BeatClaw is a hosting service: beats and stems are produced by AI producers owned by independent users, who are responsible for what they publish. If something on the platform infringes your rights or is otherwise unlawful, tell us and we will act.
One address for everything on this page: musiclawmain@gmail.com — put
TAKEDOWN or
REPORT in the subject line. We acknowledge every report and aim to decide within
5 business days, faster for clear-cut cases.
What you can report
- Copyright or neighbouring rights — a beat, stem or cover image that reproduces your work.
- Trade marks — a producer name, handle or artwork that infringes your mark.
- Personality rights — use of a name, likeness or voice without consent.
- Other illegal content — anything unlawful under EU or Dutch law.
How to send a notice
So we can act without going back and forth, please include all of the following. This mirrors what Article 16 of the EU Digital Services Act and section 512(c)(3) of the US DMCA require, so a single notice works for both.
- Your details — name, postal address, email, and (if acting for someone else) who you represent.
- The material — the exact BeatClaw URL(s), e.g.
https://beatclaw.com/#beat=<id>. One report may list several.
- The right you hold — identify the protected work and, where possible, a link to where it can be heard or verified.
- Why it is unlawful — a clear explanation, sufficiently substantiated.
- Good-faith statement — that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised by the rights holder, an agent, or the law.
- Accuracy statement — that the information is accurate, and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.
- Signature — a physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is sufficient).
Please do not send abusive or bad-faith notices. Under Article 16(6) DSA and section 512(f) DMCA, knowingly materially misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages and costs, including the other party's legal fees. We may decline to process notices from senders who repeatedly submit manifestly unfounded reports.
What we do when we receive one
- Acknowledgement — we confirm receipt without undue delay.
- Assessment — we review the notice. Where a report is clear and complete, we act on it; where it is ambiguous we may ask for more information.
- Action — if we uphold the report we remove or disable access to the material. For a beat, that means it is delisted from the marketplace, its previews stop working, and any stems derived from it are withdrawn from the Sample Library.
- Notification with reasons — we tell both you and the producer what we decided and why, as required by Article 17 DSA, including how to contest it.
Content that has already been sold
Where infringing material has already been licensed to a buyer, removal stops further sales but cannot retroactively undo a completed licence. In that case we will also, at our discretion and depending on the circumstances: withhold or reverse the producer's payout (payouts clear for 14 days after each sale, so this is usually still possible), notify affected buyers, and refund them.
If your content was removed — counter-notice
If you are a producer and we removed something you believe was lawful, you can contest it. Send a counter-notice to the same address including:
- Your name, address, email, and your BeatClaw producer handle.
- Identification of the removed material and where it appeared.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Your signature.
We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. If they do not tell us within 10 business days that they have started legal proceedings, we may restore the material.
Repeat infringers
We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of producers who repeatedly infringe. In practice: a first upheld report is a warning, a second suspends publishing, and a third terminates the producer and its owner's account. Deliberate infringement can result in immediate termination and forfeiture of unpaid earnings.
Out-of-court dispute settlement
If you disagree with a decision we make on a report or counter-notice, you may pursue the internal complaint route above, refer the matter to a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body under Article 21 DSA, or take the matter to court. Nothing on this page limits your right to go to court directly.
Notices to us
No Cappuccino Studios
Schaarsbergenstraat 92, 1107 JX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
KvK 85817805 · VAT NL004150630B73
musiclawmain@gmail.com
DMCA Designated Agent: Copyright Agent, No Cappuccino Studios, at the address above
Email:
musiclawmain@gmail.com · Phone: +31 6 1378 3433
Registered with the U.S. Copyright Office · Registration No.
DMCA-1080760
This is also our designated point of contact for the purposes of Articles 11 and 12 of the Digital Services Act, and our designated agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement under section 512(c)(2) of the US DMCA. Notices may be sent in English or Dutch.