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SoundSend Copyright and User-Upload Policy

Effective Date: July 25, 2026
Last Updated: July 25, 2026

SoundSend respects copyright and other intellectual-property rights. This Copyright and User-Upload Policy explains:

  • the rights users must have before uploading, sending, or publishing content;
  • how copyright owners may submit a notice of claimed infringement;
  • how affected users may submit a counter-notice;
  • how SoundSend handles repeat infringement; and
  • how to contact SoundSend’s designated agent under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).

This policy is incorporated into the SoundSend Terms of Use.

1. Upload only content you are authorized to use

You are responsible for every sound, recording, image, title, description, profile element, and other item you import, upload, send, or publish.

Before using content through SoundSend, you must have all rights, licenses, permissions, consents, and releases needed for the feature you select. Audio can involve multiple independent rights, including:

  • copyright in a sound recording;
  • copyright in an underlying musical composition, lyrics, script, or other work;
  • performers’ rights;
  • rights in a person’s voice, name, image, or likeness;
  • privacy and recording-consent rights;
  • rights in artwork or photographs; and
  • trademark or branding rights.

Owning one layer of rights does not necessarily authorize the others. For example, owning a recording does not automatically grant rights in an underlying song, and permission to possess a file does not necessarily authorize public distribution.

A clip is not automatically lawful merely because it:

  • is 10 seconds or shorter;
  • is used for humor, commentary, or a meme;
  • is credited to the owner;
  • is not monetized;
  • is stored privately;
  • came from another website or social platform; or
  • is widely available online.

Exceptions such as fair use depend on the facts and applicable law. SoundSend cannot provide legal advice about whether a particular upload is authorized.

2. Private uploads and public publishing

Importing or privately storing a sound does not make it public. However, private storage does not eliminate your responsibility to possess the file lawfully.

Sending a sound to another person or publishing it to SoundDiscover can require broader rights than private storage. When you publish content, you represent that SoundSend and other users may use it through the supported features and licenses described in the Terms of Use.

SoundSend may remove or restrict content when we receive a valid complaint, obtain actual knowledge of infringement, become aware of facts indicating apparent infringement, or otherwise determine that content violates law or policy.

3. Designated DMCA agent

Notices of claimed copyright infringement and DMCA counter-notices should be sent to SoundSend’s designated agent:

Service Provider: Christian Michael Tadros, an individual doing business as SoundSend
Alternate Name: SoundSend
Designated Agent: Christian Michael Tadros
Mailing Address: 4125 SW 111th Ave, Davie, FL 33328, United States
Telephone: +1 (954) 205-6756
Email: [email protected]

For faster routing, use the subject line “DMCA Notice – SoundSend” or “DMCA Counter-Notice – SoundSend.”

The contact information above is for copyright notices and counter-notices. General support requests should be sent to [email protected]. Privacy, harassment, impersonation, and other non-copyright complaints should use in-app reporting or [email protected].

If you believe content available through SoundSend infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to enforce, send a written notice to the designated agent containing substantially all of the following:

  1. Signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if a single notice covers multiple works at one online location, a representative list.
  3. Identification of the material. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient for SoundSend to locate it. Helpful information may include a SoundSend content identifier, creator username, public title, screenshot, publication date, or other unique details.
  4. Contact information. Information reasonably sufficient to contact the complaining party, such as a mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. Good-faith statement. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, the owner’s agent, or law.
  6. Accuracy and authority statement. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right allegedly infringed.

A notice should identify the specific SoundSend material at issue. Broad requests that do not provide enough information to locate content may be delayed or rejected.

A copyright notice is a legal communication. Consider obtaining advice from a qualified attorney before submitting one.

5. What SoundSend may do after receiving a notice

When SoundSend receives a notice, we may:

  • review the notice for substantial compliance;
  • request missing or clarifying information;
  • remove or disable access to the identified content;
  • preserve relevant records;
  • notify the affected user;
  • provide the user with a copy or summary of the notice;
  • record the matter for repeat-infringer enforcement;
  • restrict related accounts or publication capabilities; and
  • take other action required or permitted by law.

SoundSend seeks to act expeditiously on substantially compliant notices. Removal does not constitute a determination by SoundSend or a court that infringement occurred.

SoundSend may decline to act on notices that are fraudulent, abusive, unrelated to copyright, materially incomplete, impossible to verify or locate, or otherwise invalid.

6. Counter-notices

If content you submitted was removed or disabled because of a copyright notice and you believe the removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notice to the designated agent.

A counter-notice must contain substantially all of the following:

  1. Signature. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the removed material. Identification of the material removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal.
  3. Statement under penalty of perjury. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  4. Name, address, and telephone number. Your full legal name, physical address, and telephone number.
  5. Consent to jurisdiction and service. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or, if your address is outside the United States, to the jurisdiction of any federal district court in which SoundSend may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person’s agent.

For a non-U.S. counter-notice, SoundSend may be found in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

By sending a counter-notice, you authorize SoundSend to provide it, including your contact information, to the person who submitted the original notice.

7. Restoration after a counter-notice

After receiving a substantially compliant counter-notice, SoundSend may provide it to the original complaining party and inform that party that the removed material may be restored.

SoundSend may restore or re-enable the material no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice unless the designated agent first receives notice that the complaining party filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from infringing the work at issue.

SoundSend may decline to restore content if it independently violates the Terms of Use, Community Guidelines, Acceptable Use Policy, another law or right, or an applicable provider requirement.

8. Misrepresentations

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees.

Do not submit a notice or counter-notice in bad faith, to harass another person, to suppress lawful criticism, or to resolve a dispute unrelated to copyright.

9. Repeat-infringer policy

SoundSend maintains a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, accounts of users determined to be repeat infringers.

In applying this policy, SoundSend may consider:

  • the number, nature, reliability, and timing of infringement notices;
  • counter-notices and restoration outcomes;
  • court orders or adjudications;
  • whether different notices concern the same work or conduct;
  • apparent bad faith or abuse of the notice process;
  • the user’s history and response;
  • the severity and obviousness of the conduct; and
  • other facts reasonably relevant to whether termination is appropriate.

SoundSend may warn, restrict, suspend, or terminate an account. Egregious infringement may justify immediate action, while a single disputed notice will not automatically establish repeat infringement.

A terminated user may not evade termination by creating or using another account.

10. Standard technical measures

SoundSend will accommodate and not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works when those measures satisfy the requirements of applicable law and are reasonably available to SoundSend.

SoundSend may use hashes, metadata, rights-holder information, reports, or other technical signals to identify duplicate or previously removed content. SoundSend does not promise that any automated or manual system will identify every infringement.

11. No duty to monitor; voluntary moderation

SoundSend is not obligated to monitor every private or public upload. SoundSend may nevertheless review, filter, restrict, or remove content when permitted by the Terms, required by law, or reasonably necessary to protect the Service and its users.

The absence of immediate action does not waive SoundSend’s right to act later.

12. Other intellectual-property and rights complaints

The DMCA process applies to copyright claims. It is not the correct process for every dispute.

For claims involving:

  • trademark infringement;
  • impersonation;
  • privacy or publicity rights;
  • nonconsensual recordings;
  • defamation;
  • harassment; or
  • another legal right,

use available in-app reporting or email [email protected] with enough information to identify the content, explain the claimed violation, and establish your authority.

SoundSend may request identification, authorization, court documents, registrations, or other evidence before acting.

13. Information handling

SoundSend may retain copyright notices, counter-notices, correspondence, and enforcement records as reasonably necessary to administer the process, identify repeat infringement, comply with law, and establish or defend legal claims.

We may share a notice or counter-notice with:

  • the user who submitted the affected material;
  • the original complaining party;
  • legal advisers and service providers;
  • a court, government authority, or law-enforcement agency; or
  • another person when required or permitted by law.

Do not include personal information that is unnecessary for the legal process. Information is handled as described in the Privacy Policy.

14. Changes to this policy

SoundSend may update this policy to reflect changes in law, operations, or the Service. The current version will identify its effective date.

15. Contact

Copyright notices and counter-notices: [email protected]

Designated Agent: Christian Michael Tadros
Mailing Address: 4125 SW 111th Ave, Davie, FL 33328, United States
Telephone: +1 (954) 205-6756