Rules of the Barn
Our No-Bull Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy is simple. We won't sell or rent your name to others at any time, ever. We won't e-mail you every day either, and if we do, just tell us you want us to stop, and we will.
Some of our partners may collect information about you. PayPal, for instance, will want your credit card number and other information to process your payment to us, and our web host(s) may keep track of your IP address. If you click on a link that takes you away from BrownCowStudios.com, you're on your own. See that site's privacy policy for details.
If you e-mail us, we'll save your e-mail address (just like your e-mailer saves ours) and we may contact you to answer questions, converse, or whatever. In other words, if you write to us, we'll write you back. You may occasionally receive marketing materials from us.
That's it. No Bull.
Music, Sound Effects, and Other Production Elements
Brown Cow Studios works with top suppliers of commercial production music to the film and broadcasting industries. Additionally, we have our own extensive library of background music that is available for use with your production at a nominal fee. We will gladly work with any production elements our clients supply.
Licensing and Fees
Certain production elements may require payment of fees to composers, holders of copyrights, or licensing/royalty organizations. In productions made for broadcast TV, radio, or other media, submission of cue sheets or other documents may be required. As an additional service to our clients, Brown Cow Studios is pleased to help with these arrangements when we supply music or other elements for your production.
Client-Supplied Elements
We are glad to work with any materials or production elements our clients provide. In the case of production elements that are supplied to us by the client, it is the client’s responsibility to ensure that all license, copyright, and other necessary clearances have been obtained as necessary. By providing elements to Brown Cow Studios for use in its productions, the client warrants that it is in compliance with all such requirements and indemnifies Brown Cow Studios against any claims that may result from using client-supplied elements. Please ask your representative for details.
Copyright and Licensing of Brown Cow Productions
Brown Cow Studios generally grants our clients the right to use our productions for their intended purpose without further fees. There are, however, certain restrictions, and we do retain phonorecord rights and ownership of all master recordings and other recordings used in the production process. No portion of any Brown Cow Studios production may be modified, duplicated, or included as part of a derivative work without our consent. We reserve the right to distribute any Brown Cow Studios production as part of a sampler, demo, compilation, derivative work, or other production for the purpose of publicizing and demonstrating our capabilities.
In the case of spec spots, custom demos, or other items produced in anticipation of gaining a client’s business, Brown Cow Studios reserves all licensing and copyrights. Clients or prospective clients may not use any demo or spec spot for any purpose without the express permission of Brown Cow Studios.
Changes, Omissions, and Corrections
We are proud of our work and want you to be completely satisfied. After recording, if there are any issues with your production, please tell us what they are. We will be happy to make a new recording of the original script with better direction at no charge, providing you do not change the copy or substantially change the directions. Once production has begun, copy changes or mistakes by the client are considered a new production and will be charged accordingly.
Copy revisions, directorial changes, and other alterations may be submitted by clients at any time up until recording begins. To avoid extra charges, please let us know as soon as you become aware of the needed changes.
Substitution of music, sound effects, or other production elements, when supplied by clients or from the Brown Cow Studios library, is permitted at any time until recording begins. In the case of elements we purchase or license from a third party on behalf of our client, the client shall be responsible for the fees incurred, even if these elements are not used in the production due to client changes.
Creative Commons Licensing
Brown Cow Studios of Boston supports Creative Commons, an open-sourced creative and intellectual property license that allows for the distribution and modification of creative product without need of often difficult-to-obtain rights and clearances. Open-sourced 
materials can be identified by the CC logo (left). Some elements of Brown Cow Studios productions may have been sourced under Creative Commons terms.
For promotional and other purposes, Brown Cow Studios of Boston may occasionally make creative material available to the public at no charge under Creative Commons licensing. If we do, Brown Cow Studios retains its ownership interests in these materials, but grants others the right to use them in any manner they choose, including in remixes and derivative works, subject to the terms of the Creative Commons licensing provisions. As part of our agreement with the end user(s) of this material, Brown Cow Studios of Boston requires the following notice to be included in or on all distributed copies and derivative works:
"Some audio elements provided courtesy of Brown Cow Studios
of Boston (CC)."
In addition, when possible, we ask users to include a link to our website, www.BrownCowStudios.com
To learn more about open-sourced intellectual and creative property, visit the Creative Commons website at www.CreativeCommons.org.
Our Thanks!
Thank you for choosing Brown Cow Studios of Boston. We appreciate your business and are here to help you in any way we can. Please let us know how we can be of assistance. We love chewing the cud with new friends, so call, write, or e-mail us anytime.