Copyright notice and takedown policy

Versus respects the rights of creators and copyright holders. Users must only upload images and text they have the right to use (see our content rules).

Report a copyright infringement. If you believe content on Versus infringes your copyright, send a written notice to us:

• Email: [email protected]
• Designated agent: LUDACOM, Copyright Agent
• Postal address: 139 rue La Fayette, 75010 Paris, France

Please put "Copyright notice" in the subject line and include the link to the poll concerned.

A valid notice must include (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

1. The physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with enough information for us to find it (for example the link to the poll).
4. Your contact information (name, address, phone number, email).
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Notices that do not contain these elements may not be acted on; in that case we may ask you for the missing elements. Please note that knowingly making a false claim can lead to liability (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(f)).

What we do. When we receive a valid notice, we promptly remove or disable access to the material identified, we notify the user who posted it, and we may forward the content of the notice to that user, including your name and contact information (tell us in the notice if you object).

Counter-notice. If you think your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)):

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the removed material and of the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address and phone number.
5. Your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, of any judicial district where Versus may be found), and your agreement to accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we send it to the person who made the claim. We may restore the material in no less than 10 and no more than 14 business days, unless that person tells us they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringers. Versus closes the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyright. In practice: the first valid notice leads to removal and a warning; a second leads to removal and a final warning; from the third valid notice (not contested, or contested without success), the account is closed. Flagrant and deliberate infringement can lead to immediate closure.

This policy covers copyright. Other complaints (privacy, image rights, defamation, harassment) are handled through the Report button and our content rules, or by writing to [email protected].