1.1. These General Terms and Conditions of Business and Use (hereinafter referred to as "GTC") of Mr. Nikolaus Daim, owner of the unregistered sole proprietorship operating under the business name "Master The Score", with its office in Vienna and its business address at A-1160 Vienna, Speckbachergasse 22/54 (hereinafter referred to as "Operator"), apply without exception to any form of use of the website and online learning platform "Master The Score", available at https://www.masterthescore.com and https://app.masterthescore.com, including all subpages, functions and interactive learning tools (hereinafter referred to as "Master The Score", "MTS" or the "Platform").
1.2. The GTC govern all forms of use of MTS. Conflicting or deviating terms and conditions of third parties, in particular of MTS users, are hereby expressly rejected. Recognition of deviating terms and conditions is excluded, even in the case of unconditional performance by the Operator. By registering and/or booking an online course on MTS, users agree to these GTC and to the Privacy Policy of the Operator in their respective current versions.
1.3. The GTC can be retrieved, saved and printed at any time at https://www.masterthescore.com/terms-of-use.
Master The Score / MTS is an online learning platform offering high-level online courses, in particular for composition, orchestration, production, mixing and/or mastering, aimed equally at film, TV, game and/or trailer composers.
The websites https://www.masterthescore.com and https://app.masterthescore.com, including the course area, user accounts, video lessons, downloadable course materials and interactive learning tools ("MTS Interactive Suite") operated by the Operator.
Online courses, in particular for composition, orchestration, production, mixing and/or mastering, offered to Participants through MTS. Courses may consist of streaming video lessons, downloadable course materials and/or interactive browser-based learning tools.
Operator of MTS is Mr. Nikolaus Daim, owner of the unregistered sole proprietorship operating under the business name "Master The Score", with its office in Vienna and its business address at A-1160 Vienna, Speckbachergasse 22/54.
A natural person creating and presenting Courses that are offered to Participants through MTS.
A natural or legal person that makes use of the Courses offered through MTS.
A Participant who is a consumer within the meaning of the Austrian Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz, KSchG). However, it is also possible that entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 1 (1), first case, of the Austrian Consumer Protection Act conclude the contract. In the last mentioned case, the consumer-specific provisions shall not apply.
Any person listed in sections 2.e. through 2.g. hereof.
MTS uses FastSpring (Bright Market, LLC d/b/a FastSpring) as payment provider and digital reseller (merchant of record). Purchases of Courses are processed and invoiced by FastSpring; FastSpring's Terms of Sale (https://fastspring.com/legal/terms-sale/) apply in addition to these GTC with respect to the purchase transaction itself.
Downloadable digital goods offered on MTS in addition to Courses, in particular project templates, presets, sample content, MIDI packs and/or software (e.g. audio plug-ins / "VSTs"). Unless expressly stated otherwise, the provisions of these GTC applying to Courses apply mutatis mutandis to Digital Products.
3.1. The Operator operates MTS, through which high-level online courses are offered, in particular for composition, orchestration, production, mixing and/or mastering, aimed equally at film, TV, game and/or trailer composers.
3.2. The Platform is operated by the Operator using third-party infrastructure services, in particular website hosting, database/authentication services and video streaming services. The Operator remains the sole contractual partner of the User with respect to the use of the Platform; the purchase transaction itself is concluded with FastSpring as reseller (see section 2.i.).
3.3. Courses are created by the Operator and/or by Instructors in cooperation with the Operator and are made available to Participants exclusively through the Platform.
4.1. The use of paid services on MTS requires the User to register with MTS (user account) and to accept these GTC, as well as the acknowledgement of the Privacy Policy in their respective current versions.
4.2. Registration with MTS itself is free of charge. By contrast, access to Courses and/or course materials available on MTS is fee-based, unless a Course or lesson is expressly marked as free.
4.3. Use of MTS is permitted to legal and natural persons for private as well as commercial (professional education) purposes. With respect to natural persons, the services of MTS are reserved exclusively for persons who are of legal age and legally competent.
4.4. The information required from the User for registration and creation of a user account includes, in particular, name and e-mail address as well as a self-chosen password; for purchases, FastSpring additionally collects the billing address and payment details. Each User is obliged to ensure that all data and account information in his/her account remains current, complete and true at all times. Furthermore, the User is obliged to keep the access data to his/her user account, in particular the password, confidential and to protect it from access by third parties. A user account is personal and may not be shared with or made accessible to third parties. If it is suspected that third parties may have gained unauthorized knowledge of the user account and/or password, or in case of password loss, the Operator must be informed immediately. The User shall be liable for any use of his/her user account by third parties, unless the User is demonstrably not responsible for such third-party use.
4.5. The User purchases a Course by clicking the corresponding purchase button on MTS, selecting a payment method and entering the billing information in the checkout page operated by FastSpring, thereby also accepting FastSpring's Terms of Sale (https://fastspring.com/legal/terms-sale/). Upon completion of the purchase, the User receives an automated confirmation e-mail; confirmation of payment and the invoice are issued by the reseller FastSpring. Access to the purchased Course is granted through the User's account on the Platform.
4.6. The prices for Courses and/or course materials are those displayed next to the respective Course and/or course materials at the time of purchase. All prices shown to Consumers include applicable VAT, which is calculated and remitted by FastSpring as reseller depending on the Consumer's country of residence.
4.7. All correspondence between the Operator and the User is carried out via the e-mail address stored in the user account.
4.8. All Courses on MTS are digital products. Video lessons are made available for streaming via the Platform after enrollment; selected course materials may be made available for download. Digital Products are delivered exclusively by download via the Platform or a download link provided after purchase. The User acknowledges that he/she will not receive a physical copy. Boxes and other product images shown on the website are for illustration purposes only.
4.9. The Operator is entitled to further develop, update and improve the Platform, its design and its functions (e.g. player technology, interactive tools, progress tracking), provided the core of the contractually agreed service — access to the purchased Course content — is not impaired thereby. This includes, in particular, the right to change the underlying technology and infrastructure providers (e.g. website hosting, video streaming, authentication, payment processing) and to migrate the Platform, in whole or in part, to other systems, domains or providers, and to transfer user accounts, course access and progress data to such systems to the extent necessary, provided access to purchased Course content is preserved. Information on the processing of personal data is provided in the Privacy Policy.
4.10. Duration of access / "Lifetime Access" / "Unlimited Access": Where a Course is offered with "lifetime access", "unlimited access" or similar wording, this means that access is granted against a one-time payment, without subscription, time limit or usage limit, for the lifetime of the respective Course on the Platform — i.e. for as long as the Operator operates the Platform and offers the respective Course — and not for the lifetime of the Participant. The Operator will endeavor to keep purchased Courses available on a long-term basis. If a purchased Course must be permanently discontinued (for example due to discontinuation of the Platform or the Operator's business, loss of third-party licenses, or for compelling technical or economic reasons), the Operator will inform affected Participants by e-mail with reasonable advance notice — where possible at least three (3) months before discontinuation — so that Participants can complete the Course during this period. In addition, the Operator will endeavor, at its reasonable discretion and to the extent technically and legally possible, to offer affected Participants an appropriate accommodation, such as continued access for a wind-down period, the download of existing downloadable course materials, or access to a comparable replacement course. Statutory rights of Consumers remain unaffected.
5.1. All content available on MTS — including but not limited to video lessons, interactive learning tools, software, texts, graphics, audio material, scores, MIDI files, project files and other course materials — is protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights of the Operator, the Instructors and/or third-party licensors.
5.2. Upon purchase of a Course, the Operator grants the Participant a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Course content via the Platform for personal educational purposes (which includes the Participant's own professional development). Downloadable course materials may be downloaded in a single copy for the Participant's personal use. This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title.
5.3. Under this license, the Participant must NOT:
5.4. Digital Products: Upon purchase of a Digital Product, the Operator grants the Participant a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to download, install and use the Digital Product for the Participant's own music productions and projects, including commercial productions. The Participant must NOT:
The permitted use in the Participant's own productions expressly includes the commercial exploitation of music created using the Digital Product.
5.5. This license shall automatically and immediately terminate if the Participant violates any of the above restrictions and/or commits any other material breach of contract. Upon termination of the license for any reason whatsoever, all analogue and/or electronic copies of downloaded course materials and Digital Products must — at the sole discretion of the Operator — either be returned to the Operator or be deleted or destroyed by the Participant.
5.6. The Operator expressly reserves the right to pursue any unauthorized distribution or making available of Course content or Digital Products (piracy) under civil and criminal law, and to permanently block the user accounts involved without refund.
6.1. The Operator endeavors to keep the Platform available without interruption. However, temporary restrictions or interruptions may occur due to maintenance, further development, or disruptions of third-party infrastructure (hosting, database, video streaming, payment processing) outside the Operator's control. The statutory warranty provisions apply; with respect to Consumers, the mandatory provisions on warranty for digital services (in particular §§ 922 ff ABGB and the Austrian Consumer Warranty Act — Verbrauchergewährleistungsgesetz, VGG) remain unaffected.
6.2. Course content reflects the professional opinions, techniques and workflows of the respective Instructors. The Operator does not warrant any particular learning outcome, professional success or commercial result of the Participant.
6.3. Each Instructor is responsible for ensuring that his/her contributed content does not infringe third-party rights. If a claim is asserted against the Operator by a User and/or third parties for infringement of ownership rights and/or exploitation rights in respect of content contributed by an Instructor, the respective Instructor undertakes to indemnify and hold the Operator harmless.
6.4. The Operator shall be liable without limitation for damages caused by intent or gross negligence, as well as for personal injury. Liability for slight negligence — except for personal injury — is excluded to the extent legally permissible. Vis-à-vis entrepreneurs, liability for indirect damages, loss of profit, loss of data and consequential damages is excluded to the extent legally permissible. Mandatory statutory liability provisions, in particular vis-à-vis Consumers, remain unaffected.
6.5. Health notice: Course content consists of audio and video material, and interactive learning tools may play back audio. Users are responsible for setting an appropriate playback volume on their own equipment before starting playback and are advised to avoid prolonged listening at high volume, which can damage hearing. Individual videos or interactive tools may contain moving images, animations or changing light effects; users who are sensitive to such effects (e.g. photosensitive epilepsy) should exercise appropriate caution.
6.6. Digital Products: The statutory warranty provisions apply to Digital Products; vis-à-vis Consumers, this includes the Austrian Consumer Warranty Act (Verbrauchergewährleistungsgesetz, VGG) and, for software Digital Products, the statutory obligation to provide such updates as are necessary to maintain conformity for the legally required period. The system requirements, supported software environments and versions (e.g. specific DAW versions, sampler/plug-in host versions, plug-in formats, operating systems) and other specifications stated in the respective product description form part of the agreed characteristics of the Digital Product; the Participant is responsible for verifying before purchase that his/her system meets these requirements. Digital Products are owed, and updates are provided, exclusively for the software environments and versions stated in the product description at the time of purchase. Compatibility with, or adaptation to, other or future versions of third-party software (e.g. future DAW, sampler or operating system versions) is not owed and does not form part of the agreed characteristics; such third-party software is developed independently of the Operator. Where the Operator nevertheless provides updated versions of a Digital Product for newer third-party software versions, this is done voluntarily and does not establish any obligation or expectation for future updates.
The Operator has not reviewed all sites linked from MTS and is neither responsible nor liable for the contents of any such linked website. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Operator. Use of any linked website is at the User's sole discretion and risk.
Regardless of the agreed limited or unlimited duration of the contractual relationship, all contracting parties are entitled to terminate the contractual relationship with immediate effect if there is an important reason making continuation of the contractual relationship unreasonable. This is particularly the case if a party:
Access to Courses lawfully purchased and fully paid remains unaffected by an ordinary termination by the Operator, except in cases of termination for important reason attributable to the User.
9.1. If the User is a Consumer within the meaning of § 1 of the Austrian Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz), the User is entitled to withdraw from a contract concluded with the Operator within 14 days from the conclusion of the contract without giving reasons, pursuant to § 11 (1) of the Austrian Distance and Off-Premises Transactions Act (Fern- und Auswärtsgeschäfte-Gesetz, FAGG). Details, the withdrawal instruction and the model withdrawal form can be found at https://www.masterthescore.com/withdrawal.
9.2. The withdrawal may be declared using the model withdrawal form or by any other unambiguous declaration, addressed to:
"Master The Score"
Owner: Mr. Nikolaus Daim
A-1160 Vienna, Speckbachergasse 22/54
E-mail: info@masterthescore.com
9.3. All payments made by the Consumer under the contract will be refunded within 14 days from receipt of the withdrawal notice, using the same means of payment used by the Consumer for the original payment; refunds are processed via the reseller FastSpring.
9.4. Expiry of the right of withdrawal for digital content (§ 18 (1) no. 11 FAGG): If the Consumer wishes to access the Course or download the Digital Product immediately, the Consumer will be asked during checkout to expressly consent to the Operator beginning performance of the contract (provision of the digital content) before expiry of the withdrawal period, and to confirm his/her acknowledgment that the right of withdrawal is thereby lost. The right of withdrawal expires upon such consent and acknowledgment once performance has begun — in the case of Digital Products, once the download has been made available to the Consumer, provided that the waiver of the right of withdrawal is also displayed in the contract confirmation.
9.5. 14-day satisfaction guarantee (voluntary, in addition to statutory rights): Independently of and in addition to the statutory right of withdrawal — and in particular also in cases where the statutory right of withdrawal has expired pursuant to section 9.4 — MTS offers a voluntary 14-day satisfaction period. If a Participant is not happy with his/her purchase, MTS will refund the complete purchase amount, provided that:
1. not more than 20% of the course lessons have been completed (for verification purposes, the progress indicator of the Platform is used);
2. the refund request is submitted within 14 days after purchase to info@masterthescore.com; and
3. the Participant has not already received refunds under this voluntary guarantee for 2 courses; refunds under this guarantee are limited to 2 courses per customer, and MTS reserves the right to exclude customers from future purchases after more than two refund requests under this guarantee.
This voluntary guarantee applies to Courses only; it does not apply to Digital Products (downloads), which cannot be returned once delivered. It does not limit or replace the statutory rights of Consumers (in particular the statutory right of withdrawal and warranty rights).
10.1. The Operator may amend these GTC at any time. Amendments become legally effective 14 (fourteen) days following notification. The Operator will communicate all notices about changes to these GTC within reasonable time to Users via e-mail.
10.2. If the User does not wish to accept the amended GTC, the User is entitled to terminate the contractual relationship with immediate effect no later than 14 (fourteen) days after having been informed via e-mail about the amendment. In the event of continued use of MTS beyond this 14-day period, the User shall be deemed to have consented to the amended GTC; the Operator will point out this consequence separately in the notification. Amendments shall not retroactively impair the core of already purchased Courses (access to the purchased content).
11.1. These GTC are subject to Austrian law, to the exclusion of the conflict-of-law rules of international private law (IPRG) and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). For Consumers residing in the EU, this choice of law does not deprive them of the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of their country of habitual residence (Art 6 (2) Rome I Regulation).
11.2. If the User is an entrepreneur, the exclusive place of jurisdiction is the court with subject-matter competence for Vienna, Austria. For Consumers, the statutory rules on jurisdiction apply, and the Consumer can only be sued at the court of their domicile, habitual residence or place of employment.
11.3. Changes, additions and/or collateral agreements to these GTC must be made in written form. This also applies to a complete or partial amendment or cancellation of this written form requirement. Verbal collateral agreements do not exist. Any declarations that must be made in written form according to these GTC can also be made by e-mail.
11.4. The Operator is entitled to transfer the contractual relationship with the User, in whole or in part, including all rights and obligations, to a legal entity controlled by the Operator or to a legal successor in the course of a transfer of the business or of MTS (e.g. contribution of the business into a company or sale of the business), provided that the transferee assumes all obligations under the contract and access to purchased Courses remains unaffected. Users will be informed of such a transfer in good time. Consumers are entitled to terminate the contract free of charge upon notification of such a transfer if the transfer is unreasonable for them.
11.5. The Operator is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body.
12.1. Master The Score does not own the copyright in any of the third-party software, plugins, virtual instruments and sample libraries shown or used in the Courses, course intros, course example pictures, trailers, on the website itself or on social media platforms. The Instructors hold valid licenses for the products used. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and informational purposes only; their use does not imply any partnership or endorsement.
Vienna, August 2026
Online education for media composers — orchestral writing, trailer music, mixing and more, taught by working professionals.
