These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of MicStage’s websites and services. By creating an account or using MicStage, you agree to these Terms.
The service
MicStage provides tools for open mic venues and artists to publish schedules, discover each other, and reserve time slots. We are a platform: bookings are arrangements between artists and venues (or their representatives). MicStage is not a party to your live performance, employment, or payment agreements unless we explicitly say otherwise in writing.
Accounts
- You must provide accurate registration information and keep your credentials secure.
- You are responsible for activity under your account.
- We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or put the service or others at risk.
Bookings and scheduling
- Venues are responsible for accurate schedules, capacity, house rules, and on-site operations.
- Artists are responsible for honoring reservations they make, providing information the venue reasonably requests for the slot, and complying with venue rules and applicable law.
- Cancellations and changes should follow the venue’s stated process and any in-product rules. MicStage does not guarantee a particular outcome if a dispute arises between users.
Your responsibilities
- Use MicStage lawfully and respectfully. No harassment, fraud, spam, or attempts to disrupt the service.
- Do not misrepresent your identity, venue, or eligibility. Do not scrape, overload, or reverse engineer the service except as allowed by law.
- Content you submit (for example, bios, names shown on public pages) must not infringe others’ rights or violate law.
Public information
Features may display information publicly (for example, venue pages, artist discovery, or metro/regional discovery listings). You choose what to publish within the product’s options; assume public-facing fields may be visible on the web or in search engines.
Intellectual property
MicStage and its branding, software, and content we create are owned by us or our licensors. You receive a limited, non-exclusive license to use the service as intended. You retain ownership of content and rights you already hold in materials you submit.
Your content and promotional use
You may upload or submit profile, venue, or booking-related materials—such as names, stage or venue branding, logos, photos or likeness, biographical text, links, and optional audio or music samples or clips you choose to provide. By submitting that material, you confirm you have the rights needed to share it on MicStage.
You grant MicStage a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, and otherwise use those submitted materials to operate, improve, and promote the platform and MicStage’s products and community—including on the site, in email or in-app communications about the service, and in marketing or educational materials that reference MicStage (for example, showcasing how the platform works or highlighting public listings). Where reasonable, we will use good faith efforts to present your materials in a truthful, context-appropriate way. You may remove or update much of this content through the product; some copies may persist in backups or logs for a period as described in our Privacy Policy.
This license continues for as long as needed to provide the service and the uses above, subject to your account controls and applicable law. If you believe material on MicStage infringes your rights, contact us via the contact form.
Disclaimers
The service is provided “as is” to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation. We are not responsible for third-party venues, artists, audiences, or off-platform conduct.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, MicStage and its affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the service. Our total liability for claims relating to the service is limited to the greater of (a) the amounts you paid us for the service in the twelve months before the claim or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars (USD $100), except where law requires otherwise.
Changes
We may modify these Terms or the service. We will post updated Terms on this page and update the “Last updated” date. Continued use after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms where allowed by law.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Delaware, excluding conflict-of-law rules, unless a different governing law is required where you live.
Contact
For questions about these Terms, use the contact form.