Copyright and attribution
Faydally is an archive. If work of yours is here and you would rather it were not, tell us and it comes down. If you would rather have it, tell us and we will hand it to you.
What we hold, and why
A large part of this catalogue is audio that was gathered from public archives, from recordings that circulated freely for years, and from tapes kept by families and institutes. Much of it was recorded by scholars who have since passed away. It is published under topic pages, which the apps label as catalogue pages maintained by Faydally rather than personal accounts, precisely so that nobody mistakes us for the author.
We do not claim ownership of any of it. Where we have not been able to identify who holds the rights, we record where the recording came from, credit the person it belongs to, and keep track of what it earns so there is something real to hand over when its owner comes forward.
If the work is yours
- Take it down. Ask, and it comes off the platform. We do not require you to justify it, and we do not negotiate.
- Take it over. Claim the page and the catalogue moves to your own account, along with its listening history and the earnings held against it.
- Leave it and be credited properly. If the attribution is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
This applies equally to family, heirs, and the institute or zawiya that carries a scholar's work.
Wrong attribution
A lecture credited to a scholar who did not give it is a serious matter and not merely a metadata error. Report it the same way, and it is treated with the same urgency.
What happens after you write
- A person reads it. Nothing is removed automatically on an unverified claim, and nothing is ignored either.
- We record what we did and why, so the decision can be accounted for later.
- We write back to the address you give us.
Documents
If you have paperwork — a succession certificate, a letter from the institute, anything establishing your relationship to the work — write to rights@faydally.com and mention the recording. You can also simply show it to us on a call.
We do not keep copies. Whoever reviews your claim notes what the document was, who issued it and its reference number, and that is all we retain. We are not in the business of holding your family's certificates, and we would rather not be.