Copyright & DMCA Policy

1. About this policy

Outloud responds to copyright takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). If you believe music, artwork, or other material distributed through Outloud infringes a copyright you own or control, you can send our designated agent a takedown notice using the process below, and we will act on valid notices.

This page explains what a notice and a counter-notice need to contain, in plain English. It is a description of our process, not legal advice — the DMCA is a real statute with real consequences for misuse, and if you are unsure whether you have a claim, talk to a lawyer before you file.

Because we distribute to third-party stores rather than operating them, removal from Outloud means we initiate a takedown through our distribution process. As described in our Terms of Service, propagation to and removal from the stores is performed on a best-efforts basis and is not instant.

2. Designated copyright agent

Send DMCA notices and counter-notices to the agent we have registered with the U.S. Copyright Office:

DMCA Agent, Outloud Distribution LLC
522 W Riverside Ave Ste N
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (360) 625-9600
Email: dmca@outlouddistro.com
Registration: DMCA-1077260

Email is the fastest route. This address is for copyright notices only; for anything else, write to contact@outlouddistro.com.

3. Filing a takedown notice

To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include all of the following:

• The work you say was infringed. Identify the copyrighted work — for example, the recording, song, or artwork. If you are covering several works in one notice, list them.
• The material you want removed, and where it is. Identify the allegedly infringing material and give us enough information to find it — a URL to the release or track on our site or on a store is best.
• Your contact information. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• A good-faith-belief statement. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• An accuracy statement, under penalty of perjury. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
• Your signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or the person authorized to act for them.

A notice missing these elements may not be effective, and we may come back to you for the missing pieces before we can act on it.

4. Counter-notices

If material of yours was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send our designated agent a counter-notice. It must include:

• The material and where it was. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled, and the location where it appeared before it was removed.
• A good-faith statement, under penalty of perjury, that the removal was a mistake. A statement that you believe in good faith the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your contact information and consent to jurisdiction. Your name, address, and telephone number, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where you live (or, if you are outside the United States, any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the notice or their agent.
• Your signature. A physical or electronic signature.

What happens next. We provide your counter-notice, including the contact information in it, to the person who filed the original notice. If they do not tell us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you from the activity in question, the material may be restored in 10 to 14 business days after we receive your counter-notice. Restoring a release means we re-initiate distribution, on the same best-efforts basis as any other delivery.

5. Knowingly false claims

Section 512(f) of the DMCA makes you liable for damages — including costs and attorneys' fees — if you knowingly and materially misrepresent that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake. This applies to notices and counter-notices alike. Do not file either one to harass someone, to remove music you simply dislike, or over a dispute that is not actually about copyright.

6. Repeat infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are the subject of repeated valid infringement claims, and we may remove content on receipt of a valid notice. Every artist who submits a release to Outloud confirms at the point of submission that they hold all the rights needed to distribute it. Our full repeat-infringer provision is in Section 6 of the Terms of Service.

7. Contact

Copyright notices and counter-notices: dmca@outlouddistro.com
Everything else: contact@outlouddistro.com
Outloud Distribution LLC
522 W Riverside Ave Ste N
Spokane, WA 99201
(360) 625-9600