Project policy

Copyright and Takedown Policy

Respect for copyright

FVA prohibits infringing submissions and may remove or restrict material, preserve evidence, warn or terminate repeat infringers, and restrict access to affected content when a credible claim is received.

Copyright notice

A notice should identify the copyrighted work, identify the specific FVA material and location, include the claimant’s contact information, state a good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized, state under penalty of perjury that the notice is accurate and the sender is authorized, and include a physical or electronic signature. Use the legal contact process and label the request “Copyright notice.”

Counter-notice

A contributor may respond with identification of removed material, a statement under penalty of perjury that removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, contact information, consent to appropriate federal-court jurisdiction, acceptance of service from the claimant, and a signature. FVA may restore material only as permitted by law.

Current DMCA status

This policy supplies a practical notice channel, but FVA has not represented that a DMCA agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. A public user-generated-content launch should not claim 17 U.S.C. §512 safe-harbor compliance until the operator obtains legal advice, designates and publishes an agent, maintains repeat-infringer procedures, and completes the Copyright Office registration.