Copyright and DMCA

Last updated: 9 Oct 2026

GrooveBench is a tool for measuring the physical condition of records. Analysis runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded in order to score a record.

Some accounts can choose to keep a recording with a record in their Collection. Those recordings are private to the account that stored them. GrooveBench does not publish them or share them between accounts, with one exception: the owner of a listening study can choose to publish short clips, up to 60 seconds, cut from their own kept recordings, so that listeners can hear them. A whole side is never shared.

If you believe material stored on GrooveBench infringes your copyright, you can send a notice to our designated agent, and we will respond promptly.

Designated agent

Jacob Behm
842 Maud Road
Hudson, WI 54016
Phone: 651-321-4840
[email protected]

Service provider: Jacob Behm, d/b/a GrooveBench, also known as GrooveBench and groovebench.app.

Our designated agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (registration DMCA-1081831).

Sending a notice

To be effective, a notice must be in writing and include all of the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or someone authorized to act for them.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
  3. Identification of the material you are asking us to remove, with enough detail for us to find it.
  4. Your address, telephone number and email address.
  5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for them.

We will remove or disable access to material promptly on receiving a notice that meets these requirements, and will tell the account holder that we have done so.

Notices that are not accurate carry consequences. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees.

If your material was removed

If you believe your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the same address, including:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material and where it appeared before it was removed.
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it 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 district (or, if you are outside the United States, any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.

We may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless we are told that a court action has been filed.

Repeat infringement

We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. The policy is in our Terms.