DMCA notice & takedown.

For postal-mail notices, send to the address above. For faster processing, send through the contact form.

To be valid under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a takedown notice must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple works, a representative list).
3. Identification of the material on Counsel Commons™ that is claimed to be infringing — including the skill name, URL, or other information specific enough that we can locate it.
4. Your contact information: full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Send the completed notice to the designated agent at the address above or via the contact form. Counsel Commons™ does not act on incomplete notices; if any of the above elements are missing, we'll let you know what to add and resubmit.

If your skill was removed from the catalog in response to a DMCA notice and you believe the removal was wrong — for example, a misidentification, fair use, or you actually hold or are licensed to use the rights at issue — you can submit a counter-notice. To be valid under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), the counter-notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, plus a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the US District Court for the judicial district where your address is located (or, if outside the United States, the US District Court for the District of Colorado), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice.

Send the counter-notice to the designated agent at the address above or via the contact form.

What happens next: we forward the counter-notice to the original complainant. Unless the complainant files a court action against you within 10 to 14 business days seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing material, Counsel Commons™ may restore the removed skill.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), Counsel Commons™ terminates the accounts of users who repeatedly upload infringing material. Two valid takedown notices against the same author — without a successful counter-notice — result in termination. Termination is permanent for the account; a terminated user may not create a new account on the platform.

Filing a DMCA notice or counter-notice is a legal act with consequences. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages — including costs and reasonable attorneys' fees — incurred by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner, or the service provider who relies on the misrepresentation.

In plain English: don't file a frivolous takedown and don't file a frivolous counter-notice. Both can cost you money.