Copyright & DMCA notices

Copyright concerns

Email [email protected] with “COPYRIGHT NOTICE” in the subject, or use the Legal contact form. To help us investigate, include:

1. Your name and a reliable way to contact you
2. The copyrighted work you believe is affected
3. The exact URL and a description of the material on Schmatz
4. Why you believe the use is not authorized by the owner, an agent, or law
5. Any license, attribution, correction, or removal you believe would resolve the concern

Formal DMCA notices

A person who wishes to send a notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) should include the information listed by the U.S. Copyright Office, including:

1. A physical or electronic signature of an authorized person
2. Identification of the copyrighted work, or a representative list
3. Identification and location of the material claimed to infringe
4. Contact information reasonably sufficient to reach the complaining party
5. A good-faith statement that the disputed use is not authorized
6. A statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the sender is authorized to act for the rights holder

We may ask for missing information. A notice is not automatically valid merely because it uses the words “DMCA” or “takedown.”

Registration status

Schmatz has not registered a designated agent in the U.S. Copyright Office’s DMCA Designated Agent Directory. Section 512 safe-harbor eligibility has additional statutory requirements; publishing this page or accepting an email does not by itself establish eligibility.

Counter-notices

If Schmatz removes material that you submitted and tells you it did so because of a copyright notice, you may respond through the same channel. A formal counter-notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) generally includes your signature, identification and former location of the removed material, a statement under penalty of perjury that removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, and the name, address, telephone number, jurisdictional consent, and service-of-process statement required by the statute. Consider obtaining legal advice before making a statement under penalty of perjury.

Misrepresentations and repeat infringement

Knowingly material misrepresentations in a notice or counter-notice can create liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). If Schmatz later hosts user-submitted material, accounts that repeatedly submit infringing content may be restricted or terminated when appropriate.