DMCA Policy

This site is built to avoid copyright problems rather than create them, which makes a takedown page a slightly strange thing to need. It exists anyway, because when a genuine claim does arrive it deserves a fast, clear route rather than a maze, and because most of what arrives at an address like this turns out to belong somewhere else entirely.

Which One Are You Here To Do

Our Position On Copyright

The honest reason this policy can be short and calm is that the site tries hard not to put anyone in a position to need it. Text is original. Screenshots are our own captures. Where another person explained something better, the guide links to them and says so rather than absorbing their work into ours. We treat other people's copyright the way we would want ours treated, which is the whole reason the linking-out habit exists.

None of that removes your rights. If something here does infringe your copyright, whether through our error or something a reader submitted, you are entitled to have it addressed under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the rest of this page is how.

How To File A Takedown Notice

A valid notice under Section 512(c)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has to contain six things. A notice missing any of them is not one we can act on, so it saves everyone time to include all six the first time. Each is listed below, and there is a copy-ready template underneath that already has them in order.

1. Your Signature

   A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or of a person authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

2. The Work Being Infringed

   Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been copied. If several works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them is enough.

3. Where It Appears Here

   The exact location of the material on this site, given as the full page address, plus enough detail for us to find the specific part you mean.

4. How To Reach You

   Your contact information, including a name, a mailing address, a telephone number and an email address, so the process can actually reach you.

5. A Good-Faith Statement

   A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorised by you, your agent, or the law.

6. A Statement Of Accuracy And Authority

   A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act for the owner.

To             DMCA Agent, Poeninjaa.com
Subject        DMCA takedown notice

1. Signature   your typed full name counts as an electronic signature
2. The work    the copyrighted work being infringed
3. Location    the full URL on poeninjaa.com and what specifically is infringing
4. Contact     name, mailing address, phone, email

5. Good faith  I have a good-faith belief that the use of the material
                described above is not authorised by the copyright owner,
                its agent, or the law.

6. Accuracy    The information in this notice is accurate, and under
                penalty of perjury I am the copyright owner or am
                authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Where To Send It

Notices go to the designated agent below. Email is the fastest route and the one most likely to get a same-week response. Post works too if you would rather, though it is slower for reasons outside anyone's control.

What Happens After You Send It

Filing A Counter-Notification

If material of yours was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send a counter-notification under Section 512(g). It has its own required elements, and one of them asks you to accept a specific legal jurisdiction, so it is worth reading before you send rather than after.

1. Your Signature

   A physical or electronic signature. As with a notice, a typed full name is treated as an electronic signature.

2. What Was Removed, And Where It Was

   Identification of the material that was taken down and the page address where it appeared before removal.

3. A Statement Under Penalty Of Perjury

   A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.

4. Your Details And Consent To Jurisdiction

   Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your judicial district, or if you are outside the United States, any district in which this site may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.

Once a valid counter-notification is received, it is forwarded to the party who filed the original notice. If they do not file a court action seeking to keep the material down, the removed material may be restored in ten to fourteen business days, in line with the Act.

Repeat Infringers

In appropriate circumstances, and where the law requires it, access for anyone who repeatedly submits infringing material is terminated. Since the guides here are written by one person rather than uploaded by a crowd, this mostly matters for anything a reader might ever contribute, but the standard applies all the same.

A Warning Worth Reading Twice

What Is Not A DMCA Matter

A large share of the mail an address like this receives is about something the Digital Millennium Copyright Act does not cover. Sending those here does not get them dealt with faster, it just delays them. Here is where each one actually belongs.

This page explains how to reach us about copyright and is not legal advice. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is United States federal law, and the section references here are to Title 17 of the United States Code. If you are unsure whether you hold the rights involved, speak to a qualified lawyer before filing.