copyright & takedown

how to send a takedown notice for reader-submitted content

The copyright contact

Takedown notices go to the copyright contact at julio@552.studio. The site carries reader-submitted text — feedback and reader challenges, shown with the rulings on them — and a rights holder who believes submitted material infringes a copyright can have it reviewed and removed through this notice route.

What a notice must contain

A takedown notice must include:

• the copyrighted work that is claimed to be infringed;
• the material that is claimed to be infringing, and its location on the site, so it can be found;
• the sender's contact details — a name, an address and an email address;
• a good-faith statement: a statement that the sender has a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and that the sender is authorized to act for the copyright owner, and the sender's signature.

What happens next

A complete notice sent to the copyright contact is reviewed, and material found to infringe is removed or disabled. An incomplete notice cannot be acted on; the missing item will be named in reply so it can be supplied.