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DMCA

Last Updated: 2025-05-17

Paste.tc ("Service") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, Paste.tc will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Paste.tc service that are reported to Paste.tc's Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

Notification of Copyright Infringement

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Service by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to Paste.tc's Designated Copyright Agent.

Upon receipt of the Notice as described below, Paste.tc will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged material from the Service.

To file a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement, you must provide the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C § 512(c)(3) for further detail):

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Paste.tc to locate the material. Providing URLs in the body of an email is the best way to help us locate content quickly.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Paste.tc to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Designated Copyright Agent

Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to Paste.tc's Designated Copyright Agent:

Copyright Agent
Paste.tc Legal Department
Email: [email protected]

Counter-Notification

If you believe that your material that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  3. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material.
  4. Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in [Specify Federal Judicial District relevant to your location, e.g., "the Northern District of California"], and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, Paste.tc may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Paste.tc's sole discretion.

Repeat Infringers

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Paste.tc has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at Paste.tc's sole discretion, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Paste.tc may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Service and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.