Undersong Mood library — Copyright and Content Policy

Version 1.0 · Effective 2026-10-30 · https://moods.bshk.app/copyright

This policy is part of the Mood library Terms of Use (https://moods.bshk.app/terms). It explains how to report a mood, what we do with a report, how a publisher can respond, and when we close accounts. Its notice and counter-notice steps follow the model of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), and it follows the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065).

"BSHK", "we" and "us" mean Aleksandr Beshkenadze, a private individual in Finland who publishes Undersong under the BSHK brand.

1. How the library works

• Moods are published by users and appear in the library at once. We don't review moods before they go live. We rely on reports.
• This policy covers everything in a published mood: its name, description, tags, the words for each end, its 20-second preview and the publisher's display name.
• What a takedown can and can't do. Removing a mood stops anyone new from seeing it in the library or adding it to Undersong. It doesn't remove copies that people already added: those are stored on their own Macs, and we can't delete them.

2. How to report

• Use the Report it link on the mood's page ("Something wrong with this mood?"). Choose It uses my work or rights for copyright and other rights, or Something else for anything else.
• Or email a copyright notice to support@bshk.app.

Before you report a copyright problem, consider whether the use might be lawful. Genre names, instrument names, BPM values and short descriptive words are usually not protected, and fair use or other exceptions may apply.

If someone's life or safety is in immediate danger, contact the local police first.

3. Copyright notices

You can start with the report form. It asks what happened, your email, and that you confirm the report is true and that you own the rights or may act for the owner. Before we remove a mood under US copyright law, we may email you to ask for whatever below is still missing.

A complete copyright notice includes:

1. your physical or electronic signature (in our form, typing your full name counts as your signature);
2. the copyrighted work you say is infringed — or, if one notice covers several works, a representative list of them;
3. the link to each mood you report, and which part of it copies the work;
4. why you think the mood infringes your rights;
5. your name, postal address, phone number and email address;
6. this statement: "I 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.";
7. this statement: "The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."

If a notice is incomplete, we may ask you for the missing details before we act.

Be accurate. Under US law, anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material infringes can be liable for the damages this causes, including costs and lawyers' fees (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)).

4. Other reports

Use the same form for a mood that is illegal for another reason (for example, it contains someone's personal information or threatens someone) or that breaks the Terms of Use. Rights other than copyright, such as a trademark or your name, go under It uses my work or rights; everything else under Something else. Include:

1. why the mood is illegal, and under which country's law if you know, or which rule in the Terms of Use it breaks;
2. the link to each mood;
3. your name and email address (you may leave these out if you report child sexual abuse material);
4. this statement: "I believe in good faith that the information and claims in this report are accurate and complete."

5. What happens after a report

1. We confirm receipt by email without undue delay.
2. We review it promptly, carefully and objectively. A person reads every report and makes the decision. The mood stays up while we check. If we used automated tools, we say so in our decision.
3. We act. If a copyright notice is valid, we remove the mood or disable access to it quickly — usually within 2 business days. For other reports, we decide whether the mood is illegal or breaks the Terms of Use. If it is illegal only in some countries, we may restrict it only there.
4. We tell the person who reported what we decided, and how to challenge the decision.
5. We tell the publisher, with a statement of reasons (section 6) that explains what the report says and, for copyright, which work it is about. We share the reporter's name only when it is strictly necessary. We don't share the reporter's email address, postal address or phone number unless the reporter agrees or the law requires it.

6. Statement of reasons

When we restrict a mood or an account, the publisher gets a statement — by email and under Why? next to the mood in My moods — that says:

• what we did — removed the mood, disabled access, limited its visibility, stopped publishing, or suspended or closed the account — and where and for how long;
• the facts we relied on, and whether we acted on a report or on our own;
• whether automated tools were used;
• for illegal content, the legal ground and why the mood breaks it; for a rules violation, the part of the Terms of Use and why it applies;
• how to challenge the decision: a dispute (section 8), a counter-notice for copyright removals (section 7), or a court.

7. Counter-notice (copyright removals only)

If you published a mood that was removed after a copyright notice, and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to support@bshk.app, or reply to our removal email. A counter-notice is separate from the Dispute button, and sending one doesn't use up your dispute. It must include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. the mood that was removed and the link where it appeared;
3. this statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.";
4. your name, postal address and phone number;
5. this statement: "I consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located, or, if my address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Aleksandr Beshkenadze may be found, and I will accept service of process from the person who provided the notification or an agent of such person."

What happens next:

• We send a copy of your counter-notice, including your name, address and phone number, to the person who sent the notice, and tell them we will restore the mood in 10 business days.
• We restore the mood 10 to 14 business days after we receive your counter-notice, unless we first hear from that person that they have filed a court action to stop the infringement.
• Knowingly false counter-notices can make you liable for damages (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)).

If you don't want to share your contact details, you can dispute the removal under section 8 instead. We will review it again, but the 10–14 business day restore rule then doesn't apply.

8. Disputes

Anyone affected by a decision can dispute it once, within 6 months of being told about it:

• the publisher — with the Dispute button under Why? in My moods, or by replying to our email;
• the person who reported — by replying to our email about the decision.

Include everything that matters, because there is no second round. Disputes are free. A person reads every reply, the mood stays as it is until we decide, and we reverse the decision without undue delay if it was wrong. We email the decision. You can always go to court instead of, or after, a dispute.

9. Repeat infringers

• Each mood we remove after a valid copyright notice gives the publisher's account one strike. A strike is cancelled if the notice is withdrawn, or the mood is restored after a counter-notice or a dispute.
• Several moods removed under one notice count as one strike.
• An account with 3 strikes within 12 months is closed. Its published moods are removed from the library, and the person may not open a new account.
• Strikes expire 12 months after they are given.
• We may close an account sooner for clear, deliberate or large-scale infringement.
• We tell the publisher about every strike and how many active strikes the account has.

10. Other repeated misuse

• Clearly illegal content. After a warning, we may suspend for 30 days an account that often publishes clearly illegal content. If it happens again, we may close the account.
• Clearly unfounded reports. After a warning, we may stop handling reports from a person who often sends clearly unfounded ones, for 30 days, and for longer if it continues.
• We decide case by case. We look at how many items or reports are involved, what share of all items or reports they are, how serious the harm is, and what the person intended.

11. Threats to life or safety

If we learn of information that suggests a crime threatening someone's life or safety, we report it to the relevant police or judicial authorities.

12. Records

We keep reports, notices, counter-notices, decisions, disputes and strikes for up to 3 years, to apply this policy and handle legal claims. The Privacy Policy explains how we handle this data.

13. Contacts

• Copyright notices and counter-notices: support@bshk.app.
• Point of contact for users and EU authorities (Digital Services Act, Articles 11–12): support@bshk.app. Languages: English and Finnish.