Copyright & DMCA Policy

This Copyright & DMCA Policy is a draft for owner and attorney review. It is not legal advice, is not attorney-approved, and is not a completed takedown program. Kept makes no representation that it has designated or registered a DMCA agent or qualifies for any safe harbor under 17 U.S.C. § 512.

Kept Audio LLC’s legal/contact email is info@keptaudio.com. The legal-notice postal address is Address TBD. The email is not identified here as a registered DMCA agent. A designated agent’s name, address, telephone number, email, and registration details must be confirmed and published before relying on this policy as the statutory agent channel.

Designated DMCA agent: [NOT YET DESIGNATED — NAME, VALID PHYSICAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL, AND REGISTRATION DETAILS TO BE COMPLETED].

If Kept intends to rely on 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), it must designate an agent, register the designation with the U.S. Copyright Office, keep the designation current, and satisfy all other applicable statutory requirements. Registration alone does not guarantee safe-harbor eligibility.

A person may send a preliminary copyright report to info@keptaudio.com. Until a designated agent and valid postal address are formally confirmed and published, this email is not represented as the agent registered under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), and this draft is not a completed statutory service channel.

A notice intended to meet 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) should include the information required by law, including:

• a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner;
• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list if one notice covers multiple works;
• identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to let Kept locate it;
• the sender’s contact information, such as address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that the sender has a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the sender is authorized to act for the owner.

Kept may remove, disable, quarantine, or restrict access to content when appropriate to address a sufficiently supported notice, another rights complaint, a legal requirement, or a service risk. Where required or appropriate, Kept may notify the affected user and provide information about a counter-notice. Kept may cooperate with valid legal process.

Kept does not undertake a general obligation to monitor all user content proactively. Kept will maintain a reporting and takedown process and act on sufficiently supported notices as appropriate and as required by law. Counsel must review the operational steps, responsible staff, response timing, and recordkeeping before this policy is released.

A user who believes content was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification may submit a counter-notice through the designated agent contact once it is established and published. A counter-notice intended to meet 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) must include the information required by law, including:

If the statutory process applies, Kept will follow the notice, counter-notice, and restoration steps and deadlines required by law. Under § 512(g), restoration generally occurs no earlier than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receipt of a compliant counter-notice unless the original notice sender reports that it has filed a court action seeking to restrain the user’s activity. Counsel must confirm the final procedure and any applicable exceptions.

• the user’s physical or electronic signature;
• identification of the removed or disabled material and its former location;
• a statement under penalty of perjury that the user has a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification;
• the user’s name, address, and telephone number;
• the user’s consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate federal district court, as specified by the statute, and a statement that the user will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person’s agent.

Kept intends to adopt and reasonably implement a policy providing for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders who are repeat copyright infringers. Kept may also remove content or suspend or terminate access for other repeated rights violations, unlawful activity, abuse, or high-risk use, subject to applicable law.

This draft statement is not evidence that a repeat-infringer policy has been implemented. The owner and counsel must approve the operational policy and make sure it is followed before relying on any statutory safe harbor.

A person who knowingly makes material misrepresentations in a copyright notice or counter-notice may face liability under applicable law, including 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Do not submit a notice or counter-notice unless its statements are accurate and made in good faith.