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Copyright & Takedown

Last updated 15 September 2026

Draft for review. If you operate in the United States and intend to rely on the DMCA safe harbour, you must register a designated agent with the US Copyright Office and name that agent here. Doing so is a legal step this template cannot take for you.

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1. Our position

Most of the people using this service are photographers, film-makers and designers — the people copyright exists to protect. We take infringement reports seriously and act on valid ones quickly.

We do not monitor transfers proactively. We act when someone tells us about a specific one.

2. Reporting an infringement

Send a notice to [copyright email], or use the report form and choose "Copyright infringement". For us to act, a notice needs to contain all of the following:

  1. The exact link to the transfer. "Somewhere on your site" is not enough for us to find anything, because transfers are not listed or searchable.
  2. A description of the work you say is being infringed, clear enough that we can identify it — and, if it is published somewhere, a link to it.
  3. Your name, postal address, email address and telephone number.
  4. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by you, your agent, or the law.
  5. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

We aim to respond within [2] working days.

3. What we do with a valid notice

We disable the transfer, so the link stops working. We tell the person who created it what was removed and why, and we pass on your notice, including your contact details, so that they can respond to you directly. If you do not want your details passed on, say so, and understand that it may prevent us acting.

We keep a record of notices and of what we did.

4. Disputing a removal

If your transfer was disabled and you believe that was wrong — because you hold the rights, or have permission, or the use is permitted by law — send a counter-notice to [copyright email] containing:

  1. The link that was disabled.
  2. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  3. Your name, address, email and telephone number.
  4. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of [court], and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.
  5. Your signature.

We will pass your counter-notice to the person who complained. If they do not tell us within [10] working days that they have started legal proceedings, we may restore the transfer — if it has not expired in the meantime. Transfers expire quickly, and we cannot restore files that have already been deleted.

5. Repeat infringement

Accounts that are the subject of repeated valid notices are closed. We decide what counts as repeated by looking at how many notices there were, whether they were disputed, and how the account holder responded.

6. Knowingly false notices

Submitting a notice you know to be false — to take down a competitor, or work you do not own — may make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. We forward notices to the people affected, and they can act on them.

7. Designated agent

[Name], [address], [email], [telephone].