Copyright & DMCA

Muuted respects the intellectual-property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512). Muuted is a reader and tool, not a publisher — the content in a user's feed comes from the publishers and accounts that user chooses, and Muuted links back to the original sources.

Copyright contact. Send copyright questions and DMCA takedown notices to:

Designated Agent: DMCA Agent
Muuted LLC
8401 Mayland Dr, Ste A
Henrico, VA 23294
Phone: 757-733-6133
Email: [email protected]

How to file a notice. To report material you believe infringes your copyright, send our designated agent a written notice that includes all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it (for example, the URL or where it appears in Muuted).
4. Your contact information — name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

What happens next. When we receive a valid notice, we remove or disable access to the material and, where appropriate, notify the affected user. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

Counter-notice. If you believe your material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notice to [email protected]. To be effective it must include all of the following: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the material and the location where it appeared before it was removed or disabled; your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where your address is located, or, if your address is outside the United States, a federal district court in Virginia; and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice, or that person's agent.

After a counter-notice. We may forward a valid counter-notice to whoever filed the original notice. Unless they tell us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity, we may restore the material within the period the DMCA allows.

A warning that cuts both ways. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a takedown notice or a counter-notice can create liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) — that applies to rights-holders and to users equally.

Questions? [email protected]