Copyright & DMCA takedown policy

Gist respects intellectual property rights. If you believe content on this site infringes your copyright, you can file a takedown notice and we will act on it under the process below. The process satisfies the notice-and-takedown requirements of both the US DMCA (17 U.S.C. §512) and the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

1. What we take action on

• Copyrighted extracts (poems, prose, exam-paper questions, images) published on Gist without a licence.
• User-generated content (flashcard decks, quiz decks, notes) that contains substantial verbatim copies of copyrighted work.
• Trademark usage that suggests unauthorised endorsement by a rights-holder (e.g. an exam board logo used without permission).

2. How to file a notice

Send the following to hello@gist.example with the subject line DMCA takedown notice, or use the form at the bottom of this page:

1. Your full name, postal address, telephone number, and email.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with URLs precise enough for us to locate it (e.g. a link to the specific deck / topic page).
4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act on behalf of the owner.
6. Your physical or electronic signature.

3. Our response

1. We acknowledge receipt within 3 working days.
2. We assess the notice for completeness. If any element in section 2 is missing we'll ask for it before proceeding.
3. If the notice is complete and appears valid on its face, we take the material down within 5 working days and notify the user who posted it.
4. The user has 10 working days to file a counter-notice (see section 4). If they don't, the takedown is final.

4. Counter-notice

If material posted by you has been taken down and you believe the notice was mistaken or misidentified, send a counter-notice to hello@gist.example containing:

1. Your name, address, telephone, and email.
2. Identification of the material that was removed, and the URL(s) where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Consent to jurisdiction of the courts where you reside (or the UK if outside the US).
5. Your signature.

5. Repeat infringers

Users whose accounts accumulate multiple valid takedowns (typically three) are terminated. Their content is removed and their account data queued for deletion under our normal 30-day GDPR erasure window.

6. Bad-faith notices

Section 512(f) of the DMCA imposes liability on anyone who knowingly, materially misrepresents that material is infringing. We treat obviously bad-faith notices as such and may report them.

7. Designated agent

Notices should be sent to hello@gist.example — the designated agent for DMCA / copyright correspondence.

Online intake form

The form below submits directly into our takedown queue. Everything you provide is treated in confidence and used only to process the takedown.