Terms of use

1. The service

Ocarina Button Tabs lets you browse, play, create, submit and vote for short button tabs. Browsing and the studio are free and need no account. Synced drafts, submissions, votes and favourites need an account.

2. Accounts

Sign-in uses your Google account. Your email stays private and is never displayed. You may choose a public pseudonym; it is required before a tab is published. You are responsible for what is done with your account. You can delete it at any time from “My account”.

3. Your contributions

When you submit an excerpt you certify that:

• the transcription is your own work and is not copied from another site, book or file;
• the credits, provenance and rights status you declare are accurate, including for a personal arrangement;
• you hold the rights you claim, or the work is in the public domain, or you clearly state that it is a protected work for which you hold no licence.

4. Licence you grant

Where you hold rights in what you submit, you grant Ocarina Button Tabs a non-exclusive, free, worldwide licence limited to what is needed to host, display, transpose into button notation, play back with our synthesiser and promote the excerpt on the site, for as long as it is published. You keep all your rights and can withdraw a tab at any time from your account.

This licence does not and cannot cover rights you do not hold.

5. Moderation

Every submission is reviewed. Moderators may approve, ask for changes, reject or unpublish a tab, with a reason shown in your account. Plagiarism, false declarations, vote manipulation, spam and abusive behaviour can lead to the removal of content and the suspension of the account.

6. Votes

One reversible “useful” vote per account and per excerpt; you cannot vote for your own tab. Fake or automated votes are discarded.

7. Reports and takedown

Anyone can report a tab, with or without an account. We record the request, acknowledge it, review it, remove the content when justified, tell the parties the decision and its reason, and keep a record. A decision can be contested by writing to the contact address.

8. No warranty

Tabs are provided by the community for personal, non-commercial practice. We do our best to keep them accurate but cannot guarantee that every tab is exact or available at all times.

9. Changes and contact

These terms may evolve; the date above shows the current version. Contact: contact@ocarinabuttontabs.com.