Copyright & DMCA

A takedown notice has to contain enough for us to act on it without guessing. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) that means all of the following, and the form below asks for each one:

• Your name and an email address we can reply to.
• Identification of the copyrighted work — the title, the writers, the publisher, and where the authorised version lives.
• The full address of the material you want removed, so we can find exactly the page you mean. “Search for it” isn't enough.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for them.
• Your signature — typing your full legal name counts.

Filing a notice you know to be false carries liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. §512(f). Please be sure before you send one.

We acknowledge every notice by email within 2 business days and decide on it within 5. If we act, the material comes down from public view immediately and the person who published it is emailed: what came down, why, and how to file a counter-notice.

Taking something down is not deleting it. The work stays in its author's own workspace with its full editing history — what we remove is the public page, the embed, and every share link pointing at it. That's what lets a successful counter-notice actually restore something.

If your song was taken down and you believe the claim is mistaken — the work is yours, your use is licensed, or it's otherwise lawful — you can file a counter-notice — the form is further down this page. Sign in to the account the song belongs to and use the reference number from the email we sent you. Only that account can file it: a counter-notice is a sworn statement, made personally, and nobody can swear it on your behalf.

Your counter-notice needs your name, your reasons, and your signature.

We forward counter-notices to the complainant. If they don't pursue the claim, you can publish the song again yourself — we don't republish it for you, because publishing is your act and carries your rights attestation.

Publishing is a privilege that can be withdrawn. After three takedown notices we act on against the same account, we revoke that account's ability to publish. Notices that are withdrawn, dismissed, or successfully countered don't count — only the ones that stand.

Serious or repeated infringement can also end the account entirely, under the Community Guidelines.

If something on a published page is spam, abusive, or otherwise against the rules but isn't a rights issue, use the Report this song button on the page itself — it reaches the same moderators without putting you on the record as a rights holder. For anything else, our support page is the road.