Copyright and Takedown Process

Customers control what they publish on Prosewire Cloud. We respect copyright and will review a complete notice about material hosted through the Cloud service.

For content on a self-hosted Prosewire deployment, contact that site’s operator. Prosewire cannot remove content from infrastructure it does not control.

Copyright contact

Send notices to copyright@prosewire.com with “Copyright notice” in the subject. This is the public contact for takedown requests. It does not represent that Prosewire has registered a designated agent in every jurisdiction. Where a government directory lists a different formal agent, the directory entry controls.

What a notice must include

A notice should include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work, or a representative list if the notice covers several works at one site.
3. The exact URL and enough detail for us to locate each allegedly infringing item.
4. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you own the right or are authorized to act for the owner.

The U.S. Copyright Office publishes the statutory elements for a notice under 17 U.S.C. Section 512. You may also send a notice under another applicable law. Identify that law and include the information it requires.

Knowingly making a material misrepresentation may create liability. Consider fair use, license terms, public domain status, and other legal exceptions before sending a notice.

What happens next

We check whether the notice identifies material on Prosewire Cloud and contains the information needed to assess it. We may ask for missing details. When a notice is sufficient, we may disable access to the material and tell the workspace owner, unless law prevents notice.

We forward the notice, including claimant contact details, to the affected publisher when needed for a response. Do not include information you do not want shared for that purpose.

We may reject notices that target criticism, facts, ideas, links, trademarks, privacy issues, or other material outside copyright. Use the Abuse process for other claims.

Counter-notice

If your Cloud content was removed because of a U.S. DMCA notice and you believe removal was a mistake or misidentification, email a counter-notice with “Copyright counter-notice” in the subject. Include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the removed material and its location before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, plus a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States federal district court and will accept service of process from the original claimant or its agent.

We may send a complete counter-notice to the claimant. When the U.S. DMCA applies, we may restore the material after 10 to 14 business days unless the claimant tells us it filed a court action seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity. Other laws may require a different process.

Repeat infringement

We may terminate a Cloud account or workspace that repeatedly infringes copyright in appropriate circumstances. We consider complete notices, counter-notices, retractions, court decisions, and whether separate claims concern the same conduct. We do not count an unsupported accusation as a final finding by itself.

Preservation and disclosure

We may preserve the notice, response, affected records, and action taken for the period in the Deletion and retention policy. We disclose them when needed to run this process, comply with law, or protect legal rights.