Copyright & DMCA Policy
How to report content you own the copyright in, and how to dispute a removal.
BuddyPath hosts material that its users upload — profile photos, video bios, written profiles, and testimonials. We respect copyright and we respond to properly made notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).
Designated agent
Send copyright notices to our designated agent:
- Agent: BuddyPath Copyright Agent
- Address: BuddyPath, LLC, 980 North Federal Highway, Suite 110, Boca Raton, FL 33432
- Email: support@buddypath.com
- Phone: +1 754-253-0440
This agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA directory, registration number DMCA-1079846. The details above are the ones on file.
Please use this route only for copyright. Other reports — harassment, impersonation, privacy, safety — go to support@buddypath.com or through the report control in the app. That reaches the same mailbox today, so please say plainly which kind of report you are making: a copyright notice has to be recognisable as one for us to act on it within the time the law allows.
Making a notice
To be effective, your notice must include substantially the following (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):
- your physical or electronic signature, as the owner of the exclusive right or someone authorised to act for them;
- identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed;
- identification of the material you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it — a direct link is best;
- your name, address, telephone number and email address;
- a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are authorised to act for the owner.
What we do with it
We remove or disable access to the material, make a reasonable effort to tell the person who posted it, and give them a copy of your notice including the contact details in it. Keep that in mind when you write it.
Counter-notice
If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to the same agent containing (17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)):
- your physical or electronic signature;
- identification of the removed material and where it appeared before it was removed;
- a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
- your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, for any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.
We forward the counter-notice to the person who complained. Unless they tell us they have started a court action within 10 business days, we may restore the material.
Repeat infringers
We keep a record of notices and, in appropriate circumstances, close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe, as required by § 512(i). Content removed under this policy also counts against our Acceptable Use rules.
False claims
Section 512(f) makes anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please be sure before you send either kind of notice.