DMCA Copyright Policy

Designated Agent

Send notices and counter-notices to our registered DMCA Designated Agent. This agent is on file with the U.S. Copyright Office; the public directory entry can be searched at copyright.gov/dmca-directory.

How to Submit a Takedown Notice

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A), a valid takedown notice must contain all of the following six elements. Notices that omit any element may be rejected and we may take no action in response.

1. A signature. Physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work. A description of the work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works on this site are at issue in a single notice, a representative list is acceptable.
3. Identification of the infringing material. A description of the material you claim is infringing, with information specific enough to let us find and act on it — ideally the exact URL on rawcomps.com, plus the portion of the page that's at issue.
4. Contact information. Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. Good-faith-belief statement. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, the owner's agent, or the law.
6. Accuracy + authority statement under penalty of perjury. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Once we receive a complete notice, we'll acknowledge it within two business days and remove or disable access to the material in question while we evaluate. If the material was posted by a contributor, we'll forward them a copy of the notice.

Counter-Notification Procedure

If material you uploaded was removed in response to a takedown notice and you believe that was a mistake, you may send a counter-notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). A valid counter-notification must contain all of the following three elements:

1. A signature. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the removed material. A description of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
3. Statement under penalty of perjury + jurisdictional consent. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification. Include your name, address, and phone number, plus a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where you live (or, if outside the U.S., any federal district in which Rawcomps may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the original complainant or their agent.

On receipt of a complete counter-notification, we forward it to the original complainant. If they don't notify us within ten business days that they've filed a court action seeking to keep the material down, we will restore it.

Repeat Infringer Policy

We terminate the accounts of contributors who, in our reasonable judgment, have repeatedly engaged in infringing conduct. We keep a private log of compliant takedown notices we receive and the accounts they correspond to; repeated entries against the same account is the trigger for termination.

Modifications to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time — for example, to reflect a change to our designated agent or a clarifying update from the Copyright Office. The current version is the one you're reading now; the timestamp at the top of this page reflects the most recent material edit.