Obsidian Club — Copyright / DMCA Policy

Part A — Public policy (post on the site)

1. Our respect for copyright

Obsidian Club ("we," "us") respects intellectual-property rights and expects members to do the same. We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. §512, and we maintain a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, members who are repeat infringers.

2. Designated Copyright Agent

Notices of claimed infringement must be sent to our Designated Agent:

Copyright Agent

[copyright agent name/title — to be designated]

Obsidian Club (operated by [legal entity — formation in progress])

[notice address — to be added]

Email: dmca@obsidianclub.online

Phone: [copyright agent phone — to be added]

Registration of our Designated Agent with the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory is in progress; see the internal checklist below.

3. How to submit a takedown notice (17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3))

To be effective, your written notice must include substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed (or a representative list, if multiple).
3. Identification of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (e.g., the URL or a precise description of where it appears on the Platform).
4. Your contact information (name, address, telephone, email).
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, 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.

Send it to the Designated Agent above. Note: under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), knowingly materially misrepresenting that material is infringing can subject you to liability for damages.

4. What we do with a valid notice

On receiving a compliant notice, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the identified material and take reasonable steps to notify the member who posted it. We may also remove content at our discretion under our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy.

5. Counter-notification (17 U.S.C. §512(g))

If your content was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the Designated Agent containing substantially:

1. Your signature (physical or electronic).
2. Identification of the removed material and the location where it appeared before removal.
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, and telephone, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, if outside the U.S., for any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice (or their agent).

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the original complainant notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the infringing activity.

6. Repeat-infringer policy

We will, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, terminate the accounts of members who are repeat infringers. We track and account for valid notices for this purpose.

7. Interaction with our other rules

This DMCA process addresses copyright. Concerns about non-consensual intimate imagery, impersonation, doxxing, or minor-related content are handled under our Acceptable Use Policy and safety/reporting channels (safety@obsidianclub.online) — which are faster and broader than the DMCA — and, where applicable, under legal reporting duties. Use those channels for those issues; use this DMCA process for copyright.

8. Misuse

Abuse of this process (false notices or counter-notices) may result in liability under §512(f) and account action under our Terms.