Copyright and DMCA Policy

Tabtify respects the rights of composers, publishers, arrangers and transcribers. We respond to clear notices of copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and the equivalent rules in other countries where we operate.

1. Designated Copyright Agent

Send copyright notices to our designated agent:

Please put “Copyright notice” in the subject line so it reaches the right person quickly.

2. What a notice must contain

So that we can act quickly, please include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the work you say has been infringed. For a song, give the title and the writers or publisher.
3. The exact address of the material you are reporting, for example https://tabtify.com/tab/<id>, so we can find it.
4. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.

3. What we do

We aim to acknowledge a complete notice within 2 business days and to remove or disable access to the reported material expeditiously. We will tell the user who posted it that the material was removed and pass on your notice.

4. Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must identify the material and its former location, include your contact details, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the removal was a mistake, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, if you are outside the United States, any district in which we may be found). We may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

5. Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages and costs.

6. Repeat infringer policy

Where a user is the subject of repeated valid notices, we terminate their account in appropriate circumstances. In clear cases we may do so after a single notice.

7. Transcriptions and tab

Tabtify is a tool that people use on material they choose, and you are responsible for having the rights to what you convert and publish. Convert audio you own, recordings you made, works in the public domain, or material you have permission to transcribe, and keep tabs of songs you do not own private rather than publishing them.

8. Other countries

Rights holders outside the United States can use the same address. We handle those notices the same way as described above.