DMCA & Abuse Reports

1. Designated Agent

Notices sent anywhere other than the address above may not reach the agent and may not be treated as received.

2. Sending a Takedown Notice

A notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) must be a written communication that includes all of the following. A notice missing any of these may not be actionable:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — a URL is best.
4. Your contact information: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, under 17 U.S.C. §512(f).

3. What We Do With a Notice

On receipt of a notice that substantially complies with §512(c)(3), we remove or disable access to the identified material and take reasonable steps to notify the person who supplied it. We keep a record of every notice we receive and of the action taken.

We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances, as §512(i) requires.

One thing worth stating plainly about the anchored-proof service: what we publish on-chain is a SHA-256 fingerprint, evidence of a document's existence at a point in time. The document itself is never made public. A fingerprint is not a copy of the work and discloses nothing about its contents, so a takedown of an anchor removes our copy of the underlying file — the on-chain record of the fingerprint is immutable and cannot be withdrawn by anyone, us included.

4. Filing a Counter-Notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3) to the same agent address. It must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or an agent of that person.

On receipt of a valid counter-notice we forward it to the complaining party. Unless that party notifies us that it has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the activity, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days.

5. Reporting Abuse

Copyright is not the only thing that can be wrong with an upload. If you believe the proof service is being used for anything unlawful — fraud, harassment, malware distribution, or material that must not exist anywhere — report it:

Include the upload link or order reference if you have one, and what you believe is happening. Reports are read by a person.

Apparent child sexual abuse material is reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children as 18 U.S.C. §2258A requires, and the account is terminated. We do not conduct our own investigation of such material and we do not forward it to the reporter or to anyone other than NCMEC and law enforcement.

6. What This Page Is Not

This page describes our notice-and-takedown procedure. It is not legal advice about whether you hold a copyright, whether a use is infringing, or whether a counter-notice is a good idea for you. Those are questions for counsel.