⚠️ CONSUMER FRAUD ALERT ⚠️
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE HARDWARE NAME AND PIRATED PRODUCTS
We wish to inform fans, collectors, promoters, and the metal community that the singles, music releases, t-shirts, and other merchandise currently being promoted through fraudulent pages such as:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589117859457
are NOT official HARDWARE products and do not represent the history, legacy, or artistic trajectory of the original HARDWARE band.
These pages are promoting unauthorized and counterfeit products, including low-quality recordings, pirated CDs, vinyl records, t-shirts, and other merchandise that unlawfully use the HARDWARE name, logo, visual identity, and copyrighted musical works without the authorization of the copyright owner.
Among these counterfeit products are releases promoted under the title "Into the Cyber Death", an unauthorized compilation containing low-quality recordings of 17 copyrighted HARDWARE compositions. These materials have been unlawfully reproduced and distributed by Dark Recollections Productions and are currently being promoted and sold through Facebook, Instagram, and other online platforms.
The commercialization of these products is currently the subject of legal proceedings before the National Copyright Institute (INDAUTOR, Mexico) under Case No. 206/98.402/772 "2025", as well as related judicial actions.
No license, authorization, or consent has ever been granted for the manufacture, promotion, distribution, or sale of these products.
These counterfeit releases and merchandise mislead consumers into believing they are official HARDWARE products, causing confusion among fans while infringing copyright and intellectual property rights protected under Mexican law and international copyright treaties.
⚠️ We strongly advise fans, collectors, and distributors NOT to purchase, promote, or support these counterfeit products. Please obtain HARDWARE music and merchandise only through our official channels. ⚠️
Official HARDWARE Channels
Official Website: https://www.metalday.org/hardware
Copyright Information: https://www.metalday.org/hardwarecopyright
Official Email: hardware@metalday.org
Official Facebook (Meta Verified): https://www.facebook.com/hardwaresoulsvortex
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwaresoulsvortex/
Official Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/artist/482QBk3yHNZdbGmTCJTe81
The name and musical work of the group HARDWARE are registered with the National Institute of Copyright of Mexico (INDAUTOR). The Copyright Registration Number: 03-2024-070310000800-14 certifies that the intellectual property of 17 songs by the group HARDWARE under the compilation names CYBER DEATH, SOULS VORTEX and BACK TO THE VORTEX, are authored by Juan Carlos Guerrero Magallón, a copy attached which is verifiable by means of the QR code.
HARDWARE COPYRIGHT
Also there is the certificate issued by the Copyright Reservation Directorate of the National Copyright Institute for the Exclusive Rights Reservation (Artistic Name – HARDWARE), Registration Number: 04-2025-062512544900-401. This certificate covers the name, logo, and conceptual identity, and is granted in favor of Juan Carlos Rafael Guerrero Magallón, conferring exclusive rights for the use of the stage name “HARDWARE,” as well as the associated logo and related images.
Registration issued by the U.S. Copyright Office of North America for the work of the group HARDWARE; BACK TO THE VORTEX containing 17 tracks plus logo and concept art in the name of Juan Carlos Rafael Guerrero Magallón. This registration has the number SR 1-038-547 and the following link to verify its authenticity: https://api.publicrecords.copyright.gov/search_service_external/copyrights/pdf?copyright_number=SR0001038547
Official Online Presence
To further confirm the authenticity of the group and its rights, here are the verified official online channels of HARDWARE:
• Official Website: https://www.metalday.org/hardware
• Official Email: hardware@metalday.org
• Facebook (META Verified): https://www.facebook.com/hardwaresoulsvortex
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwaresoulsvortex/
• Spotify Artist Page: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/artist/482QBk3yHNZdbGmTCJTe81
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo669elt0MfCqULNRfSlo1A
