Copyright

Our designated agent

Send copyright notices to our designated agent rather than to our general contact address, where they may not reach the right person quickly.

The agent is registered with the United States Copyright Office.

What to put in a notice

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act asks for six things. A notice missing one of them may not be enough for us to act on, so it is worth checking before you send it.

• Your signature, physical or electronic.
• Which copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
• What you are complaining about, and where it is, in enough detail for us to find it — a link is usually best.
• Your address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for them.

What we do about it

We remove infringing content, and we end the accounts of people who infringe repeatedly. The same words appear in the copyright section of our Terms of Service, which is where this sits in the agreement between us.

When we remove something because of a copyright notice, we tell the person who posted it.

If your content was removed

If you believe something you posted was removed by mistake, or because it was misidentified, you can send our designated agent a counter-notice. It needs four things:

• Your signature, physical or electronic.
• What was removed, and where it appeared before we removed it.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith that it was removed by mistake or because it was misidentified.
• Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Cordline Inc. may be found), and that you will accept service of legal papers from the person who sent the original notice, or from their agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice, we send a copy to the person who sent the original notice and tell them the material may go back up in 10 business days. If they have not told us within 14 business days of our receiving your counter-notice that they have gone to court to stop you, we will let you know, and you are free to post the material again.

Notices must be honest

Anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material infringes a copyright, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for the damages that causes, including costs and legal fees.