Copyright

Respect for copyright matters to us, and we respond to proper notices about material on color-picker.org. Below you will find how to send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512) and what happens next.

Submitting a DMCA notice

A notice must be in writing and include the following six elements:

1. Your physical or electronic signature, or that of a person authorised to act for the copyright owner.
2. The copyrighted work concerned, identified clearly, or a representative list where the notice covers multiple works.
3. Information that lets us locate the material you object to, such as the exact URL of each page on color-picker.org.
4. Contact information so we can reach you, including your address, telephone number and email address.
5. Your good-faith statement that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, an agent or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Where to send it

Notices should go to [email protected]; a subject line such as “DMCA notice” helps us find them quickly. Valid notices are acted on promptly: the material is taken down or made inaccessible, and we confirm this to you. Incomplete notices may delay the process, so please check every element above before sending.

Responding to a removal

If material you provided was removed and you believe this was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include:

• a physical or electronic signature;
• the material that was taken down and its location before removal;
• your statement, under penalty of perjury, of a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification;
• your name, address and phone number, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the United States, of any judicial district where the service provider may be found), and your agreement to accept service of process from the person who filed the notice.

Following a valid counter-notice, the material can be put back after 10 to 14 business days, unless we hear that the complainant has started legal proceedings.

Repeat infringers

color-picker.org has no user accounts or uploads, but where it applies, we will, in appropriate circumstances, cut off access for anyone who repeatedly infringes copyright.

Misrepresentation

Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act provides that knowingly and materially misrepresenting infringement, or a mistaken removal, can lead to liability for damages, costs and attorneys' fees. When in doubt, for instance where fair use may apply, consider talking to a lawyer before filing.

Questions that are not about copyright are best sent through our Contact page.