DMCA Policy

Music Merch Marketplace LLC respects the intellectual property of others and responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). This page explains how to send one and what happens next.

What appears on this site

Music Merch Marketplace displays product photos, titles, and prices drawn from third-party marketplaces and artist stores, festival lineup artwork, album art, and photos that our users upload to their own collections and want lists. Artist, label, festival, and brand names are used to describe the items. If you believe any of this material infringes a copyright you own or control, send a notice to our designated agent.

Designated agent

Email is the fastest route. Notices sent to other addresses, or through social media, may not be processed.

Sending a takedown notice

To be effective, a notice must include:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, or a representative list if the notice covers several works.
2. Identification of the material you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it. A link to the page and a description of the image or text on it is ideal.
3. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). If you are unsure whether a use is infringing, consider speaking with a lawyer before sending a notice.

What we do with a notice

When we receive a complete notice we remove or disable access to the identified material promptly, make a reasonable attempt to notify the user who posted it (if it was user-uploaded), and keep a record of the notice. Material sourced from a third-party marketplace is removed from our pages; we cannot remove it from the marketplace itself, and you may want to send a notice there as well.

Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same agent. It must include:

1. Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
2. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
3. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your district (or, if outside the United States, any district in which Music Merch Marketplace LLC may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.
4. Your physical or electronic signature.

We forward counter-notices to the original complainant. Unless they tell us within ten business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material between ten and fourteen business days after receiving the counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We terminate the accounts of users who are found to be repeat infringers, and we may do so after a single clear case where the circumstances warrant it. Terminations follow the process in our Terms of Service.

Other intellectual property

This process is for copyright. For trademark concerns, or if you are an artist, label, or festival that wants to correct how you are represented on the site, write to the same address and we will route it to the right person.