DMCA / Copyright Policy

1. Purpose

Vizno respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the platform to do the same. This policy describes how a copyright owner (or a person authorized to act on a copyright owner's behalf) may submit a notice of claimed infringement, how Vizno responds to such notices, and how a creator whose content has been removed in response to a notice may submit a counter-notification.

This policy is intended to satisfy the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) so that Vizno qualifies for the safe harbor provided to online service providers. It also describes Vizno's broader copyright-enforcement practices, including the termination of repeat infringers as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(i).

2. Designated agent

Vizno's designated agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is:

Field	Value
Designated agent	Marc DeForest
Email	dmca@vizno.com
Telephone	(269) 350-4148
Mailing address	Vizno LLC, ATTN: DMCA Designated Agent (mailing address on file with the US Copyright Office)

The designated agent is registered with the US Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent directory as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2). Notices submitted to any address other than the one above may not receive a timely response.

3. How to submit a notice of claimed infringement

A valid notice of claimed infringement must include all of the following, in writing, and signed (a physical or electronic signature is acceptable):

1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works at a single URL are covered by one notice, a representative list of those works.
2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to permit Vizno to locate the material. The full URL of each instance of allegedly infringing material is the cleanest way to do this.
3. Contact information for the notifier sufficient to permit Vizno to contact you: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
4. A statement that the notifier has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate, and that the notifier is the copyright owner, or is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
6. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or the person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

A notice that does not substantially comply with the requirements above may be ignored or returned for completion. Knowingly material misrepresentations in a DMCA notice are subject to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

Submit the notice by email to dmca@vizno.com with the subject line "DMCA Notice - [your name]". Vizno acknowledges receipt of each properly submitted notice and assigns it a tracking identifier.

4. Vizno's response to a valid notice

Upon receiving a notice that substantially complies with the requirements above, Vizno will:

1. Remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice, expeditiously.
2. Notify the creator who posted the material that the content has been removed in response to a DMCA notice, providing the substantive content of the notice (with the notifier's residential contact details redacted where appropriate).
3. Record the takedown in Vizno's internal copyright-takedown log, which is used for the repeat-infringer determination under Section 7.

Vizno does not adjudicate the merits of the underlying copyright dispute. If the creator believes the takedown was erroneous, the creator's remedy is the counter-notification procedure in Section 5.

5. Counter-notification

A creator whose content has been removed in response to a DMCA notice may submit a counter-notification. A valid counter-notification must include all of the following, in writing, and signed:

1. Identification of the material that has been removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
2. A statement under penalty of perjury that the creator has a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
3. Contact information for the creator: name, mailing address, and telephone number.
4. A statement that the creator consents to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which the creator's address is located, or, if the creator's address is outside the United States, the federal district court for the judicial district in which Vizno may be found, and that the creator will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of claimed infringement, or the person's agent.
5. A physical or electronic signature of the creator.

Submit the counter-notification by email to dmca@vizno.com with the subject line "DMCA Counter-Notification - [your name]". Knowingly material misrepresentations in a counter-notification are subject to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

On receipt of a valid counter-notification, Vizno forwards the counter-notification to the original notifier and notifies the notifier that Vizno will restore the removed material in 10 business days unless the notifier informs Vizno that it has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the creator from engaging in the alleged infringing activity. If the notifier does not so inform Vizno within that period, Vizno restores the material between 10 and 14 business days after receiving the counter-notification.

6. Live-content review

Every project submitted for publication passes through human pre-publication review before it is made publicly available. Vizno does not operate hash matching against an internal takedown database or against rights-holder hash sets; that capability is not built. Pre-publication review is in addition to, not in place of, the notice-and-takedown procedure described above.

7. Repeat-infringer policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), Vizno terminates the accounts of users and creators determined to be repeat infringers. Vizno applies the following framework for the repeat-infringer determination:

• Strike: each properly submitted DMCA notice that results in a takedown is recorded as a strike against the account that posted the material, unless the creator submits a successful counter-notification and the material is restored, in which case the strike is removed.
• Three strikes within a 12-month window: the account is suspended pending review. The creator is notified and may respond.
• Pattern of infringement: where the totality of takedowns, counter-notifications, and other evidence indicates a pattern of willful infringement, the account is terminated regardless of strike count.

Account termination under this section is final but does not preclude the creator from disputing individual takedowns through the counter-notification procedure.

8. Misuse of this process

Knowingly material misrepresentations in a DMCA notice or counter-notification are subject to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Where Vizno determines that a notifier has submitted a pattern of meritless or abusive notices, Vizno may decline to process further notices from that notifier and may pursue available remedies.

9. Relationship to other Vizno policies

This policy operates together with:

• The Content Policy and the Acceptable Use Policy, which describe the broader content rules of the platform.
• The Creator Terms of Service, under which creators warrant ownership of, or authorization to use, the content they publish.
• The Information Security Policy, which describes the retention and handling of DMCA correspondence as case data.

10. Policy review

This policy is reviewed at least annually by the designated agent and updated as the platform, the registered-agent designation, or applicable law evolves. Material changes are recorded with a revision date.

11. Contact

• DMCA notices and counter-notifications: dmca@vizno.com
• Telephone: (269) 350-4148
• General copyright questions: legal@vizno.com