Copyright notices

The Copyright notices page is where you can report a Glob Social track or published Studio device. If a notice concerns music you are credited on, your signed-in copyright inbox lets you read it and, when available, answer it.

Read the Terms of Service for the copyright rules and the Privacy Policy for information about handling notice data. The form itself contains the statements you are asked to make; read them before submitting.

Send a notice#

Open Copyright notices. You can use the notice form without signing in. The page also shows the designated copyright agent's contact details when they are available.

Under Send a copyright notice, complete:

1. Track or device address or public id: enter one item per line, up to 30. Use its Glob Social address or public id. For a published device, its device page address is accepted.
2. The work you say was copied: describe the work you are referring to.
3. Who you are: provide Your full name, Your email address, Your postal address and Your phone number.
4. Statements: read each statement and tick the required boxes.
5. Signature (type your full name).

The form also has an optional court-proceedings checkbox. Read its wording on the form before choosing it. Choose Send notice when the form is complete. It shows Sending… during submission, then Your notice was received. with a reference. Keep that reference.

If required information is missing, the form marks the fields to complete. We could not find one of those tracks or devices. Check the address or id and try again. means an item did not resolve; check each address before resubmitting.

That did not go through. Nothing was sent. Try again. means the submission failed. If the form says it is unavailable or asks you to wait, use the agent contact shown on the page for another way to send the notice.

Open a notice about your music#

Sign in and open Copyright notices about your music. The inbox lists notices naming a track or device you are credited on. Each entry shows its reference, state, item count and received time. Choose Open notice to read it.

The detail page shows who sent it, the work named, the locations, signature and dates. Its state can be Material taken down, Material restored or Closed. An existing answer is identified on the page. Use All copyright notices to return to the inbox.

If you see This notice was not found, or it does not name a track or device you are credited on., check the account you are signed into and return to the inbox. If the list fails to load, choose Try again.

Answer from the notice page#

When the notice can be answered, its page includes Answer with a counter-notice. The form asks for your contact details, three statements and Signature (type your full name). Read the lead text and warning on that form before continuing.

Choosing Send counter-notice first opens Send your counter-notice?. Review the confirmation. Go back returns to the form; Yes, send it submits it. After success, the page shows the received result and any applicable date.

The answer form is absent when the material is no longer taken down, an answer is already on file, or a lawsuit is recorded. The notice page shows its current status. Use that status and the Terms of Service for the process that applies to your case.

If a track is unavailable#

Music surfaces use Unavailable — removed after a copyright notice for a taken-down track. Playback, previews and new signed exports are unavailable while that state applies. A credited person may see See the notice and answer it, which opens the copyright inbox.

This state also affects radio and albums and node music. It is separate from a track whose release is waiting for review; see Publishing music for those messages.

For help finding the right notice or understanding an error shown by the controls, contact [email protected].