DMCA / Copyright Takedown Policy

The short version

We respect copyright. We host user-submitted text only briefly (24-hour cache for anonymous; retention per plan otherwise). If you believe copyrighted material is being stored on the Service without permission, send a notice to dmca@deepaidetector.com with the elements listed below and we will act expeditiously.

1. What the Service hosts

The Service receives user-submitted text for detection. By default, that text is purged within 24 hours from caches and logs. Registered users may opt-in to retain a copy in their dashboard history; paid users retain by default. Detection results (verdicts, paragraph breakdowns) are stored alongside.

Because of the short retention, a DMCA notice will typically only have material to act on if the submission was opted-in or paid-tier. We still process every notice that satisfies the statutory elements.

2. Designated Agent for DMCA notices (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2))

Notices must be sent to the Designated Agent:

• Email: dmca@deepaidetector.com
• Title: DMCA Designated Agent
• Postal address: available on request via the email above; we will also register our Designated Agent with the US Copyright Office at dmca.copyright.gov.

Misdirected notices delay processing. Use the email above, not general support.

3. What a valid DMCA notice must contain

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a takedown notice must include all of the following. Notices missing any element may be rejected.

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. For multiple works on the Service, a representative list.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing — specific enough that we can locate it. For our Service, include: the URL or account email where the material was submitted, the approximate date/time of submission, and at least one verbatim excerpt or other identifier sufficient to match the stored item.
4. Your contact information — address, telephone number, and email.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. 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 on behalf of the owner.

Note: knowingly material misrepresentation in a DMCA notice subjects the sender to liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

4. What we do when we receive a valid notice

1. Acknowledge receipt within 2 business days.
2. Disable access to or remove the identified material expeditiously.
3. Notify the affected user (if any account is identifiable) of the takedown and provide a copy of the notice.
4. Inform the user of their right to file a counter-notice (§5).
5. Log the notice in our repeat-infringer tracker.

5. Counter-notice (17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3))

If material was removed in response to a notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to dmca@deepaidetector.com with:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the US, any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice (or their agent).

On a valid counter-notice we will, between 10 and 14 business days later, restore the material unless the original notifier files an action seeking a court order to keep it down.

6. Repeat-infringer policy (17 U.S.C. § 512(i))

We terminate accounts of users who are repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. A user who is the subject of two valid, unrescinded takedown notices within 12 months will be reviewed; a third may result in termination.

7. UK / EU notice-and-takedown

For users outside the United States, equivalent notice-and-takedown processes apply: in the EU under the Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065) Art. 16; in the UK under the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002. Notices sent to dmca@deepaidetector.com that identify the unlawful content and contain a substantiated legal basis are treated as Art. 16 DSA notices.

8. Trademark, defamation, privacy complaints

For non-copyright complaints (trademark infringement, defamation, doxing, non-consensual intimate imagery, privacy violations), email abuse@deepaidetector.com. The process is similar but governed by the relevant law, not the DMCA.

9. Transparency

We will publish aggregate transparency statistics (notices received, items removed, counter-notices) on an annual basis starting 12 months after launch.

10. Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be communicated by email and on the dashboard.