DMCA Policy

Last updated: MVP draft · Effective date: TBD

Draft placeholder — not reviewed by counsel. This document is placeholder text for development only and must be replaced with counsel-reviewed language before HoundSquare onboards real users.

HoundSquare respects the intellectual-property rights of others and responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement consistent with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This policy explains how to submit a takedown notice and how affected parties can respond.

1. Filing a takedown notice #

If you believe content on HoundSquare infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent (see below). We will remove or disable access to allegedly infringing material that is properly identified, and will make a reasonable effort to notify the affected user.

2. Required information #

To be effective, your notice must include all of the following:

A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
Identification of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (for example, the URL of the business page).
Your contact information — name, mailing address, telephone number, and email.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

3. Counter-notification #

If your content was removed and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification to our designated agent. It must include: your signature; identification of the removed material and its former location; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; your name, address, and phone number; and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate federal court and to accept service of process from the complaining party. If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the complaining party files a court action.

4. Repeat infringers #

We may suspend or terminate the accounts of users who are found to be repeat infringers.

5. Designated agent #

Send DMCA notices and counter-notifications to our designated agent at dmca@houndsquare.com. [Placeholder — the designated agent's name and physical address must be added and registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before launch.]