DMCA & copyright

What your notice must include

Our process follows the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), but we respond to notices in this form from other countries too. To be valid, your notice must include:

• Your contact details: full name, postal address, phone number and email address (and company name, if any).
• The copyrighted work: enough detail to identify it, for example "the photo at https://example.com/gallery/1" or a book's title, author and ISBN.
• The infringing material: the exact address (URL) of each page or file on our network that you say infringes, one per line.
• A good-faith statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of the material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
• An accuracy statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner."
• Your signature: a physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is enough).

You may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, if you knowingly misrepresent that material is infringing. If you're unsure whether something infringes your copyright, consider speaking to a lawyer first.

Sending your notice

Online (fastest): open a ticket with the subject "DMCA notice" and include everything listed above. You don't need an account.

To our designated agent: you can also send your notice to our DMCA agent, registered with the U.S. Copyright Office:

We review every complete notice and, where appropriate, remove or disable access to the material and let the account holder know. Incomplete notices may be delayed while we ask for the missing details.

Counter-notices

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice the same way. It must include:

• Your name, address, phone number and email address.
• The material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, if outside the US, any district where we may be found), and will accept service from the person who sent the original notice.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

We'll forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. Material may be restored 10 to 14 business days later unless they tell us they've filed a court action.