Copyright, Rights & Takedown Policy

Covered Material

This policy applies to editorial text, press releases, photographs, artwork, audio, video, logos, quotations, embeds, downloads, and other material available through PopFiltr. Some material is created by PopFiltr; some is licensed, embedded, quoted, or supplied by artists, labels, publicists, agencies, photographers, distributors, or other sources.

A press release label identifies source-controlled material. It does not establish that every supplied asset is owned by PopFiltr or that the submitter owns every underlying right.

Submitter Responsibility

Anyone who supplies text, images, audio, video, marks, names, likenesses, or other materials for publication is responsible for having the permissions needed for the requested use, including publication, formatting, distribution, localization, and archival display. PopFiltr may request evidence of ownership, license, consent, or authority.

Copyright Notice Requirements

Send a copyright notice to hello@popfiltr.com with Copyright notice in the subject line. A complete notice should include:

• Your full name, organization, contact information, and authority to act for the rights holder
• A clear identification of the copyrighted work or representative list of works at issue
• The exact PopFiltr URL and a precise description of the material you want reviewed
• The location of an authorized example, registration record, license, or other evidence that supports the claim
• A good-faith statement that the disputed use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law
• A statement that the information supplied is accurate and that you are authorized to act
• Your physical or electronic signature

Incomplete notices may delay review. Do not knowingly misrepresent ownership, authorization, identity, or infringement.

Trademark, Image Rights, and Impersonation

For a trademark, passing-off, image-rights, publicity-rights, privacy, or impersonation concern, identify the right asserted, the exact use at issue, the territory where the right applies, your relationship to the affected party, and evidence supporting the requested action. A disagreement with accurate reporting or criticism is not by itself a rights violation.

Review Process

PopFiltr may acknowledge the request, preserve relevant records, ask for clarification, contact the author or supplier, add context, restrict access while a claim is assessed, remove or replace material, decline the request, or take another proportionate action. Review considers the evidence provided, source and publication records, licenses, exceptions and defenses, public-interest considerations, and applicable law.

Submitting a notice does not guarantee removal. We will not require payment to review a good-faith rights claim, and commercial leverage does not change the evidence standard.

Responses and Counter-Notices

A contributor or supplier whose material is restricted may be invited to provide a license, permission record, factual response, replacement asset, or legally sufficient counter-notice. Any counter-notice should identify the removed material and prior location, explain the basis for restoration, provide contact information, include any statements required by applicable law, and carry a physical or electronic signature.

We may share a notice or counter-notice with the affected supplier, rights holder, service provider, or adviser when reasonably necessary to evaluate or resolve the claim. Sensitive information should be limited to what the process requires.

Repeat Infringement and Abuse

PopFiltr may restrict submissions, accounts, access, or relationships involving repeated infringement, unauthorized material, fraudulent notices, impersonation, or attempts to misuse a rights process to suppress lawful reporting. Decisions are based on the circumstances and available evidence rather than a mechanical count alone.

Restoration, Corrections, and Records

Material may be restored when a claim is withdrawn, authorization is established, a sufficient counter-notice is received, or review supports continued publication. If a rights issue also created a factual or attribution error, the affected page may receive a correction note under our Corrections & Clarifications Policy.

For privacy rights involving personal data rather than publication rights, see Privacy Rights. For broader editorial complaints, use the editorial feedback channel.