acousticmusic.org – Usage Policy

A great deal of work and effort has gone into these pages. The concept and design of the pages and content are Copyright © by acousticmusic.org and Leonard Wyeth. Before using any of this content, in any of its forms (text, images or performances), please read our usage policy for standard permissions and those requiring special attention. Thanks.

For Academic Use

We encourage the use of our material in academic settings and provide use of the material on our site for educational purposes within an academic setting (as compared to commercial training use). With that in mind, any teacher, professor or other academic professional may use our materials (text, images and performances) in any curriculum where it may be useful (history, music, social studies, etc.) with no fee or special permissions required. We simply ask that our site be acknowledged as the source and credited in accordance with accepted source citation guidelines. Please provide a link to our site.

The link should be: https://acousticmusic.org

Students

Students researching essays or other assignments may also use images, text or audio from our site in their assignments in accordance with the same requirements. Proper citation, link and acknowledgment with web site URL: https://acousticmusic.org

Though not required in academic settings, we would sincerely appreciate a simple notification that you have used our material and a short explanation of the context (We enjoy hearing that it has been used). Please notify us by email at: info@acousticmusic.org

Important Note

Some of our articles use material from other sources and we have attempted to credit those sources. If you use material from our site with embedded material from elsewhere, be sure to include the credits we cite.

For Non-Commercial, Personal Web Site Usage

For non-commercial, personal web site usage: you may quote our articles or use images as long as you properly credit our site and link to us. You must provide a citation of https://acousticmusic.org as the source and a link to our site.

In the case of personal or non-commercial web site use, we need to be notified that you have used our material and the web site address where the material is used. Notify us by email at: info@acousticmusic.org

For Commercial Use

For commercial use including but not limited to CDs, magazines, commercial web sites, television, radio (With the exception of PBS or NPR for whom the academic use policy applies) or other commercial media: use of our materials may be available depending on the context. In those cases please contact us via e-mail: info@acousticmusic.org

Thank you for the courtesy of respecting our work.