Copyright

We take copyright seriously at moonsigncalculator.org, both our own and that of others. Below you will find how to send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512) and what happens next.

Sending a takedown notice

A notice must be in writing and include the following six elements:

1. Your physical or electronic signature, or that of a person authorised to act for the copyright owner.
2. The copyrighted work concerned, identified clearly, or a representative list where the notice covers multiple works.
3. The infringing material and where it is on moonsigncalculator.org, described precisely enough to locate it; page URLs are best.
4. Your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the owner, the owner's agent or the law.
6. A declaration that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner.

Sending your notice

Send notices by email to [email protected], with “DMCA notice” in the subject line. We handle notices promptly, and if a notice is valid, the material is removed or access to it is disabled. A notice missing any of the elements above may not be actionable, so please check it carefully.

Counter-notification

Anyone whose material was removed by mistake or misidentification may send a counter-notice to the same email address, containing:

• a physical or electronic signature;
• identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal;
• your statement, under penalty of perjury, of a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification;
• your name, address and phone number, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the United States, of any judicial district where the service provider may be found), and your agreement to accept service of process from the person who filed the notice.

Following a valid counter-notice, the material can be put back after 10 to 14 business days, unless we hear that the complainant has started legal proceedings.

Repeat infringement

In appropriate circumstances, anyone found to infringe copyright repeatedly will lose access to the site, even though moonsigncalculator.org has no user accounts.

A note on false notices

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. If you are not sure whether a use infringes, perhaps because it could be fair use, it may be wise to get legal advice first.

For anything other than copyright, please use our Contact page.