Copyright Policy
How copyright works on Fretly, and how to report content.
1. Our approach
Fretly is a tool for creating and studying chord charts and fretboard diagrams. Fretboard Knowledge does not upload or provide copyrighted songs; charts and diagrams are created by users and stored on their own private accounts. There is no public library of user content, and sharing is limited to a teacher's own linked students.
You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to any content you create or share through Fretly. In particular, do not add song lyrics or transcriptions you do not have permission to use. We respect intellectual property rights and respond to valid copyright notices, as described below.
2. How to report content (notice)
If you believe content on Fretly infringes your rights, send us a notice via the Contact page. To let us act quickly, please include:
- Your name and contact details, and whether you are the rights-holder or authorised to act for them.
- Identification of the work you say is infringed.
- Identification of the specific content on Fretly you are reporting, with enough detail for us to locate it.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the rights-holder, the law, or otherwise.
- A statement that the information in your notice is accurate.
- Your electronic or physical signature.
These elements mirror those required for notices under EU law (Digital Services Act, Art. 16) and, for US rights-holders, under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3). Notices from the US may be submitted through the same Contact page.
3. What we do
On receiving a valid notice, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the identified content and notify the user who posted it. We may reinstate content if the user provides a valid counter-notice and the complainant does not pursue the matter further within the period required by applicable law.
4. Counter-notice and repeat infringers
If your content was removed and you believe you have the right to use it, you may send a counter-notice via the same Contact page, identifying the content, explaining the basis for your right to use it, and providing your contact details and signature.
We operate a repeat-infringer policy: accounts that are the subject of repeated valid infringement notices may be suspended or terminated.
5. Fretly's own content
The Fretly application, its diagrams, curated scale and chord collections, and all content published by Fretboard Knowledge are protected by copyright and database rights. See section 7 of the Terms & Conditions for what you may and may not do with them.
6. Related
See also our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Questions can be sent via the Contact page.