Copyright and DMCA

1. Our basic approach

• We respond to valid notices quickly — our target is to act within 72 hours.
• We listen to both sides: the owner of the content is notified and is given a right to object.
• We do not carry out automated bulk removals; every notice is assessed by a human.
• We close the accounts of repeat infringers.

2. How to file a copyright infringement notice

Send your notices by email to copyright@aurcam.com. Writing “Copyright Infringement Notice” in the subject line speeds up processing.

3. Elements your notice must contain

For your notice to be processed, it must contain the following:

1. Your identity and contact details: first and last name / organisation name, email, address, telephone.
2. Identification of the work: which work you hold the copyright in; where possible, a link to the original work.
3. The location of the content alleged to be infringing: the link to the post on AURCAM, the username and, where possible, a screenshot.
4. Statement of good faith: “I believe in good faith that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”
5. Statement of accuracy: “I declare that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am the rights holder or an authorised representative.”
6. Signature: an electronic or handwritten signature.

Incomplete notices cannot be processed; if anything is missing we come back to you and ask you to complete it.

4. What happens after a notice?

1. We receive your notice and confirm receipt within 24 hours.
2. We review the notice and, if it is valid, disable access to the content (normally within 72 hours).
3. We inform the user who uploaded the content, pass on a copy of the notice (which may include your contact details) and remind them of the right to file a counter-notice.
4. A copyright infringement strike is recorded against the user's account.

5. The right to file a counter-notice

If you believe your content was removed unfairly, you can send a counter-notice to copyright@aurcam.com. A counter-notice must contain the following:

• Your identity and contact details.
• Identification of the removed content and its location before it was removed.
• Your statement of good faith that the removal was the result of a mistake or of misidentification of the content.
• Your statement consenting to jurisdiction, and your signature.

When we receive a valid counter-notice we pass it on to the party that filed the notice. If that party does not provide evidence that it has commenced legal proceedings within 10 business days, we may restore the content.

6. Repeat infringer policy

1st infringement

Warning and removal of the content.

2nd infringement

Warning, removal of the content and an upload restriction for 7 days.

3rd infringement

Permanent closure of the account.

Infringement strikes expire after 12 months. Following a successful counter-notice, the relevant strike is deleted from the record.

7. The in-app music catalogue

The music search and preview feature inside AURCAM operates through licensed sources. Adding a track you selected from the app's own catalogue to your post does not constitute copyright infringement.

However, third-party music contained in videos you upload from elsewhere is not covered by this and may be the subject of an infringement notice.

8. Fair use and exceptions

Not every use is copyright infringement. Limited quotation for the purposes of criticism, news, teaching, scholarly research and parody is protected in many legal systems. Before filing a notice, we ask you to assess whether the use really does constitute infringement.

Ideas, methods, facts and styles are not subject to copyright protection; only the concrete form of expression is protected.

9. Trademark claims

If you believe your trademark is being used without permission, write to legal@aurcam.com. In your notice, state the registration number of the trademark, the country and classes in which it is registered, the link to the content alleged to be infringing and your contact details.

Accounts that are clearly marked as parody, and honest references to a trademark (nominative fair use), are generally not treated as infringement.

10. Bad-faith notices

Filing a baseless copyright notice in order to silence a competitor's content or to remove criticism is serious abuse. We reject such notices and, where they are repeated, we restrict the access of the account that filed them. Knowingly making a false statement may give rise to liability in damages.