DMCA

Everything sold on this site is produced by MATRIX MUSIC and we own or control the rights we license to you. We take other people’s rights as seriously as our own. If you believe something on matrixmusic.net infringes a copyright you own or represent, tell us and we will act on it.

This page sets out the notice-and-takedown procedure under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512. It is not legal advice.

Send copyright notices to our designated agent:

Copyright Agent, MATRIX MUSIC
Email: info@matrixmusic.net

Please put DMCA NOTICE in the subject line. Notices sent to any other address may be delayed.

To be effective under § 512(c)(3), a notice must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
3. Identification of the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it — a direct URL is best.
4. Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.

An incomplete notice may not be actionable, and we may come back to you for the missing parts.

We review every notice. If the claim is valid on its face we remove or disable access to the material promptly, and we tell whoever posted or supplied it what we removed and why. Where the material is one of our own releases we will also take it off sale while the claim is open.

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to the agent above. It must include your signature; identification of the material and where it appeared before removal; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification; and your name, address and telephone number, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the district where you live, or, if you are outside the United States, any district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party.

If we receive a valid counter-notice we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the complaining party tells us they have filed a court action.

We terminate the accounts and licences of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. If you buy a licence from us and use it to infringe someone else’s rights, that licence can be revoked.

Under § 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — can be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please be sure before you send a notice.

Two things come up often enough to answer here.

“Type beat” titles. Naming a beat after an artist describes the style it is in. It is not a claim of involvement, endorsement or affiliation with that artist, and no such claim is intended. If you represent an artist and want a title changed, write to us and we will change it.

Your own vocals. Anything you send us stays yours. We use it only to produce the record you paid for. See Privacy for what happens to those files, and the licence for what you get.

Copyright notices and every other kind of legal notice: info@matrixmusic.net. General questions belong on the contact page.