Answering a copyright notice

If a copyright notice affects music you are credited on, you can read the forwarded notice in your copyright inbox. It is separate from Chat's ordinary Inbox.

Open Settings → Legal and follow Copyright notices about your music. Sign in with the account credited on the material. The current process is described on the Copyright page and in the Terms of Service.

Read the notice#

The list identifies the notice, its state, the number of items involved and when it was received. Choose Open notice for the detail.

The detail shows the person who sent it, the work they named, the material and locations involved, their signature and the received and forwarded times. Check these before responding: a notice may concern one item you contributed to rather than all of your work.

The state can say Material taken down, Material restored or Closed. Where applicable, the detail also shows a restoration date, a lawsuit notice, or that a counter-notice from you is already on file.

This notice was not found, or it does not name a track or device you are credited on. can mean you are signed into the wrong account or do not have access to that notice. It is different from The notices could not be loaded. Try again., which is a loading failure.

If material has been taken down#

A taken-down track becomes unavailable to play through Glob Social. Its notice can also affect the related listing and sales. Read the state shown on the notice rather than assuming a failed play means your file has disappeared.

The copyright process can restore material after a decision or response. The notice's current state is the useful record; the wiki does not promise a particular outcome or calculate a legal deadline for you.

Prepare a counter-notice#

Answer with a counter-notice appears only while the notice can take an answer: the material is down, you have not already submitted a counter-notice for it, and the notice does not record a lawsuit.

The form is for a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification. Read its warning before continuing. A counter-notice is sworn and is passed to the claimant with your contact details.

Fill in your full name, email address, postal address and phone number. Read and select the three statements about mistake or misidentification, jurisdiction and service of process. Type your full name as the signature.

Use Send counter-notice to review the submission. The confirmation asks Send your counter-notice? Choose Go back to return to the form, or Yes, send it to submit. Editing the values means reviewing the changed form again.

After sending#

A successful send displays a confirmation and the restoration date returned for that notice. The detail can then show A counter-notice from you is on file.

A closed notice, an existing answer, a recorded lawsuit or an expired session produces a specific error. Your session has ended. Sign in and try again. requires signing in again. That did not go through. Nothing was sent. Try again. does not confirm an answer.

For questions about a notice, keep its reference and use the designated copyright contact on the Copyright page. For a moderation decision unrelated to a copyright notice, use Moderation and appeals.