DMCA and Copyright Policy

Last updated: September 18, 2026

Moquz.com ("Moquz.com", "we", "us" or "our") respects the intellectual property rights of creators, artists, photographers, record labels, software developers and publishers, and we expect everyone who interacts with our website to do the same. This policy explains how copyright owners can notify us of alleged infringement, how affected parties can respond, and how we handle these matters under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. §512, and comparable laws in other countries.

This policy forms part of our Terms and Conditions. It does not constitute legal advice. If you are unsure whether material infringes your rights, or whether your use of material is lawful, you may wish to consult a lawyer. General information about US copyright law is available from the US Copyright Office.

1. Our commitment to copyright

Moquz.com exists to help people enjoy music and video legally and safely. We believe artists and creators should be paid for their work, and that is reflected in how we run the site:

• we write our own articles and do not copy content from other websites;
• we use licensed stock photography or our own images, and credit sources where required;
• we quote other works only briefly, with attribution, for commentary, criticism or education;
• we never host or link to APK files, modded apps or pirated media; and
• we remove or correct material promptly when a valid complaint shows that we got something wrong.

2. What this policy covers

This policy applies to all content published on moquz.com, including articles, images, tables, downloads of our own checklists (if any), and newsletters we send. It covers:

• text, images, graphics or other material published on our website that you believe infringes your copyright;
• links on our website that you believe point to infringing material (although we do not knowingly link to such material); and
• requests to add or correct a credit for your work.

This policy does not cover content hosted on third-party websites we link to, such as spotify.com or other official sites. If you believe material on another website infringes your rights, please contact that website's operator or hosting provider directly.

Trademark concerns (for example about the use of a brand name) are not governed by the DMCA, but you can send them to [email protected] and we will review them in good faith.

3. How to submit a takedown notice

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that material on Moquz.com infringes that copyright, you can send us a written notification. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), your notice must include substantially all of the following elements:

#	Required element	Tips
1	A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed	Typing your full legal name at the end of an email is accepted as an electronic signature
2	Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them	Include a link to the original work, a registration number, or a description (for example "photograph titled... published on...")
3	Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it	Give the full URL of each page on moquz.com and describe the specific image or passage
4	Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you	Your name, organization (if any), email address and, if you wish, postal address or phone number
5	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	Please consider whether fair use may apply before sending a notice (see section 9)
6	A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed	Use the exact wording "under penalty of perjury"

Under §512(c)(3)(B), a notice that fails to comply substantially with these requirements may not be treated as effective notice. If your notice is incomplete, we will usually reply to explain what is missing so you can resend it.

4. Where to send your notice

Please send DMCA notices, counter-notices and other copyright complaints by email to our designated address:

Email is the fastest way to reach us. Please do not send notices through the general contact form, as they may be delayed. Notices sent to other addresses, such as [email protected], will be forwarded to the copyright team, but may take longer to process.

5. What happens after we receive a notice

Because almost all content on Moquz.com is created or selected by us, in most cases the fastest solution is simply for us to remove or replace the material, or to add the correct credit, and let you know. We may also contact you if we believe the use is licensed or covered by fair use, to explain our position before taking action.

6. Counter-notice procedure

If material you provided was removed because of a DMCA notice and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send us a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(g). This mainly applies to guest contributors or anyone whose content we published on their behalf. Your counter-notice must include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location (URL) at which it appeared before it was removed;
3. a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material;
4. your name, address and telephone number; and
5. a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Moquz.com may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or that person's agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice, we will promptly send a copy to the person who submitted the original notice and inform them that we will restore the removed material in 10 business days. We will restore the material no fewer than 10 and no more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice, unless the original complainant first notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement.

7. Processing timeline

The table below shows our typical response times. They are targets, not guarantees, but we meet them in the vast majority of cases.

Stage	Typical timing
Acknowledgement of a complete takedown notice	Within 2 business days
Reply explaining what is missing from an incomplete notice	Within 3 business days
Removal or disabling of access to material covered by a valid notice	Usually within 2 business days of receipt
Forwarding a valid counter-notice to the original complainant	Within 2 business days
Restoration after a valid counter-notice (if no court action is filed)	10 to 14 business days after receipt of the counter-notice
Image credit additions or corrections	Within 5 business days
Non-US and trademark complaints	Initial response within 5 business days

8. Repeat infringer policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. §512(i), Moquz.com has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the ability of repeat infringers to contribute content to the site or use our services. Although Moquz.com does not offer user accounts or public uploads, this policy applies to:

• guest authors or contributors whose submissions are the subject of repeated valid infringement notices;
• clients of our paid services who repeatedly ask us to use or distribute material they do not have rights to; and
• anyone who repeatedly uses our contact form or email addresses to share or request pirated content or modded apps.

We will stop accepting contributions from, and may decline to provide services to, anyone who has been the subject of two or more valid, unresolved infringement notices, or who we reasonably believe is deliberately infringing. We may also act on a single notice where the infringement is clear and serious.

9. Misrepresentation warning

Please make sure your notice or counter-notice is accurate. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner or the service provider.

Before sending a notice, please consider whether the use of your material may be authorized by a license or permitted by law, for example as fair use under 17 U.S.C. §107. Courts have held that copyright owners must consider fair use before issuing a takedown notice. Brief quotations used for commentary, a screenshot of an app used in a review, or a product name used to identify a product are examples of uses that may be lawful. If in doubt, email us first and we will be happy to discuss it.

We reserve the right to ignore notices that are clearly abusive, automated without human review, or intended to suppress lawful criticism or commentary.

10. Complaints from outside the United States

We accept copyright and other intellectual property complaints from rights holders anywhere in the world, not only under the DMCA. If you are located in the European Union, the United Kingdom or elsewhere, you may send a notice in the style of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) or under your local law. To help us act quickly, please include:

• a sufficiently substantiated explanation of why you consider the material to be illegal or to infringe your rights;
• the exact URL(s) of the material on moquz.com;
• your name and email address (unless the law allows anonymous reporting for your type of complaint);
• a statement confirming your good faith belief that the information and allegations in the notice are accurate and complete; and
• where relevant, evidence of your ownership of the work or your authority to act for the owner.

We will review each notice diligently and objectively, tell you what decision we have taken and why, and inform the affected party where appropriate. If you disagree with our decision, you can reply to ask us to reconsider it. Nothing in this policy limits any right you have to bring a complaint before a court or competent authority in your country.

11. Image credit and removal requests

Most images on Moquz.com are licensed stock photographs used for illustration. Occasionally a photographer may prefer a different form of credit, a license may have been misattributed, or you may appear in a photo and prefer that it not be used. We handle these requests informally and without requiring a full DMCA notice:

Request	What to send us	What we do
Add or correct a photo credit	Page URL, the image, and the credit wording you want	Update the credit, usually within 5 business days
Remove an image you own	Page URL, the image and a brief explanation of your ownership	Remove or replace the image, usually within 2 business days
Remove an image in which you appear	Page URL and the image; no proof of copyright needed	Review promptly and, in most cases, replace the image
Permission to reuse our images or text	What you want to use and where	Reply with permission or tell you who the rights holder is

Send image requests to [email protected] with the subject line "Image request". We are grateful to the photographers whose work helps our guides look good, and we want to credit them correctly.

12. Privacy of notices

We handle the personal data in notices and counter-notices in accordance with our Privacy Policy. As explained above, we may forward a notice to the person whose material was removed, and a counter-notice to the person who filed the original notice, because the law requires or allows it. We may also share notices with legal advisers, or with authorities where required. We may publish or share a redacted copy of a notice (with personal contact details removed) with transparency projects that document takedown requests. We keep records of notices for up to 3 years after a matter is closed.

13. Contact us

For all copyright matters, please write to our designated address:

• DMCA notices, counter-notices and image requests: [email protected]
• Trademark and other legal matters: [email protected]
• Privacy questions: [email protected]
• General enquiries: [email protected]

For anything that is not a copyright complaint, you can also use our contact page. Learn more about copyright law at the US Copyright Office.