DMCA and takedowns

A lot of what reaches this page is not a copyright matter. If a resource is simply missing credit, or is mirrored from somewhere it was released freely, the copyright and credit page covers what we do about attribution, which is usually faster.

If the problem is that a resource is malicious, broken or breaks the rules rather than that it is yours, use Report Content instead. It reaches the same moderators without asking you for a legal declaration.

• The notice opens a numbered case. You get the reference immediately and it is what to quote in any reply.
• Nothing is removed automatically. A person reads every notice. Acting on an unreviewed assertion is how a competitor takes down a rival, so the review is the point rather than a delay.
• If the claim holds, the resource comes down and the uploader is told why. If it does not, the case is closed with a reason written against it.
• Either way the decision is recorded. Removing somebody’s work, or refusing to, is exactly the decision that gets questioned later.

Enough to identify the work and to believe you have standing to complain about it. A link to the original release, a licence, a store or repository page in your name — whatever actually establishes the claim. A notice with no evidence cannot be acted on and will be closed asking for more.

We need a working email address. An anonymous takedown is not actionable: it asks us to remove somebody’s work on an assertion nobody stands behind.

Uploaders whose work is removed are told which case it was. Reply to that notice and say why you believe you had the right to post it. The case is reopened and read again — a counter-claim is handled by the same people, not by a different process.