Copyright Policy

Notices go to our designated agent, who is registered with the United States Copyright Office in the Directory of Designated Agents.

The fastest route is the form below — it collects everything the statute requires, so a notice sent through it cannot be incomplete.

Send a copyright notice

17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A) lists six things, and a notice missing any of them is not effective: your signature; identification of the work; identification of the material you say infringes it, with enough detail for us to find it; your contact details; a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for them.

Under §512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing is liable for damages — including costs and legal fees — to the person whose content was wrongly removed. We say this before the send button as well as here.

If we remove material, the person who posted it is told what was removed, on what basis, and how to reply. We never tell them who sent the notice.

They may send a counter-notice. If they do and we do not hear that you have filed a court action seeking to restrain them, we restore the material between ten and fourteen business days later, as §512(g) requires. We will tell you before that happens.

Strikes are recorded against the account, not the display name, so content posted anonymously counts the same. They expire, and a successful counter-notice removes the strike along with the removal it belonged to. An account that accumulates them is terminated.