DMCA Policy

Designated Agent

Registration of our DMCA Designated Agent with the U.S. Copyright Office is in progress. In the meantime, you may send notices to dmca@mononook.com (interim address) or use the in-app reporting flow available on project and community pages. This page will be updated with the agent's full details once registration is complete.

Submitting a Takedown Notice

A valid notice must: identify the copyrighted work; identify the material you believe infringes it, with a link to it; provide your full contact information; state your good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; state that the information in the notice is accurate; and state, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. The notice must include your physical or electronic signature.

Please note: under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a takedown notice or counter-notice may make you liable for damages.

Takedown, Counter-Notice, and Restoration

When we receive a valid notice, we remove or disable access to the reported content and notify the user who posted it. That user may submit a counter-notice if they believe the removal was a mistake or a misidentification.

A valid counter-notice must identify the removed material and its former location, provide the user's contact information, include a statement under penalty of perjury of a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification, and consent to the jurisdiction of a federal court.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we restore the content no earlier than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receiving it, unless the reporting party informs us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the reported activity.

Forked Projects and Original Media

Step media in forked projects must be photographed or recorded by the person publishing the fork. Copying the original project's images or other media without authorization is treated as infringement.

Repeat Infringers

In appropriate circumstances, we terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe others' copyrights.