DMCA / Copyright Policy

Designated agent

Send DMCA notices to our designated agent:

Required elements of a takedown notice

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the owner (or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner) of the allegedly infringed exclusive right.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and sufficient information for us to locate it (e.g., the URL of the listing, the generated app id, or the file path).
4. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Notices missing any required element may be returned for correction without action.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe it was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address with:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material removed and the location at which it appeared.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the State of Mississippi, USA (or, if outside the U.S., any district where ForkD may be found), and agreeing to accept service of process from the original complainant.

If a valid counter-notice is received, we may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the original complainant files an action seeking a court order.

Repeat-infringer policy

ForkD LLC terminates, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We may also take Guardian enforcement action (risk-score flag, tier downgrade) on accounts with multiple substantiated notices.

Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or was removed by mistake — may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

Minimum age

The Service is available only to users aged eighteen (18) or older. DMCA notices and counter-notices may be submitted by rights-holders of any age, but accounts on the Service remain subject to the 18+ eligibility requirement.

Service providers involved in takedowns

Processing a DMCA notice or counter-notice may involve the following processors: MongoDB (notice records, repeat-infringer counters, audit log), Cloudinary (removal of allegedly infringing media), Expo / EAS and Expo Snack (removal from build and preview surfaces), OpenRouter (Claude) (the generation pipeline that may have produced the disputed code), Stripe (holding or refunding related payments), Privy and the Solana / Guardian Anchor program (license revocation or tier downgrade), Twilio (Guardian identity confirmation when appealing), Resend and web-push providers (notifying the affected user and admins), and the ForkD marketplace backend at forkdme.com (de-listing). See the Privacy Policy for purpose details.

Governing law

This Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Mississippi, USA.