Copyright and DMCA Policy

Barbless respects copyright and expects users to do the same.

This policy explains how copyright owners may report alleged infringement on Barbless.co and how users may respond when their content is removed under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512.

This policy is part of our Terms of Service.

1. Before Sending a Copyright Notice

Copyright law includes limitations and exceptions, including fair use.

Before submitting a notice, consider whether the use you are reporting is authorized by the copyright owner, licensed, in the public domain, or permitted by law.

A DMCA notice is a legal request. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notification may result in liability under applicable law.

2. Barbless DMCA Agent

Notices of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Barbless's designated DMCA agent:

DMCA Agent: Copyright Agent
Service Provider: Barbless.co
Address: 187 E. 11th St., Chico, CA 95928
Telephone: 480.404.4104
Email: chad@barbless.co

For the fastest processing, use the email address above and include "DMCA Copyright Notice" in the subject line.

3. What a Copyright Notice Must Include

To submit a DMCA notice, provide a written communication that substantially includes:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If your notice covers multiple works at one online location, you may provide a representative list as permitted by law.
3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing or is the subject of infringing activity, together with information reasonably sufficient for Barbless to locate it. Please provide the specific Barbless URL or other precise location whenever possible.
4. Your contact information, including information reasonably sufficient for us to contact you, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A good-faith statement that you believe the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Incomplete notices may delay our ability to act.

4. What Happens After We Receive a Notice

When Barbless receives a valid or substantially compliant copyright notice, we may:

• review the notice for required information;
• remove or disable access to the identified material when appropriate;
• notify the user who submitted the material;
• provide the user with information about the complaint as permitted by law;
• record the incident for purposes of our repeat-infringer policy; and
• take other action required or permitted by law.

We may contact the complaining party for clarification if the location, ownership claim, or required information is unclear.

5. Counter-Notifications

If your content was removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice and you believe the removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, you may be eligible to send a DMCA counter-notification.

A counter-notification must be a written communication that substantially includes:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal or disabling.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number.
5. A statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States Federal District Court as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person's agent.

Send counter-notifications to:

Email: chad@barbless.co
Subject: DMCA Counter-Notification

6. Restoration After a Counter-Notification

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may send a copy to the person who submitted the original copyright notice.

As provided by the DMCA, Barbless may restore the material or stop disabling access not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notification, unless our designated agent first receives notice that the complaining party has filed a court action seeking to restrain the user from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity.

Other legal or policy reasons may independently prevent restoration.

7. Repeat Infringer Policy

Barbless maintains a policy providing for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users who are repeat copyright infringers.

We may consider factors including:

• the number and frequency of valid infringement notices associated with an account;
• whether content was restored following a valid counter-notification;
• whether a notice was withdrawn;
• evidence that multiple notices concern the same underlying conduct;
• the user's history and response to prior warnings;
• apparent abuse of the copyright process; and
• other facts relevant to determining whether the user is a repeat infringer.

Depending on the circumstances, enforcement may include warnings, content restrictions, feature restrictions, suspension, or account termination.

Content restored based on a valid counter-notification will not automatically be treated as an infringement strike solely because it was previously removed in response to the original notice.

8. Misuse of the DMCA Process

Do not knowingly submit false copyright notices or counter-notifications.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for resulting damages, costs, and attorneys' fees.

Barbless may suspend access to reporting tools or take other appropriate action against users who repeatedly abuse legal-reporting processes.

9. Trademark and Other Intellectual Property Complaints

This DMCA process is for copyright complaints.

For trademark, right-of-publicity, impersonation, or other intellectual-property concerns, contact chad@barbless.co with enough information for us to understand and locate the material at issue.

Different legal standards may apply to those complaints.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in law, our Service, or our copyright-processing procedures.

We will update the effective date above when changes are made.