Disclaimers and Limitations
Service Availability
ChordMini is provided "as is" without warranties. As a research project, service availability and accuracy are not guaranteed.
- • Analysis accuracy may vary depending on audio quality and musical complexity
- • Service may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance or updates
- • We are not liable for any damages resulting from service use
- • Results should be verified for critical applications
Privacy and Data Use
By using ChordMini, you acknowledge that:
- • Your usage data may be collected for research purposes
- • Analysis results may be cached to improve performance
- • Aggregate data may be used in academic publications
- • Personal information is handled according to our Privacy Policy
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Service as our research progresses. Significant changes will be communicated through the platform.
Continued use of ChordMini after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.