Copyright Complaints Policy

Last updated: August 2026

1. What this policy covers

LibreTimes hosts content its authors submit. Author content defaults to CC-BY-SA-4.0, but that license only covers what the author actually owns or has the right to share — it does not authorize anyone to upload someone else's copyrighted material without permission. This page explains how a rights holder can ask us to remove infringing material, and what happens next.

We follow a notice-and-takedown process modeled on the U.S. DMCA (17 U.S.C. §512) and consistent with EU notice-and-action expectations for online platforms, so it works the same way regardless of where a complainant or a user is located.

2. Sending a takedown notice

Send a notice to copyright@libretimes.io including:

A description of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed.
The exact URL(s) of the material on LibreTimes you claim is infringing.
Your contact information (name, address, phone, email).
A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf.
Your physical or electronic signature.

A notice missing these elements may be rejected or delayed while we ask for the missing information.

3. What happens after a valid notice

We remove or disable access to the identified material.
We notify the author who posted it, including a copy of the notice (with your contact information, since a takedown target is entitled to know who is claiming infringement and how to respond).
Repeat, substantiated infringement by the same account is treated as a standalone ground for account suspension or termination, separate from the Acceptable Use Policy's enforcement ladder.

4. Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, send a counter-notice to copyright@libretimes.io including:

The material that was removed and its former URL.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
Your name, address, phone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the courts where you are located (or, if outside that jurisdiction, any jurisdiction where LibreTimes may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.
Your physical or electronic signature.

We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. Absent further legal action from them, we restore the material.

5. Bad-faith notices

Knowingly submitting a materially false takedown notice or counter-notice can carry legal liability for the submitter (under the DMCA, for damages including costs and attorney's fees). We reserve the right to take this into account, including rejecting future notices from a submitter with a pattern of bad-faith claims.

6. Scope and status

This policy describes our process; it is not itself a claim of formal legal safe-harbor status in any specific jurisdiction, which depends on registrations we may complete as the operating entity is finalized. It applies alongside, not instead of, the general Acceptable Use Policy prohibition on infringing content and the Content Guidelines in the Terms of Service.