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Copyright Policy

Musely® and its Services (including musely.com and its apps, owned and operated by Trusper Inc., collectively, "we", "us", "our", the "Company", or "Musely") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects you to do the same. The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") provides recourse to copyright owners who believe their copyrights have been infringed by the acts of third parties over the Internet. In accordance with the DMCA, Musely™ will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement on the Musely™ website that are reported to Musely™'s Designated Copyright Agent using the procedures below.

Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any content uploaded, posted or otherwise transmitted through Musely's website or online service (collectively, the "Musely Service") infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, pursuant to the DMCA, you may notify our Designated Agent with a written communication that contains substantially the following information:

  1. Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work or intellectual property that you claim has been infringed so that we can locate the material. If multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by your notification, you may provide a representative list of such works at that site.
  2. Identify the URL or other specific location on the Musely Service that contains the material that you claim infringes your copyright described in Item 1 above. You must provide us with reasonably sufficient information to enable us to locate the alleged infringing material.
  3. Provide the electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
  4. Include a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  5. Include a statement by you that the information contained in your notice is accurate and that you attest under penalty of perjury that you are the copyright owner or that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
  6. Include your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address.

Submit your notice to our Designated Copyright Agent by fax, mail or email, as set forth below:

Musely Copyright Agent
(408) 444-7598
160 E Tasman Dr suite 102
San Jose, CA 95134
Copyright@musely.com

Please note that you may be liable for damages, including court costs and attorneys' fees, if you materially misrepresent that content on the Musely Service is infringing.

Upon receiving a proper notification of alleged copyright infringement, we will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and promptly notify the alleged infringer of your claim. We also will advise the alleged infringer of the DMCA statutory counter-notification procedure described below by which the alleged infringer may respond to your claim and request that we restore this material.

Please note that our furnishing your claim to the alleged infringer will include the personal information you provide in your notification, which the alleged infringer may use to contact you directly. As such, by submitting a notification of alleged copyright infringement, you consent to disclosure of your information in this manner.

Counter-Notification

If you believe your content has been removed from the Musely Service, pursuant to the above DMCA notice procedure, as a result of a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a written counter-notification letter to our Designated Copyright Agent. To be an effective counter-notification under the DMCA, your letter must include substantially the following information:

  1. Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled; and
  2. All of the following statements:

    1. "I consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court in which my address is located, or if my address is outside the United States, the judicial district in which Musely, Inc. is located."
    2. "I will accept service of process from the party that filed the notification of alleged copyright infringement or the party's agent."
    3. "Under penalty of perjury, I have a good faith belief that the material in question was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
  3. Your name, address, telephone number, email address, and if applicable, username associated with the Musely Service.
  4. Your physical or electronic signature.

You may submit your counter-notification letter to our Designated Copyright Agent by fax, mail, or email at the contact information noted above. Please note that upon receipt of your counter-notification, we will forward it to the original complainant. You consent to disclosure of your information in this manner.

If you send us a valid, written counter-notification letter meeting the requirements described above, we will restore your removed or disabled material after 10 business days but no later than 14 business days from the date we receive your counter notification, unless our Designated Copyright Agent first receives notice from the party filing the original notification of alleged copyright infringement informing us that they have filed a court action to restrain you from further alleged infringement.

Please note that if you materially misrepresent that the disabled or removed content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. If you are unsure of whether you own all the necessary rights to the material that is the subject of the complaint, filing a counter-notification may be inappropriate. However, you may contact the original complainant directly to seek a retraction of their claim.

Retraction Policy

We will consider any retraction of a copyright complaint from the original complainant that is sent from the same address as the original copyright complaint.

If you are the original complainant and seek to retract your complaint, please provide our Designated Copyright Agent with a written communication with the following information:

  1. The statement, with fields in all-caps completed: "I hereby retract my claim of copyright infringement sent on (DATE OF ORIGINAL COMPLAINT) regarding (BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPLAINT) located at (PROVIDE URL OR OTHER SPECIFIC LOCATION ON THE SERVICE THAT CONTAINS THE CONTESTED MATERIAL)."
  2. Your physical or electronic signature.

If you are the alleged infringer and seek to contact the original complainant, please write or email the original complainant at the address provided in the copyright complaint furnished to you, and have the original complainant contact us directly with their retraction following the procedure listed above for retractions by original complainant. Please be aware that you are responsible for any communications sent by you to the original complainant.

Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Musely has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, users of the Musely Service who are deemed to be repeat infringers. We also may, in our sole discretion, limit access to the Musely Service and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.