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Copyright & Takedown Policy

How to report copyright infringement on The Panel, wherever you are.

To report infringing content, email dmca@thepanel.app with the details in section 1. We act on valid notices regardless of where you or we are based.

1. How to report infringement (all jurisdictions)

Send a notice to dmca@thepanel.app that includes:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim was infringed.
  2. Identification of the material on The Panel that is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it (URL, persona slug, session ID).
  3. Your contact information (name, email, and where required, address and phone).
  4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law.
  5. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

We remove or disable access to validly-notified material and notify the affected user.

2. United States — DMCA (17 U.S.C. §512)

If you are a U.S. rightsholder, the notice in section 1 satisfies §512(c)(3). For DMCA safe-harbour purposes, our designated agent is:

Name: [DMCA AGENT NAME]
Email: dmca@thepanel.app
Postal address: [BUSINESS ADDRESS]
Phone: [DMCA AGENT PHONE]

U.S. Copyright Office agent registration is completed before public launch; until then, send notices to the email above and we will act on them as if registration were complete.

3. New Zealand — Copyright Act 1994

The Panel is operated from New Zealand. We handle notices under the Copyright Act 1994, including the host/storage provisions: on a compliant notice we remove or disable access to the material. Use the same details as section 1, sent to dmca@thepanel.app.

4. Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe it should not have been, you may send a counter-notice with the same information format, plus a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the relevant courts (for U.S. matters, U.S. federal court). We forward counter-notices to the original complainant; if they do not commence proceedings within 10–14 business days, we restore the content.

5. Repeat infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe.