Copyright / DMCA Policy

1. Scope

This Copyright / DMCA Policy explains how GlotTale handles notices of alleged copyright infringement, counter-notices, and related account action. It applies together with the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, and Privacy Policy.

GlotTale respects the intellectual property rights of creators and rights holders. Works, chapters, comments, reading lists, and other content on the platform should be provided by people who have the right to publish them or who have obtained the necessary authorization.

This Policy reflects common notice-and-takedown procedures, including procedures associated with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It is not legal advice and does not limit GlotTale’s ability to take other reasonable action under applicable law or platform rules.

2. Before submitting a notice

Before submitting a copyright notice, please confirm that you are the rights holder for the relevant work or are authorized to act on the rights holder’s behalf.

Please also consider whether the use you are complaining about may have been authorized by the rights holder or may fall within fair use, fair dealing, quotation, commentary, parody, education, or another exception recognized by applicable law.

If your concern involves harassment, rule-breaking content, impersonation, privacy, or another non-copyright issue, use the platform’s reporting tools or the relevant policy process rather than submitting a copyright notice.

3. How to submit a copyright infringement notice

Send copyright infringement notices to: [email protected]. To help us process your notice, include the following information:

• the name or legal name, email address, and available contact details of the rights holder or authorized representative;
• a clear identification of the work claimed to be infringed, such as the original title, link, registration details, or other identifying information;
• the specific location of the allegedly infringing material on GlotTale, such as the full URL, work title, chapter, comment, or user profile;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the complained-of use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law;
• a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or are authorized to act on the rights holder’s behalf;
• your physical or electronic signature.

Incomplete notices or notices that do not identify the material may be delayed or may not be actionable.

4. What happens after we receive a notice

After receiving a complete notice, GlotTale will review it within a reasonable time and may remove, restrict, suspend access to, notify the publisher about, or otherwise act on the allegedly infringing material.

GlotTale may provide the notice or a summary of it to the user who posted the complained-of content so that the user can understand the claim and consider whether to submit a counter-notice.

For notices that appear abusive, incomplete, unverifiable, or unrelated to copyright, GlotTale may request additional information, decline to act, or route the matter through another platform process.

5. Counter-notices

If your content was removed or restricted because of a copyright notice and you believe the action was mistaken, or that you have the right to publish the content, you may submit a counter-notice to GlotTale.

A counter-notice should include your name or legal name, email address, and available contact details; the specific location of the removed or restricted material; a statement that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or restricted because of mistake or misidentification; a statement that the information in the counter-notice is accurate and that you accept responsibility for the dispute; and your physical or electronic signature.

After receiving a valid counter-notice, GlotTale may forward it to the original complainant. If the original complainant does not provide evidence within a reasonable period that legal proceedings have been initiated, GlotTale may restore the content or lift the restriction where appropriate.

6. Repeat infringement and abusive notices

GlotTale may restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts involved in repeated infringement, clearly bad-faith infringement, or serious infringement.

Submitting false, misleading, bad-faith, or abusive copyright notices or counter-notices may result in the notice being rejected, account restrictions, and possible legal responsibility for the submitter.

7. AI translations and copyright

GlotTale’s cross-language reading features may automatically generate AI translations based on source text published by users. AI translations are technical processing results generated to provide the platform reading experience. They do not mean the original author has reviewed the translation line by line or separately authorized independent publication of that translation.

If you believe the source content itself infringes your copyright, submit a notice under this Policy. If you believe an AI translation creates a rights issue, include the source text, translation, and specific location of the issue in your notice so that GlotTale can evaluate it.

8. Contact

To submit a copyright notice, counter-notice, or copyright-related inquiry, please email: [email protected].