DMCA & Intellectual Property Policy — RuleSell

Designated DMCA agent

Our designated agent for receiving notifications of claimed infringement is registered with the United States Copyright Office under § 512(c)(2). Until appointment is finalised, notices may be sent to dmca@rulesell.example. We will publish the registered agent's name, address, and registration number on this page before public launch.

How to file a takedown notice

A valid DMCA notice must include: (1) a physical or electronic signature of the rights holder or authorised agent; (2) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (3) the URL or sufficient detail to locate the allegedly infringing material on RuleSell; (4) your contact information; (5) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised; (6) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and that you are authorised to act on behalf of the rights holder.

What we do with a notice

When we receive a complete notice we promptly disable access to the material or item in question and notify the user who posted it. We forward the notice to the user with a Statement of Reasons (DSA Art. 17). The original poster may submit a counter-notice.

Counter-notice procedure

A valid counter-notice must include: (1) your physical or electronic signature; (2) identification of the material removed; (3) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; (4) your name, address, and telephone number; (5) consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the district where you live (or for non-US users, the district where RuleSell may be found). On receipt of a valid counter-notice we will restore the material within 10-14 business days unless the original complainant files a court action.

Repeat-infringer policy

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers, in accordance with § 512(i)(1)(A). "Repeat" is assessed against the totality of the conduct, not a fixed strike count, and gives weight to bad-faith notices on both sides.

License compliance for sellers

Every published item must declare a valid SPDX license identifier. Items with non-commercial licenses (e.g. CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA) cannot be sold paid. The publishing wizard enforces this and the License Warning component shows incompatibilities at purchase time.

Abuse of the DMCA process

Knowingly false notices are punishable under § 512(f). RuleSell may publish redacted information about abusive notices in our annual transparency report (DSA Art. 15).