Copyright & DMCA Policy

This Copyright & DMCA Policy explains how PublisherZera LLC (pending formation) ("PublisherZera", "we", "us") responds to claims of copyright infringement under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512. It forms part of our Terms of Service and Publisher Agreement.

1. Our approach

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. We expect everyone who uses our services, and every publisher in our network, to do the same.

Publishers must only publish content they created themselves or have the right to use. Pirated, copied or scraped content is not allowed under our Content & Acceptable Use Policy.

This page is for general information. It is not legal advice. If you are not sure whether something infringes your rights, you may want to speak to a lawyer before sending a notice.

2. What this policy covers

This policy covers two kinds of reports:

• Content on our own website at publisherzera.com or in our services, which we host or control. These are handled under the DMCA notice-and-takedown process in sections 3 to 5 and 7.
• Content on publisher websites in our network. Publishers own and host their own websites; we do not host their content. We can, however, stop serving ads on infringing pages and require publishers to act. These reports are handled under section 6.

3. How to send a copyright notice

If you believe your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that is infringement, send a written notice to our designated copyright agent (see section 4). Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following:

1. Your signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for them. Typing your full legal name works as an electronic signature.
2. The work. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If many works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them.
3. The infringing material. Identification of the material you claim is infringing, and information reasonably enough for us to find it. Please give the exact URL of each page.
4. Your contact details. Information reasonably enough for us to contact you, such as your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. Good-faith statement. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the way complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. Accuracy and authority statement. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

It also helps if you tell us whether the material is on our own website or on a publisher site where our ads appear, and include screenshots or a link to your original work.

If your notice does not include the required elements, we may not be able to act on it. We may contact you to ask for missing information.

4. Our designated copyright agent

Please send copyright notices and counter-notices to:

Copyright Agent, PublisherZera LLC (pending formation)
Business address (US mailing address to be added)
Email: legal@publisherzera.com

Please write "DMCA Notice" or "DMCA Counter-Notice" in the email subject line. Email is the fastest way to reach us.

This contact is only for copyright matters. Other messages sent to this address may not receive a reply. For other questions, please use our contact page.

5. What happens after a notice

When we receive a complete notice about content on our own website or services, we will:

• review it promptly;
• remove or disable access to the material if appropriate;
• make reasonable efforts to tell the person who provided the material (if any) that it was removed, and give them a copy of the notice;
• keep a record of the notice.

We may share the notice, including your name and contact details, with the person whose content was removed, and with services such as the Lumen database that collect takedown notices. Please do not include information you want kept private.

6. Reports about publisher sites in our network

Publishers are independent website owners. They host and control their own content, so we cannot remove it from their sites ourselves. If you report infringing content on a publisher site where PublisherZera serves ads, we may:

• stop serving ads on the reported pages, or on the whole site, right away while we review the report;
• forward your notice to the publisher and require them to remove the infringing content or respond within a set time;
• require the publisher to send a valid counter-notice if they believe the claim is wrong;
• withhold the publisher's earnings linked to the infringing pages, as allowed by our Publisher Agreement;
• suspend or end our relationship with the publisher, especially for serious, deliberate or repeated infringement;
• share the report with the ad platforms we use, where required.

To have the content itself taken down, you may also need to contact the publisher's web host or the site owner directly. We will tell you what action we took on our side where we can.

Publishers: if you receive a copyright complaint from us, respond quickly. Remove infringing content, or explain clearly why you have the right to use it. Ignoring complaints may lead to suspension or termination.

7. Counter-notification

If material you posted was removed or disabled because of a notice, and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, or that you have the right to use the material, you may send a counter-notice to our copyright agent. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), your counter-notice must include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the material that was removed or disabled, and where it appeared before it was removed (for example, the URL);
3. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification;
4. your name, address and telephone number;
5. a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the US Federal District Court for the judicial district where your address is located, or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which PublisherZera LLC (pending formation) may be found;
6. a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice, or their agent.

What happens next. When we receive a valid counter-notice, we will send a copy to the person who sent the original notice. We will tell them that we will restore the material, or stop disabling access to it, in 10 business days. We will restore the material between 10 and 14 business days after we receive the counter-notice, unless our copyright agent first receives notice that the original complainant has filed a court action seeking to stop the infringing activity.

For publisher sites, the same principles guide our decision to resume ad serving. However, under our Publisher Agreement we may still choose not to serve ads on content we consider risky.

8. Repeat infringers

We have a policy of ending, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts and relationships of users and publishers who are repeat infringers. A repeat infringer is someone who has been the subject of more than one valid infringement notice, or who we otherwise find has repeatedly infringed copyright.

We decide each case on its facts. We may consider the number and seriousness of complaints, whether counter-notices were sent, and whether the person acted in good faith. We may also end a relationship after a single serious case, such as a site built mainly on pirated content.

9. False claims

Please be careful and honest. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages. This includes costs and legal fees suffered by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner, or us.

Before sending a notice, consider whether the use could be allowed by law, for example as fair use. If you are not sure, please get legal advice.

10. Trademark and other complaints

The DMCA process applies only to copyright. If you believe a publisher site in our network infringes your trademark, impersonates your brand, sells counterfeit goods, or breaks other rights, please email legal@publisherzera.com with the URL, details of your rights, and a description of the problem. We will review it under our Content & Acceptable Use Policy and may take similar actions to those described in section 6.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the law. We will update the "Effective" date above when we do.

12. Contact

Copyright Agent, PublisherZera LLC (pending formation), Business address (US mailing address to be added). Email: legal@publisherzera.com