Your music remains yours. This policy explains the permission provided for Music Sheet Maker’s original resources, the separate checks needed for other people’s music, and how to report a rights concern. Free access to a tool or download does not settle ownership of the material you put into it.
Your work stays yours
You retain the rights you already hold in music you compose, arrange or bring to the site. Writing notes in the music sheet editor, opening a supported local file, or exporting a score does not transfer those rights to Music Sheet Maker. We do not claim ownership of your composition because you used a free tool.
Opening a local file does not publish it on this website or add it to the printable library. Downloading and printing are different from making a work available to other people. The privacy policy explains local processing and browser storage; sending an example by email is a separate action you choose.
Permission for our original examples and printables
The supplied example melody, manuscript layouts and worksheet patterns are original project resources. You may download, print and adapt these resources for personal study, lessons and classroom handouts under the terms of use. That includes choosing a page size, adding your own teaching instructions and preparing copies for learners.
For example, you may use treble clef staff paper for an original four-bar melody or hand out a prepared note-naming exercise during a lesson. Browse the printable collection to identify the actual template or exercise you need. Permission for the blank page does not grant rights in a song written onto it.
Keep resource reuse within these conditions
Do not repackage the unchanged resource library as a competing download collection, or present our files as evidence that Music Sheet Maker endorses your product, course or organisation. These conditions concern the prepared resource collection. They do not prevent you from keeping your downloaded practice pages or using the permitted handouts in a lesson.
A link to a resource page is a useful way to direct someone to its adjustable preview, explanation and current download. If a proposed use falls outside the stated personal, lesson or classroom permission, describe that use before assuming it is covered. Free availability alone is not a general licence to redistribute every part of the website.
Check third-party music independently
A composition, lyric, recording, arrangement and published edition can involve different rights. You need to check the particular material and intended use, whether you are copying notes, changing an arrangement or sharing a downloaded score. The music tools cannot determine who owns a file or whether your use is permitted.
An old composition and a modern edition of it are not necessarily interchangeable for rights purposes. An edition may include a new arrangement, editorial material or other protected contributions. Check the exact edition and relevant permissions instead of relying only on the composer’s name or a public-domain label. WIPO’s copyright FAQ explains general permission and public-domain concepts; it does not certify any individual file.
Respect software, font and publisher notices
The application uses third-party software and fonts with their own licences and notices. Those components remain subject to their respective terms. Our permission for original worksheets does not replace a software licence or grant ownership of a referenced publisher’s text, diagrams or teaching resources.
External educational links identify information that can help explain a concept. They do not make the linked material part of our original resource library, and they do not imply that its publisher has licensed your separate project or endorsed this site.
Send a specific rights concern
Email contact@musicsheetmaker.com using the details on the contact page. A useful report identifies the precise material and explains the concern clearly enough to investigate. We review concerns case by case and may need clarification; a particular response time or outcome is not guaranteed.
Use a short reference or relevant excerpt where possible, rather than sending an entire protected collection. Avoid unnecessary personal or confidential information. This contact route does not replace any applicable formal notice process. Please include:
- The affected Music Sheet Maker page URL or download filename.
- The title or description of the protected work and where it can be identified.
- Your relationship to the work or rights holder.
- Supporting information, such as a publication reference or relevant permission record.
- The part you believe is problematic and a reply address.
Separate a rights question from a tool problem
If a score clips, a file will not open or an export differs from the preview, the help centre is the starting point for technical guidance. A rendering error and a permission question need different evidence. Keep a backup of important music, check the output, and resolve the rights for any material you plan to reproduce or distribute.