Copyright
notices.

Send copyright complaints through joinblink.me/report, choosing copyrightas the category. It goes to the same place a mailed notice would, and it's faster.

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), a notice must include substantially all of the following:

• a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act for them;
• identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed — or, if many works at one site, a representative list;
• identification of the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it (the photo's link, or the event and a description);
• your contact information — address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use isn't authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

The report form collects each of these. A notice missing them may not be effective, and we may come back to you for the rest.

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — is liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, to the person harmed by the misrepresentation.

Please be sure the material is yours and that the use isn't permitted before you send a notice. If you aren't sure, talk to a lawyer first.

If we removed something of yours and you believe it was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send a counter-notice. It must include:

• your physical or electronic signature;
• identification of the material that was removed, and 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 district where you live (or, if outside the United States, any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

Send counter-notices to support@joinblink.me. We will forward it to the original complainant. If they don't file a court action within 10 to 14 business days, we may restore the material.

We terminate the accounts of hosts who are repeat infringers, and we block the email addresses and join tokens of guests who repeatedly upload infringing content. This is a policy we apply, not a formality.

Notices reach us either way, and we act on them either way:

• Online: joinblink.me/report, choosing copyright — this is the fastest route.
• Email: support@joinblink.me
• Operator: Chariot Archive, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Blink's designated-agent registration with the U.S. Copyright Office is in progress. We are telling you that plainly rather than implying otherwise: until that registration is on file, the §512(c) safe harbor is not available to us. It changes nothing about what you should do — send the notice, and we will act on it — and we do not treat the missing registration as a reason to leave infringing material up.