Legal
Terms of use
The rules for using hitmeccasongs.com and the music on it. Written to be read, not skimmed past.
The short version
- The songs are written and produced by people. The avatars that perform them are made with AI tools and human artists, and we say so.
- Listen as much as you like. Copying, downloading or reuploading the music is not allowed.
- Hearing a track here is not a license to use it. Sync and other commercial uses need a separate license.
- Joining the email list is optional, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Who we are
Hit Mecca Songs has published music since 1994. Every song in our catalog begins with human songwriters and our founder, Alex F. Nesmith, writing, co-writing, and producing in the studio. We reimagine original studio demos using AI as a creative medium and collaborate with human visual artists to bring our avatars to life. Their identities, backstories, and voices form the Hit Mecca Songs universe. We credit the songwriters and producer behind the songs.
These Terms govern use of www.hitmeccasongs.com (the “Site”), operated by Hit Mecca Songs LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By using the Site, you agree with these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.
Using this site
You may browse the Site and listen to or view content through the features we make available for your personal, noncommercial enjoyment. You must use the Site lawfully. You may not interfere with its operation, introduce malicious code, bypass security or access controls, impersonate another person, misrepresent an affiliation or endorsement, or collect other users’ information without authorization. If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms on your behalf before you use features requiring agreement; children under 13 must not join the mailing list or submit personal information.
Avatars and the music
Our avatars are creative characters developed through AI tools and human artistic contributions, not independent human recording artists. Their presentations may include AI-generated or AI-altered voices, images, and performances. Avatar biographies and backstories are part of our creative universe, not representations that the characters lived those experiences. Songwriting and production credits identify the human contributors; an avatar’s name is not a claim that it wrote the song. Specific release credits and disclosures may provide further detail. No depiction or reference by itself implies endorsement by a real person.
Our rights
The Site, including its design, layout, text, graphics, logos, software, and other materials, together with the musical compositions, lyrics, sound recordings, videos, artwork, and avatar materials made available through it (collectively, “Site Content”), is owned by Hit Mecca Songs LLC or its licensors or other applicable rights holders, to the extent protected by law. Rights in musical compositions and lyrics are separate from rights in sound recordings, videos, artwork, and avatar materials. Those rights belong to Hit Mecca Songs LLC or the respective songwriters, artists, licensors, or other rights holders, as applicable. Protection extends only as provided by law, including to qualifying human-authored expression, creative selection, arrangement, and modifications; use of AI does not make the underlying human-authored songs free to use. We do not claim copyright in purely AI-generated material that is not eligible for protection. Company and avatar names, logos, and other source identifiers may also be protected by trademark or other applicable law; no trademark license is granted. Except for the limited permission expressly granted below, no ownership interest or license in the Site or Site Content is transferred to you.
Listening, not downloading
We grant you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable permission to access content through the Site’s authorized features for personal, noncommercial use. Except as expressly authorized or permitted by law, you may not copy, download, distribute, adapt, remix, synchronize, publicly perform, commercially exploit, scrape, or use Site content to train or fine-tune AI models, or to replicate voices or avatars, without the necessary permissions. Do not remove or alter copyright notices, credits, or rights-management information. Ordinary browser caching and sharing links through authorized features are permitted; sharing a link does not authorize reuploading the content. Nothing here restricts fair use or other nonwaivable legal rights.
Sync and other licensing
Listening to a recording does not grant rights in the underlying song, and permission for a song does not automatically authorize use of a recording, artwork, or avatar. Any synchronization, mechanical, public-performance, master-use, or other commercial permission must come from the relevant rights holder under a separate license. Licensing inquiries: sync@hitmeccasongs.com.
Email list and privacy
Joining our email list is optional and authorizes us to send the Company updates described at signup. You may unsubscribe at any time. Our Privacy Policy at hitmeccasongs.com/info/privacy explains our information practices. Agreement to these Terms is not a substitute for any separate privacy consent required by law. Do not submit another person’s email address without permission.
What you send us
Please do not send unsolicited songs, lyrics, recordings, or other creative material unless we invite you under separate submission terms. Sending material does not create a publishing, licensing, agency, or confidential relationship and does not transfer ownership to us. These Terms also do not grant us permission to clone your voice or likeness or use your creative submissions to train AI. To report an alleged copyright, trademark, voice, likeness, or other rights violation, email legal@hitmeccasongs.com with your contact details, the specific content and its Site location, the rights you claim and your authority to act, and supporting information. We may request further information and review, restrict, or remove the content as appropriate. This reporting channel does not limit legal remedies.
Other services
Links and players may connect you to third-party music, video, or social platforms. We do not control those platforms; their own terms and privacy policies apply. Any purchase or license requires the applicable separate agreement; browsing the Site does not create one.
Disclaimers and liability
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE AVAILABILITY. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE.
These exclusions do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or liability or remedies that applicable law does not permit us to exclude. Nothing here waives mandatory consumer or privacy rights.
Changes to these terms
We may update, suspend, or discontinue Site features and restrict access for violations of these Terms. We will post revised Terms with an updated effective date and give reasonable notice of material changes. By continuing to access or use the Site after the revised Terms become effective and you have been provided notice of the changes, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Site. Changes apply prospectively; where legally required, we will obtain renewed agreement. Ending access does not eliminate obligations or claims already accrued.
Governing law and general terms
The laws of the State of Virginia govern these Terms, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Subject to those protections, disputes concerning these Terms or the Site will be brought in a Virginia state court or a federal court located in Virginia that has jurisdiction, and the parties consent to personal jurisdiction there. If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms govern Site use only and do not replace separate publishing or licensing agreements.