Copyright Policy
Artists own their music, and Rime takes only music its artists made. This is how to tell Rime when something on it breaks your rights, and what happens next.
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Ownership
Artists own their music; Rime gets a limited licence
Uploading to Rime doesn’t give Rime ownership of anything. Rime gets only the licence in the Terms (section 3): to store and play a track where its artist chooses.
What can be uploaded is set out in the Terms (section 4): the artist’s own music, with the rights to everything in it.
Rights notices
How to tell Rime that something on it breaks your rights
Send a notice to [email protected], or use Report on the page. You don’t need an account. To be acted on, it should include:
- your name, email and postal address, and on whose behalf you act if it isn’t yourself;
- the work you say is infringed;
- the exact link of what you want removed on Rime;
- why it breaks your rights;
- a statement that you believe in good faith the use isn’t authorised by the rights holder, its agent or the law;
- a statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them;
- your signature (typing your full name is enough).
What Rime does
What happens after a notice
Rime confirms it has your notice and looks at it promptly. If it is complete and credible, Rime removes the material or makes it unavailable, and tells the person who uploaded it what was removed, why, and how to dispute it. Rime tells you what it decided.
A notice that’s incomplete or doesn’t hold up is answered with what is missing.
Disputing a removal
If your upload was removed by mistake
Write to [email protected] with:
- the link of what was removed;
- a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification;
- your name, postal address, email and phone number;
- your agreement that the claimant may bring the matter before the competent courts;
- your signature.
After a dispute
What happens to a disputed removal
Rime sends your dispute to the person who sent the notice. If they don’t show within 10 to 14 business days that they have started legal proceedings, Rime may put the material back. Rime may also keep it down where the risk is clear, and tells you why.
Rime doesn’t decide who owns a work, as a court would. Between collaborators who disagree about credits or consent, Rime may pause the track while they sort it out, and asks the lead artist to correct the credits or remove it.
Leaks
If your unreleased music was leaked
Write to [email protected] with the link where it appeared. Rime removes whatever is on Rime at once, closes any account it can tie to the leak, keeps the records, and helps you with what you need to act outside Rime.
Repeat infringement
Accounts that keep breaking rights are closed
Three valid rights notices against an account within 12 months close it. A leak of unreleased music closes it at once.
False notices
Notices are for real rights
Sending a notice you know is false can make you liable for the harm it causes, and Rime may stop acting on notices from someone who keeps sending them.