Copyright & DMCA

File a copyright notice

Reporting infringement

The quickest way is the online form, which asks for everything the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) requires. You can also send a written notice to our designated agent, below. A notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or someone authorised to act for them.
2. The copyrighted work you say is infringed — or, for several works, a representative list.
3. Where the infringing material is on Projektor — the address of the film's page (projektor.com/f/…) is best.
4. Your name, postal address, phone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorised by the owner, its 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 for them.

Knowingly misrepresenting that material infringes can make you liable for damages (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)). If you aren't sure, consider fair use and ask a lawyer before you file.

Our designated agent

What happens next

1. We email you a reference for your notice.
2. Someone at Projektor reviews each address you listed. Where the notice is complete and names a film here, we disable access to it: it comes off sale and nobody can play it — including people who already bought it.
3. We tell the filmmaker who uploaded it, including your name or company and the work you described.
4. We email you what we did about each address.

Counter-notices

If you're a filmmaker and your film was removed by mistake or because it was misidentified, you can send a counter-notice from Account → Copyright, or in writing to our agent. It must include your signature; the film that was removed and where it was; a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification; your name, address and phone number; and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the United States, any district where Projektor may be found) and will accept service of process from the person who complained.

We forward the counter-notice — with your contact details — to the person who complained. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action against you, we put the film back between 10 and 14 business days after we received your counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We keep a record of every takedown upheld against a filmmaker's films. In appropriate circumstances — usually a second or third upheld takedown, sooner for a clear case — we close the account of a filmmaker who repeatedly uploads films they don't have the rights to.

Other questions

Anything else about copyright on Projektor: copyright@projektor.com. Please quote your notice's reference if you have one.