Terms and Conditions For Use of the BMI Logo

Terms and Conditions For Use of the BMI Logo

Last Updated May 6, 2025

  1. Limited Permission to Use the BMI Logo. If you are an Affiliate (as defined in the Privacy Policy), a music user that has a current BMI license to perform music from the BMI repertoire (“Licensee”), or a partner, sponsor, vendor or other entity with which Broadcast Music, Inc. or its related entities (“BMI”) has a partnership, sponsorship, marketing or promotional agreement, or a substantially similar agreement or business arrangement (with Affiliates and Licensees, each, a “Permitted User,” collectively, “Permitted Users”), you have permission to use the BMI trademark that consists of the letters “BMI” in capital letters with a spark image placed over the “I”(“BMI Logo”), solely for those Permitted Purposes set forth in Section 2 below, in accordance with these Terms and Conditions For Use of the BMI Logo (the “BMI Logo Terms”). Permitted Users may contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to request an approved file containing the BMI Logo.
  2. Permitted Purposes. The following purposes shall qualify as permitted purposes (“Permitted Purposes”):
    1. For Affiliates. You are permitted to use the BMI Logo as detailed below.
      1. For purposes of indicating your status as a BMI Affiliate on your website or social media accounts. You may not make a promotional item or advertisement that uses the BMI Logo in a way that could improperly suggest that you work for BMI or confuse the public as to your relationship with BMI. You may not use the BMI Logo on your business cards or personal stationery.
      2. For purposes of accurately identifying your musical works as being licensed by BMI on any materials, documents or other communications, whether published online, in print, or in the form of CDs or otherwise (e.g., “jewel jackets,” “liner notes,” or tray cards of CDs, tapes, etc.);
      3. For purposes of accurately designating recordings of your musical compositions as including musical compositions written by you and included in the BMI repertoire;
      4. For purposes of linking to the BMI website at www.bmi.com;
      5. For purposes of advertising, branding, promoting, and marketing BMI Content (as defined in the Terms and Conditions for Use) by Permitted Users on physical and electronic forms of media and publications.
    2. For Licensees: You are permitted to use the BMI Logo for purposes of indicating your status as a BMI Licensee on your website, social media account, or physical establishment. You may not make any promotional items or advertisements that uses the BMI Logo in a way that could improperly suggest that you work for BMI, that your establishment is sponsored or endorsed by BMI, or otherwise confuses the public as to your establishment’s relationship with BMI. You may not use the BMI Logo on business cards or personal stationery.
    3. For other Permitted Users. If you have a partnership, sponsorship, marketing or promotional agreement, or a substantially similar agreement or business arrangement (“Agreement”), you may use the BMI Logo during the Agreement’s term for the limited purposes detailed in the Agreement and below and subject to any restrictions contained in the Agreement.
      1. For purposes of linking to the BMI website at www.bmi.com;
      2. For purposes of advertising, branding, promoting, and marketing BMI Content (as defined in the Terms and Conditions for Use) on physical and electronic forms of media, publications, and merchandise;
      3. For purposes of indicating Permitted Users’ relationship with BMI on Permitted Users’ website, media accounts or physical establishment.
      4. Upon termination of the Agreement, all rights granted to Permitted Users herein and under the Agreement, including, without limitation, any trademark rights, will immediately cease. Permitted Users’ trademark license will survive the termination only for any materials in final production and/or physically printed by Permitted Users prior to the date of termination or for archival use.
  3. Additional Restrictions on Use of the BMI Logo. Any use by any Permitted User of the BMI Logo shall not (1) be false or misleading; (2) misrepresent the relationship between the Permitted User and BMI or between any other third party and BMI; (3) imply, indicate or otherwise suggest that the materials displaying the BMI Logo are manufactured or created by, or otherwise emanate from, BMI or that BMI has approved of, sponsored, endorsed, or is otherwise responsible for these materials beyond accurately conveying the information about the relationship between the Permitted User and BMI identified in the descriptions of the Permitted Purposes; (4) be part of a trade name, brand name, domain name or social media identifier; or (5) cause any harm to BMI or the BMI Logo, including through tarnishment, defamation, or disparagement.
  4. Guidelines for Use of the BMI Logo. Any use by a Permitted User of the BMI Logo shall comply with the guidelines set forth below, which may be modified from time to time.
    1. The BMI Logo may not be altered, distorted, re-created/re-drawn, rotated, animated, condensed, expanded, or adjusted in any way.
    2. The BMI Logo may be used against any background so long as such background provides a complementary contrast and does not overshadow or alter the color of the BMI Logo. On multicolored backgrounds such as a photograph, make sure that there is appropriate contrast around the BMI Logo’s protected clearspace area.
    3. The BMI Logo shall never be used within body text.
    4. All materials that bear the BMI Logo shall include such legal notices (e.g., “BMI and the BMI logo are trademarks of BMI”) and markings (e.g., TM or ®) as BMI may request in its sole discretion.
  5. Ownership of the BMI Logo; Reservation of Rights. BMI is the sole owner of all rights, title and interest in and to the BMI Logo and variations thereof, together with the goodwill that is symbolized by the foregoing. Except for the rights expressly granted hereunder, BMI reserves all rights, titles and interests in and to the BMI Logo and variations thereof, together with the goodwill that is symbolized by the foregoing and Permitted Users shall have any rights, title or interest in or to the BMI Logo. Permitted User acknowledges that Permitted User’s use of the BMI Logo, including the goodwill associated therewith, inures solely and exclusively to the benefit of BMI. To the extent Permitted Users obtain any right, title or interest in or to the BMI Logo, variations thereof, or any goodwill that is symbolized by any of the foregoing, Permitted Users hereby assign all such worldwide right, title and interest in same to BMI. The rights granted hereunder are non-transferable.
  6. Revocation of Rights. BMI expressly reserves the right to revoke a Permitted User’s permission to use the BMI Logo as granted herein for any reason, including BMI’s determination in its sole discretion that a Permitted User is not in good standing or its use of the BMI Logo violates these Terms and Conditions of Use of the BMI Logo, Terms and Conditions of Use of BMI.com or the BMI Privacy Policy. Upon such revocation, Permitted User shall immediately cease and desist any and all uses of the BMI Logo and, upon request by BMI at its sole discretion, shall return or destroy all materials bearing the BMI Logo and certify the same in writing to BMI within 10 days after such revocation.

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