Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service are between you and ChristChant Software Publishing. They govern your access to and use of the ChristChant service (this website, the account portal, the desktop application, and the mobile application, collectively, the "Service"), including all its features, functionality, and content. By creating a ChristChant account or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to create a ChristChant account. ChristChant is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them; see the Privacy Policy. If you are between 13 and the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, you may only use ChristChant with the involvement of a parent, guardian, or the church or organization that holds the account.

Installing the desktop application specifically is separately governed by the End User License Agreement, which requires the installing user to be at least 18.

3. Your account

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to provide accurate information when creating your account and to keep it up to date, and to notify us immediately at hello@christchant.com of any unauthorized use of your account.

4. Acceptable use

You agree to use ChristChant only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe upon the rights of others or restrict their use and enjoyment of ChristChant. Without limiting the above, you agree not to:

• Use the Service to display, store, or transmit content you don't have the rights or licenses to use;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or network connected to the Service;
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service, including through excessive or automated traffic;
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service, except as the law expressly allows;
• Resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties as your own service without our written consent; or
• Use the Service in any way that violates applicable law, including export control and sanctions laws (see Section 19).

5. Your content & the license you grant us

You keep ownership of the scripture, lyrics, images, video, and other material you import, upload, or display through ChristChant ("Your Content"). We don't claim any ownership over it.

To operate the Service, you grant ChristChant a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, and transmit Your Content solely as necessary to provide the Service to you, for example syncing a slide deck from your desktop app to your mobile remote, or rendering it on your own stage screen. This license ends when you delete that content or close your account, except where a copy needs to persist briefly in a backup until it is naturally cycled out.

Motion backgrounds, clips, images, graphics and animation packs that ChristChant provides to you are not Your Content: they are licensed to you under the Marketplace Content License.

We do not use Your Content to train models, for advertising, or for any purpose beyond providing the Service to you, and we are not responsible for Your Content's accuracy, legality, or your right to use it. See Section 6.

6. Copyright & takedown requests

You are responsible for holding any rights or licenses Your Content requires, including CCLI or comparable licensing for song lyrics, and for your compliance with applicable copyright law.

Notice of infringement. If you believe content accessible through ChristChant infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our copyright contact at hello@christchant.com including: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) a description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed; (c) where the material is located within the Service, with enough detail for us to find it; (d) your name, address, telephone number and email; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act on their behalf. We will investigate and respond, and may remove or disable access to the material while we do.

Counter-notice. If we remove or disable material you provided and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address including: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) a description of the material and where it appeared before removal; (c) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed because of mistake or misidentification; and (d) your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the courts where you are located (or, if outside the United States, of the courts of Metro Manila, Philippines) and will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice. We will pass your counter-notice to the original complainant. Unless that person tells us within ten business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material.

Repeat infringers. We will suspend or terminate the account of anyone who is repeatedly found to infringe the copyright of others, as described in Termination.

False claims. Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may make you liable for damages. If you are not sure whether material infringes, consider asking a lawyer before you send a notice.

7. Third-party services & integrations

The Service integrates with third-party services described in our Privacy Policy (live chat, crash reporting, push notifications, cloud hosting and email, bot protection, analytics, and Google sign-in and integrations). If you embed a video from YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook, that service plays it under its own terms, and you are responsible for having the right to show it. Your use of those integrations is also subject to that provider's own terms. We don't endorse and aren't responsible for third-party services we don't operate.

8. Subscription & billing

Plans do not renew automatically: each payment covers one billing period, and we remind you before it ends. You agree to pay the fees stated in your subscription plan. Billing mechanics, accepted payment methods, and refunds are covered in full in our Payment Terms and Payment & Refund Policy, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

9. Service availability & changes

We're always working on ChristChant, which means features may be added, changed, or removed over time. Some features may be labeled "beta" or "preview" and offered on an as-is basis while we refine them. We don't guarantee the Service will be available uninterrupted, and we may suspend it temporarily for maintenance, security, or reasons beyond our control (see Section 17). We'll give reasonable notice before discontinuing a feature you rely on where practical.

10. Termination

You may stop using ChristChant and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, including the Acceptable use or Copyright sections above, or if we reasonably believe your account poses a security or legal risk to ChristChant or other users. Where practical, we will give notice first. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law) continue to apply.

11. Disclaimer of warranty

ChristChant is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any defect will be corrected.

12. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, ChristChant is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or revenue, arising from your use of the Service, even if we've been advised of the possibility of such damages. Nothing in these Terms limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold ChristChant harmless from any claim, liability, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from: (a) Your Content, including any claim that it infringes a third party's rights; (b) your breach of these Terms; or (c) your violation of applicable law in connection with your use of the Service.

14. Governing law & dispute resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Philippines, except where the law of your country of residence grants you a right to bring a claim in your local courts that cannot be waived.

15. Notices

We may give you notice under these Terms by email to the address on your account, or by posting on this site. Notices to us should be sent to hello@christchant.com.

16. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

17. Force majeure

Neither party is liable for any delay or failure to perform an obligation under these Terms (other than payment obligations) caused by circumstances beyond that party's reasonable control, including natural disaster, power or internet outage, act of government, or labor dispute.

18. Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to do so later. A waiver of any provision on one occasion is not a waiver of that provision on any other occasion.

19. Export control & sanctions

You represent that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country or region subject to a Philippine or applicable international trade embargo, and that you are not on any restricted-party or denied-persons list. You agree not to use the Service in violation of any export control or economic sanctions law.

20. Entire agreement & severability

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, End User License Agreement, Payment Terms, and Payment & Refund Policy, are the entire agreement between you and ChristChant regarding the Service, and supersede any prior agreement on the same subject. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in full effect and the unenforceable provision will be interpreted to best reflect its original intent.

21. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms at any time. We will post the revised Terms here and update the "Last updated" date above; continued use of ChristChant after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. Where a change is material, we'll make a reasonable effort to give you more direct notice.

22. Contact us

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at hello@christchant.com.