DMCA / Copyright Policy

What this tool actually does

Bandcamp Downloader does not host, store, sell, or redistribute music. When you paste a Bandcamp URL, we fetch the same free 128 kbps stream that Bandcamp already serves to any visitor's browser for that public release, and hand it back to you as a file. We do not bypass purchases, private streams, preorders, or any access control Bandcamp has put in place. If a release's artist or label does not want that stream to be publicly played, the fix is on Bandcamp's side (disabling streaming or marking it purchase-only) — once that's done, our tool can no longer retrieve it either.

Filing a takedown notice

If you are a copyright owner, or an agent authorized to act on a copyright owner's behalf, and you believe a specific piece of content accessible through this tool infringes your copyright, send a written notice to support@example.com that includes all of the following, per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it — for this tool, the exact Bandcamp track or album URL.
4. Your contact information: at minimum an address, telephone number, and email address.
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.
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Incomplete notices may not be actionable — please include everything above. We will review valid notices promptly and remove or disable access to the affected content, which in practice usually just means we stop supporting that specific URL.

Counter-notification

If you believe content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification. To be effective, it must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material removed and its location before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the U.S., any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.

Send counter-notifications to the same address above. Depending on the circumstances, we may restore access to the material after a reasonable waiting period, unless the original complainant informs us they have filed a court action.

False claims — 17 U.S.C. § 512(f)

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Only submit a notice or counter-notice if you genuinely believe it to be accurate.

Repeat infringers

Bandcamp Downloader does not have user accounts, so there is no account to terminate in the traditional sense. Where we can identify a pattern of abuse tied to specific requests or addresses, we will apply additional rate limiting or blocking as needed to prevent continued infringement.