Copyright

We take copyright seriously at difficultpersontest.org, both our own and that of others. Below you will find how to send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512) and what happens next.

Sending a takedown notice

Please make sure your notice includes each of these elements, as required by 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3):

Your signature, physical or electronic, as the owner or as a person authorised to act for the owner.
Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed, or a representative list if one notice covers several works.
Identification of the material on difficultpersontest.org that you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it, ideally the full address of each page.
Your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
Your good-faith statement that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, an agent or the law.
A statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you own the right or are authorised to act for the owner.

Where to send it

Notices should go to [email protected]; a subject line such as “DMCA notice” helps us find them quickly. Valid notices are acted on promptly: the material is taken down or made inaccessible, and we confirm this to you. A notice missing any of the elements above may not be actionable, so please check it carefully.

If your material was removed

Anyone whose material was removed by mistake or misidentification may send a counter-notice to the same email address, containing:

a physical or electronic signature;
a description of the removed material and the location where it appeared;
a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith that the removal was due to a mistake or misidentification;
your name, address and phone number, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the United States, of any judicial district where the service provider may be found), and your agreement to accept service of process from the person who filed the notice.

Following a valid counter-notice, the material can be put back after 10 to 14 business days, unless we hear that the complainant has started legal proceedings.

Misrepresentation

Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act provides that knowingly and materially misrepresenting infringement, or a mistaken removal, can lead to liability for damages, costs and attorneys' fees. When in doubt, for instance where fair use may apply, consider talking to a lawyer before filing.

Policy on repeat infringers

difficultpersontest.org has no user accounts or uploads, but where it applies, we will, in appropriate circumstances, cut off access for anyone who repeatedly infringes copyright.

Other enquiries are welcome via our Contact page.