Effective Date: September 15, 2026
This page is part of the Terms of Use. It explains how copyright owners (and people authorized to act for them) can notify us about alleged infringement on the Service, and how uploaders can send a counter-notification.
This page is only for copyright. Child sexual abuse material, non-consensual intimate imagery, trafficking, and other safety reports follow Content Complaints and Appeals. Do not use the copyright address for those issues.
Designated copyright agent
Spicy Friends Ltd. designates the following agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement (including notifications intended to satisfy 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)):
- Name of agent / title: Copyright Agent
- Company: Spicy Friends Ltd.
- Postal address: 7242 Wellington Rd 124, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H 6J3
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: Email the agent to obtain a telephone number for copyright notices. We will provide that number promptly for notices and for filing with the U.S. Copyright Office designated-agent directory.
Send notices in writing to the email or postal address above. An in-app report marked "Copyright Infringement" is a triage flag only. It does not start the statutory process unless we also receive a complete notice at the agent address.
Notice of claimed infringement (United States / 17 U.S.C. § 512)
If you believe material on the Service infringes your copyright, your notice to the agent must include:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list if multiple works are covered by one notice.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it (URLs or a description of where it appears on the Service).
- Information reasonably sufficient to contact you (name, postal address, telephone number, and email).
- A statement that you have 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.
- A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
On receipt of a substantially compliant notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material and will take reasonable steps to notify the uploader.
Counter-notification
If your material was removed or disabled as a result of a copyright notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or that you have authorization to post it, you may send a counter-notification to the same agent including:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed or to which access was disabled, and the location where it appeared before removal.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if you are outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Spicy Friends may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or that person’s agent.
Unless the original complainant notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking to keep the material down, we may restore the material not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after we receive a substantially compliant counter-notification, in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(g).
Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can result in liability for damages, including costs and legal fees.
Canadian notices
Spicy Friends Ltd. is based in Canada. If you send a copyright notice under the Copyright Act (Canada), include your contact information, a description of the work, the location of the allegedly infringing material on the Service, and a statement of your interest in the copyright. We may forward a notice to the person who posted the material, may remove or disable access where we consider it appropriate, and may retain records as the Act requires of intermediaries that receive notices.
Notice-and-notice rules that apply to internet service providers are not the same as the U.S. notice-and-takedown system. Sending us a notice does not, by itself, determine Canadian liability. We may still remove material that appears to infringe or that violates our Terms.
Repeat infringers
We disable or terminate accounts of members who are repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. We record confirmed copyright takedowns associated with an account. We may terminate after fewer incidents when the infringement is obvious or severe. Using an in-app copyright flag alone, without a complete notice and our confirmation, does not automatically count as a strike.
Standard technical measures
We accommodate standard technical measures used to identify or protect copyrighted works to the extent required by applicable law and compatible with a reasonably standard, non-discriminatory, and non-burdensome implementation.
Other rights
This page does not limit any other rights we have under the Terms, including removing Content that violates the Acceptable Use Policy even if no copyright notice is filed.
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