Copyright & DMCA

Designated agent

Notices must be sent to our designated agent:
dmca@meshsail.dev
MeshSail, 000 Example St, City, ST 00000, USA

You can also use the form below, which collects every element required by 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) and delivers it to the same place.

What a valid notice must contain

A notice that omits any of these is not effective and we may not be able to act on it:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or someone authorised to act for them.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
3. Identification of the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — a direct MeshSail URL is ideal.
4. Your contact details: address, telephone number, and email.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for them.

What we do with it

1. We acknowledge receipt to the address you provide.
2. If the notice is complete, we remove or disable access to the material expeditiously.
3. We notify the person who posted it, forward a copy of your notice — including your name and the statements you made, though we redact your phone number — and tell them how to file a counter-notice.
4. We log the decision in our internal moderation record.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same agent. It must include your signature, identification of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, your contact details, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the US, any district in which we may be found).

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we forward it to the original complainant. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days.

Repeat infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. Strikes are recorded against the account, not just the content.

Misrepresentation carries liability

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Do not use this process to remove criticism, a competing project, or a bad rating. For those, use the Community Guidelines report flow instead.