Copyright and DMCA

We respond to copyright complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe something on Q&A With Me infringes a copyright you own or represent, send a notice to our designated agent using the details below.

Designated agent

Notices of claimed infringement should go to the agent we have designated with the U.S. Copyright Office:

Copyright Office registration: DMCA-1079559. Email reaches us fastest; the postal address is provided because the statute requires one.

Sending a notice

To be effective, a notice needs all six of the following. A notice missing any of them may not start our obligation to act, so please include everything:

• Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed
• A link to exactly where the material appears on our service, specific enough for us to find it
• Your name, address, phone number, and email address
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf
• Your physical or electronic signature

Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, under 17 U.S.C. §512(f). If you are unsure whether a use is authorized, consider speaking with a lawyer before sending a notice.

What happens next

When we receive a complete notice we remove or disable access to the material expeditiously, and we tell the person who posted it what was removed and why. Removal is not a finding that anyone did anything wrong, and it does not decide who is right. It is the step the statute asks us to take while the question is open, and a counter-notice can put the material back.

A notice that is missing any of the six elements above is reviewed, but it may not be actionable. We may come back to you for what is missing rather than act on it as it stands, so sending a complete notice the first time is the fastest route.

Counter-notification

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake, or that you have the right to use it, you can send a counter-notice to the same agent. It needs:

• 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 phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the district where you live (or, if you are outside the United States, for any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the party who sent the original notice

We forward valid counter-notices to whoever complained. If they do not tell us within ten business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material.

Repeat infringers

We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Repeated valid notices against the same account will end that account, and evading a termination by opening another one is itself grounds for removal.

If a creator featured your post

Creators can load a public post or article onto their page and record a reaction to it. The card shows the author, handle, avatar and text of the original, drawn from what the platform publishes.

If that is you and you want it taken down, email support@qawith.me with a link to where it appears. You do not need to own a copyright and you do not need an account here. Say that you are the person in the post and we will remove the card.

If you are not the rights holder

Anyone watching can flag content from inside the app. Open the ⋯ menu on a video or long-press a chat message, choose Report, and pick "Intellectual property violation". Reports are reviewed by our team. We do not promise a particular outcome or timeframe, and we may decide no action is warranted. It is the right route if you have noticed something but do not own the work yourself.

A flag is not a DMCA notice. It does not collect the sworn statements or the signature the statute requires, so it does not start the removal clock the way a notice does. If you own the copyright, or you are authorized to act for whoever does, use the agent details above.

Related

Section 15 of our Terms of Service covers copyright, and our Community Guidelines cover what is allowed on the platform more broadly. For anything that is not a copyright complaint, write to support@qawith.me.