This Policy extends the platform-wide Copyright & DMCA Policy — which is incorporated here in full, including its notice, counter-notice, and repeat-infringer procedures under 17 U.S.C. § 512 — with the rules specific to music sold on the Florida Tapes marketplace. "Florida Tapes," "we," "us," and "our" mean Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC d/b/a Florida Tapes.
The short version: every seller swears — per track and per release, on the record — that they own 100% of what they sell. If someone is selling your music anyway, report it at /report and pick "Unauthorized sale of my music." We treat paid infringement as the most serious violation on the platform: confirmed sellers of stolen music are delisted, stripped of the infringing proceeds, and banned for life, and defrauded buyers are refunded.
1. SCOPE
1.1. This Policy applies to tracks and releases listed for sale on the marketplace, in addition to (not instead of) the Copyright & DMCA Policy that governs all uploaded content. Where content is on sale, the marketplace consequences in this Policy apply on top of the standard takedown process.
1.2. Sellers have already warranted 100% ownership and signed recorded rights attestations (account ID, IP, timestamp) for everything they list — see the Music Seller Agreement, Sections 2–3. Those attestations are evidence we preserve and can produce.
2. HOW TO REPORT — RIGHTS HOLDERS START HERE
2.1. Fastest path: floridatapes.com/report. Choose "Unauthorized sale of my music" if someone is selling music you own, or "Copyright (DMCA)" for other infringement. The form collects everything a valid DMCA notice requires under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) — your identification of the work, the location of the infringing listing, your contact information, and the sworn good-faith and accuracy statements with your electronic signature.
2.2. Or write to our Designated Agent:
DMCA Designated Agent — DeAndre McCall Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC d/b/a Florida Tapes 3019 Ballad Road, Kissimmee, Florida 34746, USA Phone: 407-458-6797 Email: copyright@floridatapes.com
Service provider contact: copyright@bigdevelop.com
Our service provider is registered in the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Directory (effective July 14, 2026); notices to the address, phone, and email above reach our Designated Agent.
2.3. An incomplete notice may not be actionable; the elements required for a complete § 512(c)(3) notice are listed in Section 3 of the Copyright & DMCA Policy.
3. WHAT HAPPENS ON A VALID NOTICE — EXPEDITED FOR PAID CONTENT
On receipt of a valid notice (or a credible unauthorized-sale report) targeting listed music, we act expeditiously, and reports involving money changing hands are prioritized:
- (a) Delist immediately — the track or release is pulled from sale and from buyer streaming pending review, and the underlying content is removed or disabled per the standard takedown process;
- (b) Freeze the money — the seller's pending proceeds from the challenged sales are withheld under the Music Seller Agreement;
- (c) Notify the seller — with a copy of the notice, and require substantiation (written licenses, clearances, consents) within five (5) business days;
- (d) Refund buyers — if we determine the seller had no right to sell, affected buyers are refunded in full under the Refund Policy, and the refunds plus fees are recovered from the seller;
- (e) Preserve and disclose records — attestations, listing history, and sale records may be produced to the rights holder, courts, and law enforcement.
4. COUNTER-NOTIFICATION (§ 512(g))
A seller who believes a listing was removed by mistake or misidentification may submit a counter-notification meeting the requirements of Section 5 of the Copyright & DMCA Policy to the Designated Agent above. If the original claimant does not notify us within 10–14 business days that they have filed a court action, the content may be restored. Counter-notice restores content, not commerce: relisting for sale after a takedown additionally requires our review of the seller's substantiation, and marketplace enforcement under Section 5 is independent of the DMCA process.
5. REPEAT INFRINGERS & THE MARKETPLACE LIFETIME BAN
5.1. The repeat-infringer policy in Section 6 of the Copyright & DMCA Policy applies platform-wide: accounts determined to be repeat infringers are terminated.
5.2. Selling is stricter. Under Section 7 of the Music Seller Agreement, selling — or attempting to sell — music the seller does not fully own or control results in a permanent lifetime ban on the first confirmed violation, with no appeal, plus forfeiture of the infringing proceeds. It does not take repetition.
5.3. Ban evasion. New accounts created to circumvent a ban are terminated on discovery, and their listings and proceeds are treated as the banned seller's.
6. FALSE REPORTS
Knowingly false takedown notices, unauthorized-sale reports, and counter-notices carry liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), including damages and attorneys' fees. Weaponizing the report system against a competing artist is also a violation of the Terms of Service and grounds for account action.
7. CHANGES; CONTACT
We may update this Policy; the "Last updated" date reflects the latest version. Our Designated Agent registration with the U.S. Copyright Office is kept current per the Copyright & DMCA Policy.
Contact: Big Develop Tech & Media, LLC d/b/a Florida Tapes, 3019 Ballad Road, Kissimmee, Florida 34746, info@bigdevelop.com.