Privacy and Security

All your personal information (name, email address, etc) always remains confidential and we'll never sell or forward it to anyone.

How much personal information you want to put on your public profile is totally up to you. You can be just as private or public as you like. Just go to your Jango Home and click "Settings" and then "Privacy Settings", where you can define exactly to what extent other users can view your profile, make contact and listen to your stations.

To learn more, check out or Privacy Policy here: www.jango.com/miscs/terms.

To read our Terms and Conditions, just go to: www.jango.com/miscs/terms

If you're on a shared computer, always "log out" (the little link the top left corner of every page) after each Jango session.

Of course we hope that no one will bother you with bad behavior, because Jango is about making connections, not breaking them. Yet, if you find that you want to block a user from contacting you, just go to that person's profile page and click the "Block" button. Once the user is blocked he/she can no longer send you emails, shouts, thank yous or comments. He/she will never show up in your player and if already your friend, he/she will be deleted as such.

To unblock a user, just go to "Privacy Settings" under "Settings" from your Jango Home.

If you come across abusive or severely inappropriate behavior (sexually explicit or violent images, threatening or hateful language, racism) please report it to us by sending an email to .

To learn more about what kind of content we find unacceptable at Jango, please read our Terms and Conditions on www.jango.com/miscs/terms

About the music selection

To create a custom station, just type in an artist you want to hear - and your station will start with a popular song by that artist. You can create new stations from the box below the Jango logo in the top left corner of every page - or from the New Station tab on the middle of your home page. You can customize your stations further by adding more artists and rating songs. The more you do both, the "smarter" your stations will get. Your added artists will play a lot; similar artists will play a little. The more artists you add, the more you will hear those and the less you will hear similar artists.

On the edit station page, you can add artists you want to play, and ban artists you don't want to play. You can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist, so that your favorite songs will play more and other songs will play less (or if you ban them, not at all) - or you can simply rate songs directly from the player as they come on. You can get to the edit station page from the "My Stations" dropdown in the player or from the "My Stations" box on the left side of your home page.

As you listen, your player will show other people listening to similar music as you. Click the song title to tune in and listen to what they're listening to, or click a face to go to their profile page.

Click "Share" to get a link to that very song that you can send to anyone you want. When they click the link, they will get to that station with that song playing.

Want music from a particular artist? Just go to any Artist Page to see all songs by that artist you can tune in to at any given time! Want more? Just click "more songs" to see even more songs by that artist playing on others' stations that you can tune in to.

Just go to the search box on the right side of every page, directly below the player. There are also advanced search options in the Music section.

Like any form of radio, we have a ever-expanding library of songs. During the Public Beta, we're not yet running against our full music database, but continue to add new music all the time. If you can't find an artist or song you want, send a request to , and we'll do our best to get it.

We are constantly adding more music and would love your suggestions! Just send an email to . We'll do our best to get all reasonably popular artists on Jango - sometimes it may take a while depending on the artist or song.

If you're an artist/label and your music is missing on Jango - we'd love your submissions! While we're still in Public Beta, it may take a little time, but eventually we'll add it.

To submit your music to Jango, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Please make sure that your music is submitted to and registered with Allmusic.com. Visit their website to find out how: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_product_submissions.html

Step 2: Send us your music and information! The preferred form of submission is a retail-ready CD for each release. Please include your band name and a primary contact email address on everything you send us, in case we need to get in touch.

Send the above to:

JANGO
Attn: Music Submissions
76 Greene St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10012

We recommend that you send your package with a return receipt from USPS (or another carrier offering package tracking) so you know that it has arrived safely. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that every CD that we receive will be added to Jango.

PLEASE NOTE:

You must have the right to submit the material to us for our use. You should only submit to us songs and recordings that you are authorized to allow us to publicly stream ("perform"), because you own or control the public performing rights.

By providing any material to us, you certify: that you own or control the publishing rights to the material; that you are giving us permission to put it up on Jango.com for streaming, without restriction.

Jango is an internet radio service following all restrictions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and pay royalties due to all labels/artists every time a song is played. In order to collect these royalties, we strongly advise you to register your music with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SoundExchange.

About your stations

Here's how Jango's music selection works: Your Jango stations play the artists you add, along with similar artists favored by other Jango users who share your taste. Your added artists will play a lot; similar artists a little. The more artists you add, the more you will hear those and the less you will hear similar artists.

On the edit station page, you can add artists you want to play, and ban artists you don't want to play. You can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist, so that your favorite songs will play more and other songs will play less (or if you ban them, not at all) – or you can simply rate songs as they play. You can get to the edit station page from the "My Stations" dropdown in the player or from the "My Stations" box on the left side of your home page.

Most definitely, you can have as many stations as you want! A lot of our users like to make different stations for different genres, moods, parties, and even acting as office DJ. You can also title your stations anyway you like. For example, you can have an "R&B station", an "It's Pop and I like it", a "Some People Still Like Country" or a "My broken heart loves Sad Songs"... and why not a "My Hair Bands Station Rocks Harder than Yours" station... the possibilities are endless...

There are a couple of ways to create a new station. You can:

- Enter an artist in the "play" box under the Jango logo in the top left corner of every page.

- Click "Create new station" from your Jango home.

On the edit station page, you can add artists you want to play, and ban artists you don't want to play. You can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist, so that your favorite songs will play more and other songs less (or if you ban them, not at all) - or you can simply rate songs as they play. You can get to the edit station page from the "My Stations" dropdown in the player or from the "My Stations" box on the left side of your home page.

Your Jango stations then play the artists you add, but also similar artists favored by other Jango users who share your taste. Your added artists will play a lot; similar artists a little. The more artists you add, the more you will hear those and the less you will hear similar artists.

"Adding" an artist means that you tell your station to base its song selection on that artist. Your Jango station will then play the artists you add, but also similar artists (favored by other Jango users who share your taste). Your added artists will play a lot; similar artists a little. The more artists you add, the more you will hear those and the less you will hear similar artists.

On the edit station page, you can add artists you want to play, and ban artists you don’t want to play. You can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist, so that your favorite songs will play more and other songs less (or if you ban them, not at all) - or you can simply rate songs as they play. You can get to the edit station page from the "My Stations" dropdown in the player or from the "My Stations" box on the left side of your home page.

You can add as many artists as you want! The more the merrier, in fact. See, this is how Jango's music selection works: Your Jango stations play the artists you add, but also similar artists (favored by other Jango users who share your taste). Your added artists will play a lot; similar artists a little. The more artists you add, the more you will hear those and the less you will hear similar artists.

Just go to the "Music Discovery Control" under the "Now Playing" tab in the middle of your Jango Home, where you can decide whether you want to listen to your own favorites and popular artists and songs, or delve into more obscure music by artists you haven't added or rated.

The Music Discovery Control gives you three options:
- Popular Favorites: Plays mostly your own favorites and popular artists and songs.
- Happy Medium: A little bit of both.
- Wide Variety: Plays a wider variety of lesser known and popular music.

On Jango, everyone can "tune in" and listen to anybody else's station. This means that at any given time, you can "tune in" and listen to any song currently playing on any of the stations created on Jango. For example, go to any Artist Page to see all songs by that artist you can tune in to at any given time, there are usually lots of them!

When you're tuning out of someone's station, you can also send an automatic "thank you" to that person, which is a fun and easy way let someone know you appreciated their music.

Your Jango stations play the artists you add, but also similar artists favored by other Jango users who share your taste. Your added artists will play a lot; similar artists a little. The more artists you add, the more you will hear those and the less you will hear similar artists.

On the edit station page, you can add artists you want to play, and ban artists you don't want to play. You can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist, so that your favorite songs will play more and other songs less (or if you ban them, not at all) - or you can simply rate songs as they play. You can get to the edit station page from the "My Stations" dropdown in the player or from the "My Stations" box on the left side of your home page.

Yes, on the edit station page, you can not only add artists you want to play, but also ban artists you don't want to play. You can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist, so that your favorite songs will play more and other songs less (or if you ban them, not at all) - or you can simply rate songs from your player as you listen.

Use the "My Stations" dropdown menu to quickly view, edit and change stations.

About the songs

Click "Share" to get a link to the song you're currently listening to - that you can IM or email to anyone you want so they can listen to it too! When your friends click the link, they will get to a Jango page with that song (and station) playing.

Since Jango is an Internet radio station, we must follow certain restrictions defined in a federal law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). For example, we can't let you request a specific song on demand. The DMCA also constrains the number of times we can play the same artist or the same song within a given time period (as well as the number of songs from the same album, etc.).

However, we can let you rate songs to teach your station what to play more often -- and we can let you tune in to any song playing on any Jango station. For example, go to any Artist Page to see all songs by that artist you can tune in to at any given time, usually lots of them.

Since Jango is an internet radio station, we must follow certain restrictions defined in a federal law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). For example, we can't let you go back and re-play a song you've just heard, since that would be considered music on demand. The DMCA also constrains the number of times we can play the same artist or the same song within a given time period (as well as the number of songs from the same album, etc.).

However, we can let you rate songs to teach your station what to play more often -- and we can let you tune in to any song playing on any Jango station. For example, go to any Artist Page to see all songs by that artist you can tune in to at any given time, usually lots of them.

Rating a song teaches your station how much or how little to play it. The more songs you rate, the "smarter" your station becomes. If you "love" a song (super happy face) the song will play a lot; if you "like" a song (smiling face), it will play again; and if you "don't like" a song (frowny face) it will be banned from playing ever again on any of your stations.

You can rate songs from your player as you listen, or from the edit station page where you can quickly rate all songs by a certain artist.

Yes, you can ban songs from playing by clicking on the "frowny face" icon in your player. On the edit station page, you can also quickly rate all songs by a certain artist and if you ban them, they will never play again on any of your stations.

If you feel like buying a song you're listening to, just click the "Buy" button in your player and we'll take you to that song's page on iTunes or Amazon.

If you want to buy other songs than the one currently playing, go to any Artist Page and click on albums.

No, you can't download any songs from Jango -- we're strictly a custom online radio service. But you can create as many stations as you like, rate songs to teach your station what to play more often and tune in to any song playing anywhere on Jango. For example, go to any Artist Page to see all songs by that artist you can tune in to at any given time, usually lots of them.

If you still really want to download a specific song, just click "Buy" in your player and we'll take you to that song's page on iTunes or Amazon.

Tech & bugs

You can access Jango from any broadband connected computer anywhere. During the Public Beta, Jango works on the following browsers:

Unfortunately, we aren't supporting Safari just yet -- but we're working on it.

For now, we kindly ask all our Mac users to use Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and up. Download here

We know, we're sorry. This is a known bug that happens sometimes -- and we're working hard on fixing it. In the meantime, here are a few tricks to get the player going again:

- Try hitting "Stop" and then "Play" again
- Switch to another station
- Try "restarting" the player by hitting the "F5" key on your keyboard or by right-clicking somewhere on the player (but not on a graphic) and selecting "Refresh" from the menu choices offered.

We know, we're sorry. This is a known bug that happens sometimes with Internet Explorer. It's not right and we're working hard on fixing it. To face the music right away, please use Mozilla Firefox.

Please help us correct incorrectly labeled songs by sending an email to