MatchingArts Collective (MAC) Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy


1. License

MAC is a platform that helps music creators, such as composers, lyricists and producers, host and distribute their content online. It’s all about helping fans discover new music. MAC provides this site as a service to music creators and their public: people enjoying music. MAC aims to respect intellectual property law and ensure that creators can exploit their music with the greatest chance of success, at the same time. MAC acquired licenses from performance rights organizations necessary according to Dutch Law, to be able to offer you the Service. We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of others and expect you to do the same.


2. Report Copyright Infringement to us

If you believe that your work (or the work of a third party on whose behalf you are entitled to act), such as music or images, has been copied, used, or made available on or through the MAC Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement of your intellectual property, please provide our Copyright Agent with a copyright infringement notice ("Notice") which should include the following written information:

1.    a statement that you have identified material on the Website which infringes your copyright (or infringes the copyright of a third party on whose behalf you are entitled to act, if applicable);

2.    identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single Notice, a representative list of such works at that site;

3.    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 MAC to locate the material (URL and/or screen shot);

4.    your full name, email address, postal address and telephone number on which you can be contacted;

5.    a statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

6.    a statement by you that the information in the Notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and

7.    a physical or electronic signature (which may be a scanned copy) of a person authorized to act on behalf of owner of the work that is allegedly infringed.

MAC's agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding the Website can be
reached as follows: By mail:
For: Copyright Agent, MAC, Fluitekamp 33, 3828 WD Hoogland, The Netherlands
By email: Contact
or go to the reporting section at Contact

If you are unsure about your rights in respect of material, or whether there has been an infringement of your rights, we suggest you take legal advice before sending a Notice to MAC.

 

3. Counter Notice

One who has posted reported material is allowed to send MAC a counter notice. We may decide to reinstate the material in question, at our own descretion. You can send a counter notice to our Copyright Agent, or use the reporting section here at Contact


4. Notification of Trademark Infringement

If you believe that your trademark (the "Mark") is being used by a user in a way that constitutes trademark infringement, please provide MAC’s Copyright Agent (specified above) with the following information:

1.    identification of the Mark(s) alleged to have been infringed, including (i) for registered Marks, a copy of each relevant trademark registration certificate or (ii) for common law or other Marks, evidence sufficient to establish your claimed rights in the Mark, including the nature of your use of the Mark, and the time period and geographic area in which the Mark has been used by you;

2.    information reasonably sufficient to permit MAC to contact you or your authorized agent, including a name, address, telephone number and, if available, an email address;
3.    information reasonably sufficient to permit MAC to identify the use being challenged;

4.    your physical or electronic signature, or a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on your behalf;

5.    a statement that you have not authorized the challenged use, and that you have a good-faith belief that the challenged use is not authorized by law;

6.    a statement that all of the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury that you are the Mark owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of the Mark owner.

Upon receipt of notice as described above, MAC will seek to confirm the existence of the Mark on the Service, notify the registered user who posted the content including the Mark, and take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including temporary or permanent removal of the Mark from the Service. A registered user may respond to notice of takedown by showing either (a) that the Mark has been cancelled, or has expired or lapsed or (b) that the registered user has a trademark registration, an unexpired license covering the use, or some other relevant right to the Mark, or (c) that the use is for other reasons shown by the registered user non-infringing. If the registered user makes an appropriate showing of either (a), (b) or (c) then MAC may exercise its discretion not to remove the Mark. If MAC decides to comply with a takedown request, it will do so within a commercially reasonable period of time after receipt of the notification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MAC will comply as appropriate with the terms of any court order relating to alleged trademark infringement on the Service.


5. Notification of Other Intellectual Property ("IP") Infringement

If you believe that some other IP right of yours is being infringed by a user, please provide MAC’s Copyright Agent (specified above) with the following information:

1.    identification of the IP alleged to have been infringed, including (i) a complete description or explanation of the nature of the IP, (ii) evidence that you own the IP in the relevant jurisdiction, including copies of relevant patents, registrations, certifications or other documentary evidence of your ownership, and (iii) a showing sufficient for MAC to determine without unreasonable effort that the IP has been infringed;

2.    information reasonably sufficient to permit MAC to identify the use being challenged;

3.    information reasonably sufficient to permit MAC to contact you or your authorized agent, including a name, address, telephone number and, if available, an email address;

4.    your physical or electronic signature, or a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on your behalf;

5.    a statement that you have not authorized the challenged use, and that you have a good-faith belief that the challenged use is not authorized by law;

6.    a statement that all of the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury that you are the IP owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of the IP owner.

Upon receipt of notice as described above, MAC will seek to confirm the existence of the IP on the Service, notify the registered user who posted the content including the IP, and take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including temporary or permanent removal of the IP from the Service. A registered user may respond to notice of takedown by showing either (a) that the claimant does not own the IP or (b) that the IP is not infringed. If the registered user succeeds in showing either (a), (b) or (c) then MAC may exercise its discretion not to remove the IP. If MAC decides to comply with a takedown request, it will do so within a commercially reasonable period of time after receipt of the notice.


6. Terms & Conditions to hold us harmless from third party claims

Music creators are solely responsible for their own submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. Music creators have expressly agreed to indemnify and hold MAC harmless from any third party claims with respect to copyright or other intellectual property infringement. MAC, its affiliates and other designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) to refuse or remove any content that is available on the platform, in whole or in part, at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice and with no liability of any kind. In addition, we will immediately terminate without notice the accounts of those determined by us to be repeat copyright infringers.