This page explains how to tell us that something published on Perenna infringes your copyright, what we do when you tell us, and what happens if the person who published it disagrees.

Status: structure, not counsel. The process below is the one we operate and we are bound by it. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer, and the designated-agent registration described below is not yet filed — until it is, treat the address here as the right place to write, not as a registered agent under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(2).

Designated agent

Send copyright notices to copyright@perenna.app.

Notices sent anywhere else — support, a personal address, a social account — may not reach the person who can act on them. This address is monitored for this purpose specifically.

What a notice has to contain

We can only act on a notice that contains everything §512(c)(3) asks for. This is not a formality we could waive if we wanted to: an incomplete notice does not create a takedown obligation, and removing somebody's work on less than the law requires would be unfair to them. If a notice is missing an element we will say which one and log that it arrived, so nothing is silently dropped.

A complete notice includes:

1. Your name and a contact email address.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say is infringed.
3. Identification of the listing on Perenna you say infringes it — a link to the listing page is enough.
4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by you, your agent, or the law.
5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act for them.
6. Your signature. Typing your name is sufficient.

A note on misrepresentation. §512(f) makes you liable for damages if you knowingly misrepresent that something is infringing. We mention it because character listings attract complaints that are really about resemblance or subject matter, and those are not copyright claims.

What we do

1. We read the notice and check it is complete.
2. If it is, we remove the listing from the marketplace and record when.
3. We tell the person who published it, in full, including your notice — they cannot answer a claim they have not seen.
4. They may file a counter-notice (below).

Removing a listing does not reach anyone's fork. Forking on Perenna makes a complete, independent copy that belongs to the person who forked it. A takedown stops further distribution; it does not reach into libraries. If your claim extends to copies already made, that is beyond what this process does, and we should talk.

Counter-notice

If your listing was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can file a counter-notice from the listing's page in your publishing dashboard. Under §512(g)(3) it has to include:

1. Your signature.
2. Identification of the listing and where it appeared.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address and phone number, and consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, if you are outside the United States, any district where we may be found), and to accept service from the person who filed the notice.

We forward your counter-notice to the claimant. If they do not tell us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you, we restore the listing after 10 business days. We do not restore it earlier: that window is the claimant's opportunity to go to court, and cutting it short would forfeit the safe harbour this whole process exists to preserve.

Repeat infringers

Accounts that are the subject of repeated, upheld copyright notices lose the ability to publish, and may be closed. This is a policy we are required to have and to actually apply, so we apply it — with the same due process as every other enforcement decision: a human decides, you are told why, and you can appeal (see Moderation & appeals).

Characters that are not copyright claims

Two things people often report here that belong elsewhere:

• A trademarked or branded character (a studio's character, a franchise name). Our content policy prohibits these independently of anyone complaining, and the publishing lint refuses them at upload. Report them with the report button on the listing — it is faster than a notice and does not need a copyright claim.
• A real person. That is a privacy and impersonation question, not a copyright one. Use the report button, or write to us.

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