Copyright Policy

The Album App is built for people who make music, and we take their rights seriously. We respond to notices of claimed copyright infringement under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and our Terms of Service don't allow uploading anything you don't have the rights to.

If something of yours is in someone's project or on a share page without your permission, send a notice to our designated agent, below.

Your notice must be in writing and include (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

1. 1.A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or of someone authorized to act for them
2. 2.The copyrighted work you say is infringed—or, for several works, a representative list of them
3. 3.The material you say is infringing, and enough information for us to find it—such as the share page's link, or the project, folder, and track names
4. 4.Your name, address, telephone number, and email address
5. 5.A statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
6. 6.A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for them

When we receive a complete notice, we remove or disable access to the material and let the person who uploaded it know, with a copy of the notice. A notice that leaves out these elements may not be acted on.

Be sure before you send one. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing—or that it was removed by mistake—can be liable for damages. If you're not sure, consider talking to a lawyer first.

If material you uploaded was removed and you believe that was a mistake—or that you have the right to use it—you can send our designated agent a counter-notice. It must be in writing and include (17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)):

1. 1.Your physical or electronic signature
2. 2.The material that was removed, and where it appeared before it was removed
3. 3.A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification
4. 4.Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is (or, if you're outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice, or their agent

We send a copy of a complete counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us they've filed a court action to stop the infringement, we restore the material within 10 to 14 business days of receiving the counter-notice.

We close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright. We count each valid notice against the account that uploaded the material (not one that's been successfully countered), and we may close an account sooner where the infringement is clear or serious.

Copyright questions: [email protected]