Respect the work. Protect the rights behind it.

Purpose and scope

Exposed Vocals, LLC (“Exposed Vocals,” “EV,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects intellectual-property rights and expects members, contributors, artists, representatives and visitors to do the same.

This policy describes EV’s process under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including 17 U.S.C. § 512, for notices alleging copyright infringement and counter-notifications alleging that material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.

This process is for copyright claims. It is not the correct process for disputes involving trademarks, defamation, privacy, publicity rights, impersonation, contract rights, payment disagreements, editorial criticism or other non-copyright issues. Use the appropriate contact or reporting route for those matters.

Nothing on this page is legal advice. If you are uncertain whether material infringes your rights, whether a use may be authorized or lawful, or whether you should submit a notice or counter-notification, consult a qualified attorney before acting.

Copyright and content on Exposed Vocals

EV publishes and displays several kinds of material, including:

• Artist profiles and biographies.
• Interviews, reviews and editorial articles.
• Music-video pages and third-party video embeds.
• Album artwork, press photographs and promotional images.
• Member posts, replies and images on The Signal.
• Music, release and professional information supplied by artists or representatives.
• Links and embedded players from services such as YouTube and other supported media platforms.

Copyright may apply separately to a sound recording, musical composition, lyrics, video, photograph, artwork, written article or another creative work. Owning or controlling one element does not necessarily establish ownership of every element.

By submitting content to EV, you represent that you own the content or have the permissions, licenses and authority required to submit and publish it. Submitting a link or embed does not transfer ownership of the underlying work to Exposed Vocals.

EV may display content hosted by a third-party platform. In those cases, EV may be able to remove or disable its page, link or embed, but it may not control or host the underlying file. A copyright owner may also need to contact the platform hosting the original file.

Before submitting a DMCA notice

Please confirm that:

• You are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for the owner of an exclusive right.
• You have identified the specific copyrighted work involved.
• You have identified the exact EV material or page you want reviewed.
• You have considered whether the use may be licensed, authorized by the owner, permitted by law or protected by an exception such as fair use.
• Your claim concerns copyright rather than a different legal or personal dispute.

Do not use the DMCA process merely because you dislike criticism, a review, an interview answer, a factual disagreement or the way an artist or release was discussed. A negative opinion about a work is not itself copyright infringement.

You may be responsible for damages, costs and attorneys’ fees if you knowingly make a material misrepresentation that content is infringing.

How to submit a copyright-infringement notice

To request removal or disabling of material you believe infringes copyright, send a written notice to EV’s designated DMCA agent.

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), the notice should include substantially all of the following:

1. Your signature

A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

Typing your full legal name at the end of an electronic notice may serve as an electronic signature when you intend it to sign the notice.

2. Identification of the copyrighted work

Identify the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed. If one notice covers multiple copyrighted works on EV, provide a representative list that identifies those works clearly.

For music-related claims, specify which right or work is involved—for example, the sound recording, musical composition, lyrics, video, photograph, album artwork or written material.

3. Identification and location of the allegedly infringing material

Identify the EV material you believe is infringing and provide information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it.

Include the exact EV URL for each page, profile, post, image, article or embed at issue. General references to the homepage, an artist name, a category or “everything on the site” may not provide enough information.

4. Your contact information

Provide information reasonably sufficient for EV to contact you, including:

• Full legal name.
• Mailing address.
• Telephone number.
• Email address.
• Your relationship to the copyright owner, when you are acting as an agent or representative.

5. Good-faith statement

Include this statement or a substantially similar statement:

I have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.

6. Accuracy and authority statement

Include this statement or a substantially similar statement:

I state that the information in this notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed or am authorized to act on behalf of that owner.

Send the completed notice to the designated agent listed below. Combining all required information into one complete notice helps EV evaluate it efficiently.

Send a DMCA Notice

Exposed Vocals designated DMCA agent

Exposed Vocals has not yet completed a formal DMCA agent designation with the U.S. Copyright Office. Until that registration is complete, send copyright notices and counter-notifications to the email address below.

Service provider: Exposed Vocals, LLC
Email: admin@exposedvocals.com

DMCA notices, counter-notifications and related legal correspondence should be directed to the designated agent. Customer-service questions, artist submissions, editorial pitches, billing disputes and general complaints sent to the DMCA channel may be redirected or delayed.

What happens after EV receives a notice

EV may review the notice for substantial compliance with the statutory requirements and may request missing information when appropriate.

When EV receives a substantially compliant notice, it may act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the identified material. EV may also:

• Notify the member or contributor responsible for the material.
• Provide that person with a copy of the notice or information from it.
• Preserve records relevant to the claim.
• Contact the sender for clarification.
• Disable an EV page, image, post, link or embedded player.
• Refer the sender to the third-party platform that hosts the underlying file.
• Apply account restrictions or repeat-infringer procedures when appropriate.

Removal or disabling under this process is not a final court determination that infringement occurred. EV may act to preserve rights and comply with its legal process while the parties resolve the underlying dispute.

EV may reject or delay processing when a notice does not identify the copyrighted work, does not identify the allegedly infringing material, lacks usable contact information, omits required statements or signature, concerns a non-copyright dispute, or appears fraudulent or abusive.

Submitting multiple incomplete messages may slow review. Send one complete notice whenever possible.

Counter-notification

If EV removed or disabled material following a DMCA notice and you believe the action resulted from mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notification to EV’s designated DMCA agent.

This is a legal request. EV may provide the counter-notification, including your contact information, to the person who submitted the original notice. Consider consulting an attorney before proceeding.

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), a counter-notification should include substantially all of the following:

1. Your signature

Your physical or electronic signature.

2. Identification of the removed material

Identify the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal. Include the former EV URL and enough information to identify the content precisely.

3. Statement under penalty of perjury

Include this statement or a substantially similar statement:

I state under penalty of perjury that I have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.

4. Contact, jurisdiction and service statement

Provide your full legal name, physical address and telephone number, and include a statement that:

• You consent to the jurisdiction of the United States Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located; or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Exposed Vocals may be found; and
• You will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original DMCA notice or that person’s agent.

Send the complete counter-notification to the designated agent listed above.

Send a Counter-Notification

What happens after a counter-notification

After receiving an effective counter-notification, EV may provide a copy to the person who submitted the original notice and inform that person that EV may restore the material or cease disabling access.

Unless EV’s designated agent first receives notice that the original claimant has filed a court action seeking an order to restrain the member from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity, EV may restore the material not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notification.

Restoration is not automatic in every circumstance. EV may continue to restrict material for another valid legal, safety, contractual, technical or policy reason independent of the original DMCA notice.

Repeat-infringer policy

EV has adopted a policy providing for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of members or account holders who are repeat infringers.

EV may consider factors including:

• The number and timing of substantially compliant notices.
• Whether separate notices concern different works or repeated conduct.
• Counter-notifications and their outcomes.
• Court orders or judgments.
• Evidence that a claim was withdrawn, resolved or materially inaccurate.
• Attempts to evade restrictions through additional accounts.
• Other credible information showing repeated infringement or abuse.

EV may remove content, limit publishing functions, suspend an account or terminate access when appropriate. EV may act sooner in serious circumstances and is not required to wait for a particular number of notices when infringement is apparent or another policy permits action.

Account termination does not prevent EV from preserving records needed for legal compliance, fraud prevention, payment records, moderation history or enforcement.

Misrepresentation and abuse

The DMCA process carries legal consequences.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation that material is infringing—or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification—may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, suffered by the alleged infringer, copyright owner, authorized licensee or service provider.

Do not submit a notice or counter-notification with information you know is false. Do not impersonate a copyright owner, fabricate authority, alter ownership records, submit automated claims without reasonable review or use this process to suppress criticism, competition or lawful expression.

EV may restrict or refuse access to its reporting channels when they are used fraudulently, abusively or in violation of law, while preserving any rights or procedures required by applicable law.

Fair use and disputed rights

Some uses of copyrighted material may be lawful without permission, including uses potentially protected by fair use. Fair use is fact-specific and can depend on the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used and the effect on the potential market.

EV cannot provide legal advice or decide private ownership disputes for the parties. The notice-and-counter-notice process is not a substitute for legal counsel or a court determination.

Before submitting a notice, consider whether the material may be licensed, authorized or legally permitted. Before submitting a counter-notification, consider whether you genuinely have a basis to state under penalty of perjury that removal resulted from mistake or misidentification.

Matters that are not DMCA claims

Use the appropriate EV route for:

• Trademark or brand confusion.
• Defamation or factual-correction requests.
• Privacy and personal-data concerns.
• Right-of-publicity claims.
• Impersonation or fraudulent profiles.
• Harassment, threats or inappropriate content.
• Billing, subscriptions or service disputes.
• Editorial pitches and artist submissions.
• Requests involving an image of you when you do not own the image’s copyright.

Submitting a non-copyright dispute as a DMCA notice may delay the matter.

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No affirmative monitoring obligation

EV may use moderation, reports, automated tools and review procedures to identify unavailable, abusive or potentially unlawful material. However, the presence of those systems does not mean EV reviews or approves every item before publication or assumes responsibility for monitoring every submission for infringement.

Members and contributors remain responsible for the material they submit and the rights required to publish it.

Preservation and disclosure

EV may preserve notices, counter-notifications, correspondence, account information, technical records and content copies when reasonably necessary to administer this policy, protect legal rights, prevent abuse, comply with law or respond to valid legal process.

Information submitted through the DMCA process may be disclosed to the affected member, the original claimant, legal advisers, service providers, courts, government authorities or others when reasonably necessary to process the claim or comply with law.

Do not include passwords, full payment-card numbers, authentication codes, private keys or unrelated sensitive information in a notice or counter-notification.

Changes to this policy

EV may update this policy to reflect changes in law, platform features, operational procedures or contact information. The current effective date and last-updated date will appear at the top of the page.

Changes to the designated-agent contact block should also be updated promptly in the U.S. Copyright Office’s Designated Agent Directory when required. Publishing different agent information on the website and in the federal directory may undermine the purpose of the designation.