DMCA / Copyright Policy
It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged
infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws. Responses
may include removing material claimed to be the subject of infringing
activity on Ultimate Guitar and/or terminating a user's account. If we
take such measures, we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the
sender who transmitted the content so that he or she may make a counter
notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA. It
is our policy to document all notices of alleged infringement on which
we act. As with all legal notices, a copy of the notice may be
sent to one or more third parties who may make it available to the
public.
Infringement Notification
If you are a copyright owner or an authorized
agent thereof and believe that any user of Ultimate Guitar has
infringed upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification
pursuant to the DMCA by filing a notice of infringement with our
Copyright Agent. To file a notice of infringement with our Copyright
Agent, you must provide a written communication (by fax, regular mail
or e-mail) that sets forth the items specified below. Please note that
you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees)
if you materially misrepresent that a product or activity is infringing
your copyrights. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material
available online infringes your copyright, we suggest that you first
contact an attorney. To expedite our ability to process your request,
please use the following format (including section numbers):
- Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe
has been infringed upon.
- Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted
work listed in item #1 above or which you claim is the subject of
infringing activity. You must identify each separate item of
infringing material.
- Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Ultimate Guitar
to locate the material.
- Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Ultimate Guitar
to contact you (email address, telephone number and a mailing address).
- Provide information, if possible, sufficient to permit Ultimate
Guitar to notify the user that allegedly sent infringing material
(email address is preferred).
- Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that
use of the copyrighted materials in the manner complained of is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
- Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of
perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate
and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
- Sign the paper.
- Send the written communication to the following address:
Ultimate Guitar USA LLC
Attn: Copyright Agent
268 Bush Street, Suite 3044
San Francisco, CA 94104
OR Fax to: (415) 449-3650
Attn: Copyright Agent
Subject: DMCA Notification
OR email to: [email protected] with the words "DMCA Complaint" in the subject line.
You hereby acknowledge that if you fail to
comply with all the of the requirements set forth above, your DMCA
notice may not be valid.
Counter Notification
Pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the
Act, the subscriber may make a counter notification. To file a counter
notification with us, you must provide a written communication
(by fax, regular mail or email) that sets forth the items specified
below. Please note that you will be liable for damages (including
costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that the
content is not infringing the copyrights of others. Accordingly, if
you are not sure whether certain material infringes the copyrights
of others, we suggest that you first contact an attorney. A sample
counter notification may be found at www.chillingeffects.org/dmca/counter512.pdf.
To expedite our ability to process your counter notification,
please use the following format (including section numbers):
- Identify the name of the Ultimate Guitar content with respect to
which Ultimate Guitar has blocked access.
- Provide your name, address, telephone number, email address,
and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal
District Court for the judicial district in which your address is
located (or New York, NY, USA if your address is outside of the
United States), and that you will accept service of process from
the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C)
of the DMCA or an agent of such person.
- Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of
perjury, that I have a good faith belief that transmission of
each .Ultimate Guitar file identified above was blocked as a
result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be
blocked."
- Sign the paper.
- Send the written communication to the following address:
Ultimate Guitar
Attn: Copyright Agent
268 Bush Street, Suite 3044
San Francisco, CA 94104
OR Fax to: (415) 449-3650
Attn: Copyright Agent
Subject: DMCA Notification
OR email to: [email protected] with the words "DMCA Complaint" in the subject line.