General information, not legal advice.
Live Band Toʻere is for sharing charts between musicians. A chart almost always contains someone else’s work. This page explains what you can share, what is protected, and how the Kiosk deals with it.
What you can share freely
- Your own songs: lyrics and music written by you or by members of your band.
- The public domain: works whose authors died long enough ago for their rights to have expired.
- Works under a free licence (Creative Commons, for example), as long as you follow the licence: credit the author and the licence, and only do what it allows.
What is protected
- A cover is still its authors’ work. Playing or transcribing it doesn’t make it yours.
- Lyrics are protected, even in part: one copied verse or chorus is enough.
- A traditional song can be too: the tune itself is often free, but a recent arrangement or new lyrics have their own authors.
How the Kiosk works
- Free song: members of any band can import it. Everything you submit is protected by default; a song only becomes free after the team has checked it.
- Protected song: only your friend bands see it, and it only reaches them if a member of your band accepts their request.
- No public access: you need an account that belongs to a band to see the Kiosk.
Reporting content
If a song or folder from another band shouldn’t be there, use the “Report” button on it, in the app or on a computer, and pick a reason.
You hold the rights and don’t have an account? Write to liveband@toere.app with the work, the band involved if you know it, and how you hold the rights.
The team reviews every report. The item stays visible during the review, and is removed if the report is upheld.
