DMCA & Copyright Policy

Last updated: July 2, 2026

ToneVault respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. The catalog is built exclusively from material believed to be in the public domain or released under a permissive Creative Commons license. If you are a rights holder and believe a recording on this site has been mislabeled or hosted in violation of your rights, this page describes how to request a takedown under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

How we source audio

Every audio file linked from ToneVault was obtained from a public archive — primarily the Internet Archive's open audio collection, supplemented by other open music registries — that lists it under a license permitting redistribution. Before adding a recording to the catalog, we check the license metadata reported by the source archive. We do not, however, conduct independent investigations into the chain of title for each recording, and we recognize that mislabeling does occasionally occur in large open archives.

Filing a takedown notice

If you believe in good faith that material accessible via ToneVault infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to our designated agent (contact details below). To comply with the DMCA, your notice must include all of the following:

1. 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 claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple works, a representative list).
3. The exact URL of the ToneVault page where the allegedly infringing material appears, together with enough detail to allow us to locate the audio file in question.
4. Your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Where to send notices

Designated DMCA Agent:
ToneVault Copyright Agent
PO Box 14820
Brooklyn, NY 11201
United States
Email: dmca@tonevault.example

Email notices are typically processed faster than postal mail. Please use the subject line “DMCA Takedown — [URL of page]” so we can route your notice quickly.

Counter-notices

If material you posted to ToneVault has been removed or disabled in response to a takedown notice and you believe the removal was the result of mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notice with our designated agent containing the elements specified in 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). We will forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant.

Repeat infringer policy

ToneVault terminates, in appropriate circumstances, the access privileges of users (including bulk uploaders, where applicable) who are determined to be repeat infringers. Because ToneVault does not host user-uploaded audio in the conventional sense — every entry is editorially curated by our team — this provision applies most directly to the editorial process itself: any source that generates repeat valid takedown claims will be reviewed and may be removed wholesale from our ingestion pipeline.

Misrepresentations

Please be aware that under section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages. Don't file false claims; the legal consequences are real.