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Complaints and Content Removal
It is our policy to respond to complaints and/or notices of alleged copyright
infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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All complaints are responded to within seven business days (but usually
within a few hours).
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If illegal content is identified, it will be removed immediately.
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All complaints will be responded to, and will be investigated.
Process
To file a complaint, click the 'File A Complaint' button below. You will then be
prompted to supply additional information to facilitate our investigation. Once
we have received the necessary information, your complaint will be reviewed.
Within seven business days, we will remove the content in question and ensure
the content does not resurface. We may also take action against the poster.
Should we decline your complaint, you will have the option to restart the
process.
Required information
If you have found content that features illegal activity or minors, we will
require links to where the content is hosted.
If you are featured in content that is being distributed without your
permission, we will require links to where content is hosted, and you will be
required to prove your identity.
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe that any
content hosted on our network infringes your copyrights, then you may submit a
notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by
providing us with the following information:
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A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf
of the copyright owner of the work in question (17 U.S.C § 512 (c)
(3)(A)(i))
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Identification of the copyrighted work or works claimed to have been
infringed, e.g., a copy of the work, or, in the case of multiple works a
representative set of samples (17 U.S.C § 512 (c) (3)(A)(ii));
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Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g.,
the web address of the infringement)(17 U.S.C § 512 (c) (3)(A)(iii));
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Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining
party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email
address (17 U.S.C § 512 (c) (3)(A)(iv));
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A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of
the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or law (17 U.S.C § 512 (c) (3)(A)(v)); and
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A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the
notification is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act
on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed
(17 U.S.C § 512 (c) (3)(A)(v)).