Terms and Conditions

These terms govern the purchase of sheet music as PDF files through artofcibulka.com. Your contracting party is Art of Cibulka — Eigenverlag, Eva Cibulka, Popelkaring 24, 8045 Graz, Austria, email cibulka@gmx.at, phone +43 650 8765 111.

1. What is being sold

What is sold is sheet music in digital form. You receive one or more PDF files to download and print. Nothing is shipped; printed editions are not covered by these terms.

Which files belong to a work is stated on that work’s page before you buy. For wind band and orchestral works the purchase covers the score and the complete set of parts.

2. How the contract is concluded

The presentation of works on this site is not yet an offer but an invitation for you to make one. You make that offer by ticking both boxes and clicking “Order with obligation to pay”.

The contract is concluded once payment is confirmed. You then receive a confirmation by email straight away. That email carries the order number, the work, the amount and the download links; it is also your receipt. Please keep it.

3. Prices and VAT

Prices are final prices in euro. No further costs arise, because nothing is shipped.

No VAT is shown: the small business scheme under § 6 (1) 27 of the Austrian VAT Act applies.

4. Payment

Payment is handled by Stripe (Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., Dublin, Ireland). Your card details are entered and processed there; we neither see nor store them. The payment page shows which methods are available.

Delivery follows confirmed payment, not before.

5. Delivery

Delivery consists of making the files available to you for download. The links in the confirmation email are valid for 30 days; within that period you may download as often as you like. For works with several files an archive (ZIP) containing all of them is offered as well.

Please save the files right after purchase. If the email does not arrive, or the period has run out, write to us — we will reissue the links. There is no claim to availability beyond those 30 days.

To open the files you need a program that displays PDFs; ordinary devices have one. The files carry no copy protection and no technical restrictions.

6. What you may do with the music

With the purchase you acquire a simple, non-transferable right of use to the extent stated as the licence for that work. Copyright remains with the rights holders.

The single licence covers one individual and permits one printout for personal use. The ensemble licence covers an ensemble, music school or association and permits the stated number of printouts for its members.

Not permitted: passing the file to anyone outside the licence, uploading it to servers, file sharing services or cloud folders with public access, resale, and adaptations or arrangements without our consent. Copyright and publisher notices must not be removed.

Performing rights are not included in the price. Public performances must be reported to the competent collecting society; in Austria that is AKM. We do not forbid performance — reporting it is your responsibility.

7. Right of withdrawal

As a consumer you have, in principle, a right of withdrawal of 14 days. The details are set out in the withdrawal instructions.

For digital content that right lapses early as soon as we begin delivery — which is exactly what you ask for when you want the music immediately after paying. That is why, before buying, you confirm with a separate box that we should begin at once and that your right of withdrawal lapses with it (§ 18 (1) 11 of the Austrian FAGG). We repeat that confirmation in the confirmation email.

8. If something is wrong

Statutory warranty rights apply. If a file is missing, incomplete or unreadable, write to the email address above. We will make the file available again; if that fails, you get your money back.

That a work does not appeal to you, or does not suit your ensemble, is not a defect. That is why most works have a preview and a recording on their page.

9. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health. For slight negligence we are liable only for breach of material contractual obligations, limited in amount to the foreseeable damage typical of this kind of contract. Mandatory provisions of Austrian consumer protection law remain unaffected.

10. Data protection

Which data a purchase produces, how long it is kept and who processes it is set out in the privacy policy.

11. Governing law and dispute resolution

Austrian law applies, excluding its conflict-of-law rules. This choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory consumer provisions of the state in which you are resident.

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution: ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body. A complaint reaches us fastest at the email address above.

12. Final provisions

Should any provision be invalid, the remainder is unaffected. The statutory rule takes the place of the invalid provision.