Inspired by Lumen (formerly Chilling Effects) and Google, this repo contains the text of DMCA takedown notices and counter-notices we've received here at LuzFaltex. We publish them as they are received, with only personally identifiable information redacted.
In short, we believe that transparency on a specific and ongoing level is essential to good governance. Chilling Effects/Lumen explained it well in 2014 (archive.org mirror; not present on their current site): "We are excited about the new opportunities the Internet offers individuals to express their views . . . but concerned that not everyone feels the same way. Study to date suggests that cease and desist letters often silence Internet users, whether or not their claims have legal merit." (About, ChillingEffects.org, Sept. 2014, licensed under CC-BY-3.0). Similarly, we post takedown notices here to document their potential to "chill" speech.
It only means that we received the notice on the indicated date. It does not mean that the content was unlawful or wrong. It does not mean that the user identified in the notice has done anything wrong. We don't make or imply any judgment about the merit of the claims they make. We post these notices and requests only for informational purposes.
For more details, see our DMCA policy.
In the spirit of transparency, we post each takedown notice that we process without making any changes to the text, except for redacting private information and URLs that were not actionable, and adding a few annotations to help you better understand how we processed the notice. Here are the annotations you might see and what they mean.
- We gave content owners a chance to make changes before we processed the notice.
When you see this at the top of a notice
Before disabling any content in relation to this takedown notice, LuzFaltex
- contacted the owners of some or all of the affected posts to give them an opportunity to make changes that could have prevented the need to disable the content
- provided information on how to submit a DMCA Counter Notice.
it means that either the notice did not allege that the entire contents of a post infringe, or the copyright holder identified other changes that could be made to the content to resolve the alleged infringement. As we note in our DMCA Takedown Policy, in those cases, because LuzFaltex cannot disable access to specific parts of a post, we will contact the user who created the post and give them approximately 1 business day to delete or modify the content specified in the notice.
If the post creator makes the necessary changes, then LuzFaltex will not disable the content. In some cases, that means the posts are currently available despite being listed in the notice. In other cases, a post might be unavailable because the owner decided to delete it.
- We only processed the takedown notice with respect to some of the reported URLs.
[invalid]
or
[private]
In many cases a notice alleges copyright infringement in multiple posts or files. When we determine that only some of the posts or files are infringing, including where reported content was not available at the time we reviewed the notice, we replace the URLs with [invalid]. We use [private] to note redaction of private information.
If you are looking to file or dispute a takedown notice by posting to this repository, please STOP 🛑 because we do not accept Pull Requests or other contributions to this repository.
Read on to learn about the available paths forward.
If you are a copyright owner wishing to submit a takedown notice, read our DMCA Policy and Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice. You can submit the actual notice using our Copyright Claims Contact Form.
If you are the owner of content that has been taken down, you have two main options:
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Do you want to make changes to the post that would remove the allegedly infringing content? If that is possible in your case, contact us to let us know that you would like to make the changes.
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Do you want to formally dispute the action by submitting a counter notice? Maybe the person sending the takedown notice does not hold the copyright or did not realize that you have a license or made some other mistake in their takedown notice. If you believe your content on a LuzFaltex site was mistakenly disabled by a DMCA takedown request, you have the right to contest the takedown by submitting a counter notice. If you do, we will wait 10-14 days and then re-enable your content unless the copyright owner initiates a legal action before then.
If you do not want to make changes or dispute the notice, but still have general concerns about the copyright laws and how they apply in your case, know that LuzFaltex and the community have the opportunity and a voice to advocate for changes in law and public policy. We also encourage you to learn more about copyright and speak up by reaching out to the Copyright Office or your local lawmakers to voice your concerns.
If you would just like to comment on a commit to discuss it, that's fine, but again please note that LuzFaltex does not actively monitor comments or other contributions to this repository. So if you want send a comment to LuzFaltex for any reason about this repository, please contact us directly. Thanks!