DMCA & Copyright Policy

The primary intake channel for DMCA notifications is email. Send complete notices (see "Filing a takedown notice" below) to:

We monitor this address during business hours (Mon–Fri, 09:00–18:00 ET) and target action on complete notices within 3 business days.

Safe-harbor registration status: our DMCA designated-agent registration with the US Copyright Office is in process. Until the public agent record at copyright.gov/dmca-directory shows our entry, the formal § 512(c) safe-harbor protections that flow from a registered designated agent do not yet apply — but we still process notices and counter-notices following the same procedure and the same timeline described on this page. We will update the postal address and phone number below as soon as the Copyright Office registration completes.

A valid DMCA notice must include all of the following (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A)):

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list for multi-work claims).
• Identification of the material on Plauditly that is claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it — e.g. the widget public ID (wgt_…), project slug, or direct URL of the embed.
• Your contact information: name, address, telephone, and email.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material 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 owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner. Send to dmca@plauditly.app.

We typically act on complete notices within 3 business days of receipt. Action means removing or disabling access to the disputed material and notifying the project owner.

Knowing misrepresentation of infringement (or non-infringement, in a counter-notice) creates liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Don't send notices in bad faith.

If you're a project owner whose content was removed and you believe the removal was in error or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. It must contain:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the US, the District of Delaware), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice.

On receipt of a valid counter-notice, we'll forward it to the original complainant. If they don't file a court action seeking a restraining order within 10–14 business days, we will restore the material.

We will terminate accounts of users determined to be repeat infringers, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A). "Repeat" means typically three substantiated infringements for the same account; egregious single violations may trigger termination alone.

For trademark, right-of-publicity, or other IP complaints not covered by the DMCA, email dmca@plauditly.app with the same level of specificity. We review such requests case-by-case and may require court documentation.