Copyright notices

Respect for copyright matters to us, and we respond to proper notices about material on punctuation-checker.com. 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):

1. Your signature, physical or electronic, as the owner or as a person authorised to act for the owner.
2. The copyrighted work concerned, identified clearly, or a representative list where the notice covers multiple works.
3. The infringing material and where it is on punctuation-checker.com, described precisely enough to locate it; page URLs are best.
4. Contact information so we can reach you, including your address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the owner, the owner's agent or the law.
6. A declaration that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner.

Sending your notice

Please email your notice to [email protected] and put “DMCA notice” in the subject. 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.

Counter-notices

If material you provided was removed and you believe this was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include:

• 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.

Once we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material within 10 to 14 business days unless the complainant informs us that they have gone to court.

Repeat infringers

Although the site does not host user uploads or accounts, in appropriate circumstances we will block access for repeat infringers.

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.

Other enquiries are welcome via our Contact page.