The short version
Email dmca@neighborhood-commons.org with the six items § 512(c)(3) requires: signature, the work, where it appears on Derby, your contact information, a good-faith statement, and an accuracy statement under penalty of perjury. We acknowledge within five business days and take down material that’s infringing on its face.
Designated agent
This is the agent registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (DMCA-1072738) to receive notices for Derby:
Zachary Benjamin
937 N 2nd St, 3F
Philadelphia, PA 19123
dmca@neighborhood-commons.org
(503) 449-5572
Email is the fastest channel. Postal notices are accepted at the address above.
Before you write
A DMCA notice is the right tool when the issue is original creative work used without permission:
- Photographs or clips you made
- Plan artwork, posters, or cover images
- Original written descriptions or captions
- Logos, illustrations, or other original artwork
The facts of a plan, such as its time and place, aren’t copyrightable. To report harassment, impersonation, or a safety issue, write safety@derbysocial.app. To ask for removal of personal information that isn’t a copyright issue, write support@derbysocial.app.
What your notice needs
Per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a DMCA notice must include all six of the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed. If there are several, a representative list is fine.
- Identification of the material on Derby that’s claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to find it. A screenshot plus context (who posted it, which screen) works.
- Your contact information: full name, mailing address, phone number, email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
If any of these are missing, we may not be able to act on the notice.
What happens next
- We acknowledge receipt within five business days.
- We review the claim. If it’s valid on its face, we take down the material, usually within a few days of acknowledgement.
- We notify the person whose material was removed and forward your notice, including your contact information, so they can respond or file a counter-notice.
- We log the takedown for our repeat-infringer policy.
Counter-notice
If your material was taken down and you believe in good faith that the takedown was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice to dmca@neighborhood-commons.org with:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the removed material and where it appeared on Derby before it came down.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed because of a mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, address, and phone number, plus a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (or your judicial district if you’re outside the U.S.), and that you’ll accept service of process from the original complainant.
We forward the counter-notice to the original complainant. If they don’t file a court action seeking a restraining order against you within 10 to 14 business days, we restore the material.
Repeat infringers
Accounts found to be repeat infringers are terminated. The threshold is roughly three substantiated takedowns against the same account. Egregious single cases can trigger termination immediately.
Bad-faith notices
Filing a knowingly false DMCA notice is a federal offense under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). We reserve the right to seek costs and damages from senders of bad-faith notices.
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