Copyright, notices & counter-notices

Waidrn hosts work published by its members. If you hold rights in something hosted here and believe it was published without permission, this page explains how to tell us and what happens next. If you believe your own work was removed in error, it also explains the counter-notice path.

Version 1.2 — effective 2026-11-01. This page describes our process; it is not legal advice, and it does not change rights you may have under applicable law.

Who this applies to

Copyright owners, their authorised agents, and anyone with a good-faith belief that material hosted on Waidrn infringes their rights. The process applies to works, chapters, board posts, comments, project proposals and every other hosted submission.

How to submit a notice

Use the copyright form at /legal/dmca where it is available, or email copyright@waidrn.com. A usable notice should include all of the following:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work you say is infringed — title, author, and where it can be seen if it is not hosted here.
2. Identification of the material on Waidrn you say is infringing — the exact page URL(s). A statement like "the whole site" cannot be acted on.
3. Your contact details — name, address, email, and, if you are acting for a rightsholder, your authority to act.
4. A good-faith statement that you believe the use is not authorised by the rightsholder, its agent, or the law.
5. An accuracy statement that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the rightsholder or authorised to act on their behalf.
6. Your signature — physical or electronic.

Send the same notice to the address above if you are unsure which route is working; the Contact page explains the current delivery status.

What happens next

1. Queue and review. Your notice enters the copyright queue and is reviewed by the operator, with legal advice where appropriate. We may contact you to confirm details or ask for the material you say is infringing so we can compare it.
2. Pending hide. Where the notice is specific enough to act on, the identified material may be hidden while the review takes place. A hidden item keeps a tombstone so discussion links and project receipts do not develop silent holes.
3. Notification. Where we have contact details for the uploader, we tell them what was reported and what was done, without exposing your personal contact details beyond what the process requires.
4. Outcome. If the notice is upheld, the material stays down and the action is written to the audit log. If it is not upheld, the material is restored. Repeat infringers may have their accounts restricted or suspended.
5. Records. Copyright notices, decisions and actions are retained as part of the audit and moderation record; the Privacy Policy explains retention.

Counter-notices

If material you published was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or a misidentification, send a counter-notice to copyright@waidrn.com. A usable counter-notice should include:

• identification of the removed material and where it was hosted (URL or title);
• your name, address, email and signature;
• a statement, under the standard applicable to your jurisdiction, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed in error or misidentified;
• consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court or process, and agreement to accept service from the original notifier where the process requires it.

We may forward a counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice, and we may restore the material if the process allows and no further legal step is taken. We will tell you the outcome by email and in-app where possible.

Repeat infringement

Accounts that repeatedly upload infringing material may be suspended or removed from the platform. We keep an internal record of upheld notices so a repeat pattern can be seen; we do not publish personal details from that record.

Limits and legal process

• We are not a court. We review notices and counter-notices, we may hide material while we review it, and we apply our own Content Policy, but we do not decide whose copyright is valid.
• We comply with valid legal process served on the operator. Where a request is overbroad or unclear, we may ask for clarification or for the specific material to be identified.
• We do not invent a designated agent. The copyright@waidrn.com address is the monitored contact for copyright matters; the Contact page records its delivery status honestly.
• Nothing on this page is legal advice. If you need legal advice about your rights, consult a lawyer in your jurisdiction.

Related pages

• Copyright & takedown — the short summary and the platform's copyright contact.
• Content Policy — what may be published, including transformative fanworks.
• Terms of Service — the agreement between you and Waidrn.
• Privacy Policy — what data we keep and why.
• Contact & monitored channels — delivery status and the other routes.