What is the DMCA?
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, provides a process for copyright owners to request removal of infringing content from online platforms. HeartMap complies with this process and will respond promptly to valid takedown notices.
If you believe content available on or through HeartMap infringes your copyright, you can submit a takedown notice to our Designated Agent (see below). Misrepresenting that content is infringing can result in legal liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).
Designated Copyright Agent
Note for Laura: To complete DMCA safe-harbor protection under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), a Designated Agent must be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office at copyright.gov/dmca-directory. Registration costs $6 and takes about 10 minutes. Use the dmca@polsia.app email as the agent contact. This is a one-time step required before the safe harbor applies.
How to Submit a Takedown Notice
Your DMCA takedown notice must include all of the following:
- Identification of the copyrighted work — describe the work you believe was infringed (e.g., "the photograph titled X, published at [URL]").
- Identification of the infringing material — provide the specific URL(s) on HeartMap where the allegedly infringing content appears.
- Your contact information — name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.
- Good-faith statement — a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law.
- Accuracy statement — a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
- Signature — your physical or electronic signature.
Send your complete notice to: dmca@polsia.app
We will review your notice and, if valid, remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and notify the user who posted it.
Counter-Notice Procedure
If content you posted was removed in response to a DMCA notice and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. Your counter-notice must include:
- Identification of the removed content — describe the content that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
- Statement under penalty of perjury — that you have a good-faith belief the content was removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification.
- Your contact information — name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.
- Consent to jurisdiction — a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for your judicial district (or, if outside the U.S., any judicial district in which HeartMap may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original takedown notice.
- Signature — your physical or electronic signature.
Send your counter-notice to: dmca@polsia.app
Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complainant and may restore the content within 10–14 business days unless the complainant notifies us they have filed a court action.
Repeat Infringer Policy
HeartMap will terminate accounts of users who are found to be repeat infringers of intellectual property rights in appropriate circumstances.
Questions
For general copyright questions or IP concerns, contact us at dmca@polsia.app.
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