DMCA policy

Respect for copyright matters to us, and we respond to proper notices about material on counter-character.com. This page explains how to report material on counter-character.com that you believe infringes your copyright, in line with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512).

Filing a copyright notice

A notice must be in writing and include the following six elements:

1. Your signature, physical or electronic, as the owner or as a person authorised to act for the owner.
2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim is infringed (for several works, a representative list is enough).
3. Information that lets us locate the material you object to, such as the exact URL of each page on counter-character.com.
4. How to reach you: your name, address, telephone number and email.
5. Your good-faith statement that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, an agent or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Where to send it

Please email your notice to [email protected] and put “DMCA notice” in the subject. We review notices promptly. When a notice is complete and valid, we remove or disable access to the material and let you know. A notice missing any of the elements above may not be actionable, so please check it carefully.

If your material was removed

If material you provided was removed and you believe this was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include:

• your signature, physical or electronic;
• identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal;
• a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith that the removal was due to a mistake or misidentification;
• your name, address and telephone number, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, any judicial district in which the service provider may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

After a valid counter-notice, the material may be restored in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days, unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

Policy on repeat infringers

counter-character.com has no user accounts or uploads, but where it applies, we will, in appropriate circumstances, cut off access for anyone who repeatedly infringes copyright.

Misrepresentation

Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act provides that knowingly and materially misrepresenting infringement, or a mistaken removal, can lead to liability for damages, costs and attorneys' fees. When in doubt, for instance where fair use may apply, consider talking to a lawyer before filing.

Other enquiries are welcome via our Contact page.