Sociala respects intellectual property rights and expects users to do the same. This DMCA and Intellectual Property Takedown Policy explains how copyright owners may submit notices of claimed infringement, how users may submit counter-notices where legally available, and how Sociala may handle repeat infringers and other intellectual property concerns.

This Policy supplements the Terms of Use, Community Guidelines, Acceptable Use Policy, Creator Terms, Content Moderation and Reporting Policy, Privacy Policy, and other Platform Policies. In the event of conflict, the Terms of Use control unless this Policy expressly controls for DMCA or intellectual property takedown procedures.

This Policy applies to content posted, uploaded, published, broadcast, sold, monetized, linked, messaged, included in Smartlists, used in Consultations, or otherwise made available through Sociala.

Sociala may remove, restrict, disable, demonetize, limit, or preserve content and records in response to copyright complaints, trademark complaints, rights-holder notices, court orders, legal claims, repeat-infringer concerns, or Platform Policy violations.

Sociala's designated DMCA agent for notices of claimed copyright infringement is:

DMCA Agent

Sociala Inc.

1201 North Market Street, Suite 111-N52, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +1 (302) 219-1419

Sociala should maintain current DMCA agent information on its website and, where applicable, with the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory.

A copyright owner or authorized agent may submit a written DMCA takedown notice to [email protected]. To help Sociala process the notice, the notice should include:

• The physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list of works if multiple works are involved.
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit Sociala to locate the material, such as URLs, post IDs, Channel names, usernames, screenshots, transaction IDs, or other specific identifiers.
• Contact information for the complaining party, including name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.
• A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

Incomplete, inaccurate, abusive, or unclear notices may be delayed or rejected.

Upon receiving a valid notice, Sociala may remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material, notify the user who posted the material where appropriate, preserve relevant records, restrict monetization, withhold or reverse payouts where permitted, and take other action under Platform Policies.

Removal or restriction of content does not necessarily mean Sociala agrees that infringement occurred. Sociala may act to comply with legal process, protect users, reduce legal risk, or enforce Platform Policies.

If a user's content was removed or disabled because of a copyright notice and the user believes the removal was due to mistake or misidentification, the user may submit a counter-notice where permitted by law.

A counter-notice should include:

• The user's physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that the user has a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.
• The user's name, address, phone number, and email address.
• A statement consenting to jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which the user's address is located, or if the user's address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Sociala may be found.
• A statement that the user will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person's agent.

Counter-notices should be sent to [email protected].

If Sociala receives a valid counter-notice, Sociala may forward it to the original complaining party. Sociala may restore the removed material after the legally required waiting period unless the original complaining party notifies Sociala that it has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity.

Sociala may decline to restore content where restoration would violate Platform Policies, child-safety standards, app-store requirements, privacy rights, legal obligations, or other safety or compliance requirements.

Trademark owners and other rights holders may submit complaints to [email protected]. Complaints should identify the right at issue, the owner, registration information where available, the allegedly infringing material, the location of the material, and the basis for the complaint.

Sociala may remove, restrict, label, or decline to act on trademark or other IP complaints depending on the nature of the claim, fair use or nominative use considerations, user context, applicable law, and Platform Policies.

Sociala may terminate, suspend, restrict, demonetize, or limit accounts, Channels, creators, Smartlists, or other features for users who repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights or repeatedly receive valid infringement notices. Sociala may consider the number, frequency, validity, severity, and context of notices, counter-notices, repeat behavior, and user history.

Users may not upload, sell, monetize, repost, screenshot, record, distribute, disclose, summarize, substitute, or make available another creator's paid content without authorization or outside the permitted Sociala feature flow.

If allegedly infringing content is monetized, included in a Smartlist, sold, reposted, or used in a paid feature, Sociala may restrict content access, preserve transaction records, withhold or reverse payouts, issue refunds or credits where appropriate, and take other actions under the Terms of Use, Fees and Commissions Policy, Payment Systems Policy, Refund Policy, and Creator Terms.

Submitting false, abusive, fraudulent, retaliatory, or bad-faith notices or counter-notices may result in legal liability and Platform enforcement. Sociala may restrict users who misuse the DMCA or IP complaint process.

This Policy is provided for operational and informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Users and rights holders should consult their own legal advisors regarding copyright, trademark, fair use, licensing, counter-notices, or legal claims.

[email protected]

Support: [email protected]

Sociala Inc.

1201 North Market Street, Suite 111-N52, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA

Phone: +1 (302) 219-1419