Copyright

Copyright and takedown requests

We respect the work of creators, and we expect everyone who uses Seavien to do the same. If you believe something on Seavien uses your copyrighted work without permission, you can ask us to take it down. This page explains how, what happens next, and what you can do if your own content was taken down by mistake.

Where to send a takedown request

Send your request to our designated copyright agent:

Copyright Agent, Seavien
Email: copyright@seavien.com

Email is the fastest way to reach us. This address is only for copyright requests. For anything else, please use our contact form.

What your request must include

The law (17 U.S.C. section 512(c)(3)) asks for six things. We can act on a request only when it has all of them:

1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or as someone authorized to act for the owner. Typing your full name counts as an electronic signature.
2. A description of the copyrighted work you believe was copied. If several works are involved, a representative list is enough.
3. The link to each item on Seavien you want taken down, or enough detail for us to find it.
4. Your contact details: your name, postal address, phone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your request is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for the owner.

Please be accurate. Under 17 U.S.C. section 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages.

What happens after you write to us

When a request is complete, we remove the item or turn off access to it, and we let the person who posted it know. We may share your request, including your name and contact details, with that person so they can respond to you. If something is missing from your request, we will tell you what we need.

If your content was taken down by mistake

If we removed something you posted and you believe it was a mistake, or that you had the right to use it, you can send us a counter-notice at the same address. It must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. A description of what was removed and the link where it appeared before it was removed.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith that it was removed because of a mistake or because it was misidentified.
4. Your name, postal address and phone number.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Seavien may be found), and that you will accept service of legal papers from the person who sent the original request, or from their agent.

When a counter-notice is complete, we send a copy to the person who sent the original request. We put your content back no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after we receive your counter-notice, unless that person tells us first that they have gone to court to stop you from posting it.

Repeat infringement

We keep a record each time we remove something under a complete copyright request. If we remove content from the same account under three separate requests within 12 months, we suspend that account. If we put content back because of a counter-notice, that removal no longer counts toward the three. You can still appeal any decision through our contact form.