We respect copyright and respond to notices of claimed infringement under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and similar laws. We are a hosting provider: users upload the content on the Site, and we remove it when we receive a valid notice.
How to send a notice
Use the takedown request form below. It’s the only way we accept notices; we don’t take them by email or phone.
What a notice must include
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for them.
- Identification of the copyrighted work, or a representative list if there are several.
- The URL of each post you want removed.
- Your name, postal address, phone number and email address.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.
A complete notice hides the listed posts right away while we review it. We may share a copy of the notice, with your personal contact details removed, with the uploader. Incomplete notices may not be acted on.
Don’t send false claims. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing can be liable for damages, including costs and lawyers’ fees. Consider whether the use might be fair use before sending a notice.
Counter-notices
If your post was removed and you believe that was a mistake or that you had the right to post it, you can send a counter-notice. It must include your signature, identification of the removed post, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification, your name, address and phone number, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the U.S., any judicial district where we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.
We forward counter-notices, including your contact details, to the person who sent the notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action to stop the infringement, we may restore the post within 10 to 14 business days, if its room still exists.
Repeat infringers
Each valid notice counts as a strike against the account or anonymous identity that posted the material. When it reaches 3 strikes it is banned. We may also ban sooner in appropriate cases, and a successful counter-notice may remove a strike.
Outside the U.S.
If you’re relying on the law of another country, such as the EU Digital Services Act, you can use the same form or the report button. Tell us which law applies and why the content is illegal.