DMCA ve Fikri Mülkiyet Politikası — 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.com. 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).

Fair use notice

Not every use of copyrighted material constitutes infringement. Section 107 of the US Copyright Act recognises fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use analysis considers: (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether it is commercial or educational; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used; and (4) the effect on the potential market for the work. Before filing a takedown notice, consider whether the use may be a fair use. Knowingly material misrepresentation in a DMCA notice may result in liability for damages under § 512(f) (Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.).