Terms of Use

Effective date: [INSERT APPROVED DEPLOYMENT DATE]

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of 80s Music Chart Challenge.

By accessing the site, playing a quiz or creating an account, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

About the Site

80s Music Chart Challenge is an independent website created and operated by Eugene Usow. It provides free 1980s music quizzes, archived quizzes, printable trivia materials and related music-history content.

The site is intended for personal, educational and noncommercial entertainment.

Accounts

You may play the basic daily quiz without creating an account.

If you create an account, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate account information
  • Keep your login information secure
  • Use only an account that you created or are authorized to use
  • Notify the site if you believe your account has been compromised
  • Accept responsibility for activity conducted through your account

You may not impersonate another person, create accounts through automated means or use an account to disrupt the site.

The site may suspend or delete accounts used for fraud, abuse, manipulation, attacks or other violations of these Terms.

Acceptable Use

You may use the site and its publicly available features for ordinary personal and noncommercial purposes.

You may not:

  • Scrape, harvest or systematically extract questions, answers, explanations, account information or other site content
  • Use bots, scripts or automated tools to play quizzes, create accounts or manipulate scores
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, databases, administrative areas, source systems or private APIs
  • Probe, scan or test the site for vulnerabilities without written authorization
  • Interfere with the operation, security or availability of the site
  • Introduce malicious code, excessive traffic or harmful requests
  • Manipulate leaderboards, streaks, scores or analytics
  • Copy or republish substantial portions of the site as a competing quiz, database, application or commercial product
  • Remove ownership, copyright or attribution notices
  • Use the site in violation of applicable law

Ordinary linking to public pages and sharing personal quiz results are permitted.

Original Site Content

The original quiz questions, answer choices, explanations, written articles, printable layouts, site copy, graphics, branding and design created for 80s Music Chart Challenge are owned by 80s Music Chart Challenge unless otherwise stated.

You may print materials specifically offered as printable resources for personal, classroom, party or other noncommercial use. You may not sell, license, upload, redistribute or republish those materials as your own product.

No ownership rights are transferred to you by your use of the site.

Third-Party Names and Materials

Artist names, song titles, album titles, chart names, trademarks, service marks, images, videos, audio players and other third-party materials belong to their respective owners.

References to Billboard, Spotify, Sporcle, MTV, the RIAA, the Recording Academy, Meetup, Bluesky, Facebook, Meta, YouTube, Google, artists, record labels, publishers or other third parties are used for identification, commentary, comparison, reference or site functionality.

80s Music Chart Challenge is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by or operated by those third parties unless a specific page expressly states otherwise.

Accuracy and Corrections

80s Music Chart Challenge makes reasonable efforts to provide accurate questions, answers and explanations. Music history and chart information can be complex, disputed or corrected over time.

The site does not guarantee that every question, answer, statistic, date or explanation is complete or error-free.

If you believe content is inaccurate, use the available question-reporting feature or the Contact page. Reported issues may be reviewed and corrected when appropriate.

Availability and Changes

The site is provided as a free service. Features, quizzes, archives, accounts, statistics, leaderboards or other parts of the site may be corrected, modified, suspended or discontinued.

The site does not guarantee uninterrupted availability, preservation of every score or statistic, or permanent access to any specific feature or item of content.

Privacy

Use of the site is also governed by the Privacy Policy:

https://80smusicchartchallenge.com/privacy-policy

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.”

80s Music Chart Challenge makes no warranty that the site will always be available, secure or error-free, or that every question, answer, explanation, link or third-party service will be accurate or available.

Nothing on the site constitutes professional, legal, financial or other specialized advice.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, 80s Music Chart Challenge and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising from use of, or inability to use, the site.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Account Suspension and Termination

The site may restrict, suspend or terminate access when reasonably necessary to:

  • Protect the site or its users
  • Investigate fraud, abuse or security threats
  • Enforce these Terms
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Prevent manipulation of quizzes, statistics or leaderboards

You may request deletion of your account through the Contact page.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any legal dispute concerning these Terms or the site will be subject to the jurisdiction of an appropriate state or federal court located in Pennsylvania, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Changes to These Terms

These Terms may be updated when the site, its features or applicable requirements change.

The current version will be posted on this page with its effective date. Continued use of the site after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Contact

Questions about these Terms may be submitted through the Contact page:

https://80smusicchartchallenge.com/contact