Copyright Policy

Let's Make A Podcast (letsmakeapodcast.com) is operated by BLRB Digital LLC. We respect copyright and we ask everyone who uses Let's Make A Podcast to do the same. This policy explains how to tell us that something here infringes your copyright, what we do when you do, and how the person who posted it can respond. It follows the notice and takedown process of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. 512.

1. What this policy covers

It covers the content people put on Let's Make A Podcast:

• Member profiles and guest pages, including profile photos and guest headshots.
• Show pages, including cover art, show descriptions and the other details a host adds.
• Guest one-sheets published with our free one-sheet builder, which anyone can use without an account.
• Pitches, invitations and messages that members send each other.

Our Terms of Service ask every member to post only what they have the right to post.

Some show pages are built from a show’s public RSS feed (its name, artwork, description and episodes). If you run a show listed here and want its listing changed or removed, you don’t need a copyright notice. Write to us through our contact page.

2. Our designated agent

Send copyright notices and counter-notices to our designated agent:

Copyright Agent, BLRB Digital LLC
377 Main St, West Haven, CT 06516
Email: hello@letsmakeapodcast.com

You can send a notice by email or by mail. By email, please put “Copyright notice” or “Counter-notice” in the subject line so it reaches the right person quickly.

3. Before you send a notice

Not every use of a copyrighted work needs the owner’s permission. Before you send a notice, please consider whether the use could be a fair use (for example commentary, criticism or news reporting) or is otherwise allowed by law. If you are not sure whether something infringes your copyright, consider getting legal advice first. Section 9 explains the risk of sending a notice that is not accurate.

4. How to send a copyright notice

Your notice must be in writing and include all of the following (17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)):

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act for the owner.
• Identification of the copyrighted work you say is infringed. If one notice covers several works on Let's Make A Podcast, a representative list of those works is enough.
• Identification of the material you say infringes and want removed, with information reasonably sufficient for us to find it on Let's Make A Podcast. The link (URL) of each page where it appears is best.
• Your name, postal address, phone number and email address, so we can contact you.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the way you are complaining about is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act for the owner of the exclusive right you say is infringed.

5. Incomplete notices

A notice that leaves out required information may not be effective. If your notice identifies the copyrighted work, the material and how to reach you, but is missing something else, we will promptly try to contact you to help you complete it. We may wait to act until the notice is complete.

6. What we do when we receive a notice

When we receive a complete notice, we:

• remove the material or disable access to it, promptly;
• tell the person who posted it that we did, where we have a way to reach them; and
• may send them a copy of your notice, including your name and the contact details in it, so they can respond or contact you directly.

7. How to send a counter-notice

If material you posted was removed or disabled because of a copyright notice, and you believe that was a mistake or the material was misidentified, you can send our designated agent a counter-notice. It must be in writing and include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and where it appeared before it was removed.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material.
• Your name, postal address and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which BLRB Digital LLC may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

8. What happens after a counter-notice

When we receive a complete counter-notice, we promptly send a copy of it, including your name and contact details, to the person who sent the original notice, and tell them that we will restore the material in 10 business days. We then restore the material, or stop disabling access to it, 10 to 14 business days after we receive the counter-notice, unless our designated agent first receives notice from the person who sent the original notice that they have filed a court action seeking an order to stop the person who posted it from infringing with that material on Let's Make A Podcast.

9. False or misleading notices

Under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. This applies to notices and counter-notices alike.

10. Repeat infringers

We keep a record of the valid notices we receive against each account. A valid notice is one that meets the requirements in section 4 and leads us to remove material. When an account has three valid notices that were not resolved by a counter-notice that led us to restore the material, or withdrawn by the person who sent them, we terminate the account. We may terminate an account sooner, including after a single notice, when the infringement is clear or willful. A member whose account we terminated for infringement may not open a new account.

Guest one-sheets are published without an account. We remove the one-sheets we can tie to a person who repeatedly infringes, and we may refuse to publish more from them.

11. Other complaints

This process is only for copyright. For a trademark, privacy, impersonation or any other complaint about content on Let's Make A Podcast, email us at hello@letsmakeapodcast.com or use our contact page. Signed-in members can also use “Report this listing” on a show or guest page.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. When we do, we post the new version on this page and change the date at the top.