DMCA Notice & Takedown Policy

SplitVocals respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the service to do the same. This page explains our policy under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, for responding to claims of copyright infringement.

1. How SplitVocals processes audio

It’s important to understand what SplitVocals does before filing a notice: audio you select is processed entirely inside your own browser, on your own device. SplitVocals does not host, store, stream, or distribute audio files or the stems generated from them — we have no server-side copy of any file a user processes, because none is ever uploaded. As a result, there is no infringing copy on our systems for us to remove for the vast majority of possible complaints. This policy exists for the parts of splitvocals.com that we do host directly, such as the website’s own text, images, and code.

2. Filing a takedown notice

If you believe that material hosted on splitvocals.com (as distinct from audio processed locally by a user, which we cannot access) infringes your copyright, you may send a written notice to our designated agent at dmca@splitvocals.com that includes all of the following, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it, such as a specific URL on splitvocals.com.
• Your contact information, including an address, telephone number, and an email address.
• A statement 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.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Notices that do not relate to material we actually host — for example, complaints about audio a third party processed on their own device using SplitVocals — cannot be acted on, because we have no access to that material and no ability to remove it.

3. Counter-notification

If you believe material we removed or disabled was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to dmca@splitvocals.com that includes:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and its location before removal.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the United States, for any judicial district in which SplitVocals may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.

Upon receiving a valid counter-notice, we may, as required by the DMCA, restore the removed material unless the original complainant informs us that they have filed a court action seeking an order to restrain the alleged infringer from engaging in infringing activity.

4. Repeat infringers

While SplitVocals does not maintain user accounts and therefore has no mechanism to “ban” individual users from a local, client-side tool, we will take appropriate action available to us, consistent with the DMCA, in response to valid notices concerning material we actually host.

5. Designated agent

DMCA notices and counter-notices should be sent to our designated agent at dmca@splitvocals.com. Please use this address only for copyright matters; general questions should go to support@splitvocals.com or our Contact page.