DMCA & Copyright Takedowns

Filing a notice

If you believe that material accessible through this site infringes a copyright you own or are authorised to represent, you may send a written notice of infringement to our designated agent, identified below. To be effective, your notice must include the statutory elements listed in the next section.

Please note that only the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on the owner’s behalf may submit a notice, and that under U.S. law a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages.

Required statutory elements

A valid notice must include all of the following: (1) a physical or electronic signature of the owner, or a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (2) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works;

(3) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it, such as the URL on this site; (4) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and email address;

(5) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (6) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Upon receipt of a notice that substantially complies with these requirements, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the identified material and, where appropriate, to notify the party responsible for posting or supplying it.

Counter-notification

If you are a source or poster and you believe material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may submit a written counter-notification to our designated agent.

To be effective, a counter-notification must include: (1) your physical or electronic signature; (2) identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which it appeared before it was removed or disabled; (3) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; and (4) your name, address, and telephone number, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or that person’s agent.

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the removed material in accordance with the DMCA unless the original complainant files an action seeking a court order against the responsible party.

Repeat-infringer policy

We have adopted a policy of removing material and, in appropriate circumstances, terminating or restricting access for sources or contributors who are determined to be repeat infringers.

A source or contributor responsible for multiple validated notices of infringement may have its material removed from the site and may be excluded from future aggregation, in our discretion and as required by law.

Misrepresentation liability

Under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or its authorised licensee, or by us.

Please consider these consequences and, if you are unsure whether material is infringing, seek legal advice before submitting a notice or counter-notice.

Designated agent

Notices and counter-notices under this policy must be sent to us by email.

Send notices and counter-notices to hey@social-justice.news.