1. Artist ownership

Artists keep ownership of the music, artwork, metadata, and other creative material they upload to Haynote. By uploading content, you grant Haynote the limited rights needed to host, store, process, stream, display, recommend, and promote that content on or in connection with Haynote.

Haynote will not distribute your music to third-party streaming services or sell your work as a standalone asset without separate permission.

2. Upload responsibilities

You may upload content only if you own it or have all rights needed to make it available through Haynote. That includes rights in sound recordings, compositions, samples, artwork, stems, producer contributions, featured performances, and any other third-party material included in the upload.

3. Prohibited conduct

• Do not upload music or artwork you do not have rights to use.
• Do not re-upload another artist's work and claim it as your own.
• Do not rip, record, scrape, or redistribute Haynote streams.
• Do not remove copyright notices or rights-management information.

4. DMCA notices

If you believe material on Haynote infringes your copyright, submit a notice through the DMCA takedown form or contact our DMCA agent:

A notice should include the copyrighted work, the Haynote URL where the allegedly infringing material appears, your name and contact information, your good-faith statement, your statement under penalty of perjury, and your physical or electronic signature.

5. Review and takedown process

Haynote records incoming notices as received, reviews them for facial completeness, confirms that the reported URL belongs to Haynote, and then disables access to material covered by a valid notice. We notify the uploader when content is removed or disabled.

6. Counter-notices

If your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, send a counter-notice to dmca@haynote.com. Include the removed material and its former location, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe removal was a mistake or misidentification, your name, address, phone number, consent to the applicable federal court jurisdiction, acceptance of service of process, and your signature.

If we receive a complete counter-notice, we may forward it to the original claimant and restore the material after the statutory waiting period unless the claimant tells us they filed a court action.

7. Repeat infringers

Haynote may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly upload or share infringing material. We track valid takedown actions and use that history when evaluating repeat-infringer enforcement.

8. Other intellectual-property issues

Trademark, impersonation, and other non-copyright issues can be sent to support@haynote.com.