Copyright
Last updated: [DATE]
What we can and cannot take down
PartyDub does not host content. Clips and recordings are read by a user's own browser and sent directly between the devices of the people in a room. Nothing is uploaded to us, stored by us, or served by us. There is no file on our systems to remove and no URL to disable.
A notice therefore results in the actions that are actually available to us:
- If the session identified is still live, we end it and disconnect the participants.
- We record a strike against the account that created the room.
- We terminate accounts that accumulate repeated upheld notices, under our repeat-infringer policy.
Repeat-infringer policy
We maintain a record of upheld copyright notices per account. An account reaching three upheld notices is terminated and may not create new rooms. Terminated users may appeal to the address below.
Designated agent
Notices should be sent to our designated agent:
[AGENT NAME]
[AGENT ORGANISATION]
[AGENT POSTAL ADDRESS]
[AGENT EMAIL]
[AGENT PHONE]
Register this agent with the U.S. Copyright Office before launch and replace the placeholders above. Publishing an unregistered agent does not establish the safe harbour.
What a valid notice must include
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
- Identification of the material and enough information to locate it — for us that means the room code, and the approximate time.
- Your contact details.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on the owner's behalf.
Counter-notice
If your session was ended and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the agent above including your signature, identification of the material, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court.
Misrepresentation
Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notice can make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).