Copyright

Where to send a notice

Transmutiny is operated by Stuart Bourhill, a sole trader in the United Kingdom. Copyright notices go to stuburger@gmail.com, which is the address designated for this purpose. Please put “Copyright” in the subject line so it is not missed.

What we do with it

Pictures in the public library are made and uploaded by the people using the site, not by us. When a notice arrives we look at it and, where it is reasonable, take the picture off the public library straight away. That hides it from everyone; it does not delete it from the account of whoever made it, unless we have a reason to go further.

We tell the person who made it that it has been taken down and why, and pass on your notice so they can respond.

What a notice needs to contain

So that we can act on it, a notice should include all of the following. This is the list the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act sets out, and it is a sensible list wherever you are. A notice missing something will still be read, but it may take longer.

1. Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
2. A description of the work you say has been infringed, good enough to identify it.
3. A link to the picture on Transmutiny you are complaining about, so we can find the exact one.
4. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by you, your agent or the law.
5. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner of the right or authorised to act for them.
6. Your signature, electronic or physical.

If your picture was taken down

If you think a picture of yours was removed by mistake, or that the use was permitted, write to the same address with a counter notice containing:

1. Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
2. A description of what was removed, and where on the site it used to be.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed through a mistake or a misidentification.
4. A statement that you accept the jurisdiction of a court where you live, or if you are outside the United States, of a court where we are, and that you will accept service from the person who sent the original notice.
5. Your signature, electronic or physical.

We pass a counter notice on to whoever complained. If they do not tell us within a reasonable time that they have started a court action, the picture may go back up.

False notices

Saying something infringes your copyright when you know it does not can make you liable for the costs and damages that follow. Please be sure before you send one.

Accounts that keep doing it

An account that repeatedly puts up material infringing other people’s rights will be closed.

Outside the United States

We are in the United Kingdom, and the DMCA is a US law. The process above is what we follow for any copyright complaint, wherever it comes from, because it works and it is the one people already know. Nothing here limits the rights you have under the law where you live.