Terms of Service

Last updated: [EFFECTIVE DATE]

This document is a working draft. Bracketed placeholders like [this] mark details that need to be filled in with real business specifics before these terms are published live.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of The Rudiment web application (the "Service"), operated by [YOUR LEGAL BUSINESS NAME] ("we," "us," "The Rudiment"). By creating an account, you agree to these Terms.

1. The Service

The Rudiment is a setlist and lyrics management tool for bands and solo performers — song libraries, gig builders, and a live performance mode. Every band starts with a free trial; after that, continued use of paid features requires an active subscription.

2. Your Account

You must provide a valid email address and keep your password secure. You're responsible for all activity under your account.
One account may belong to multiple bands. Billing is per band, not per user — one member pays for the whole band's subscription.
You must verify your email address before creating a band.
You may delete your account at any time (Preferences → Account → Delete My Account), provided you don't currently own a band — transfer ownership or delete the band first.

3. Subscriptions and Billing

[Once Lemon Squeezy billing is live:] Paid plans are billed on a recurring basis (monthly or annually) through Lemon Squeezy, our payment processor and Merchant of Record. Lemon Squeezy handles all payment processing, sales tax, and VAT. Prices and plan details are shown at checkout. You may cancel at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Free trials run for [30] days with full feature access. No credit card is required to start a trial.

4. Your Content

Your band's songs, lyrics, gigs, and setlists belong to you and your band — we don't claim ownership of anything you create or upload. By uploading content (lyrics, images, etc.), you confirm you have the right to use it, and you grant us the limited right to store and display it back to you and your bandmates as part of operating the Service.

You're responsible for the content you and your bandmates add. Don't upload anything you don't have the rights to, anything illegal, or anything that infringes someone else's rights.

5. Acceptable Use

Don't use The Rudiment to:

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to another user's account or band data.
Interfere with or disrupt the Service (e.g. abusive automated requests).
Upload malicious code or content that violates applicable law.

6. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, engage in abuse, or pose a security risk to the Service or other users.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided "as is." While we work to keep it reliable — including regular backups and offline support for gig data — we don't guarantee the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at all times.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, [YOUR LEGAL BUSINESS NAME] is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Service, including loss of data, though we take reasonable steps (backups, transaction-safe writes) to prevent that outcome.

9. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [YOUR STATE/COUNTRY], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

10. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll update the "Last updated" date above when we do. Material changes will be communicated via email or an in-app notice.

11. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at [CONTACT EMAIL].