Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Policy For HipNewSongs.com

HipNewSongs.com follows the safe harbor provisions of 17 USC. ยง 512, otherwise known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). As such, we will respond to written notification of copyright infringements in accordance with the DMCA. If you believe your copyrighted material is being infringed on HipNewSongs.com, please contact us immediately. In order for us to respond, you must provide the notice in a form that substantively complies with the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA. Your notice of claimed infringement must include ALL of the following:

a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works, a representative list of such works.

c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.

d) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.

e) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized.

f) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. If you do not provide a written notice that meets these elements, we will not honor your request and are not required by law to do so.

The majority of the material posted on this site falls under the "fair use" doctrine of copyright law for non-commercial news reporting, education and discussion purposes. To submit a DMCA takedown request, please follow the guidelines above and send it as an email with the subject "DMCA Takedown Notice" to:

hipnewsongs(at)gmail.com

Alternatively, you may contact us using our contact form located here. We will respond promptly to all takedown notices made by the owner of exclusive rights or authorized representative of the copyrighted work(s) found on this website.

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