Copyright Policy

This policy explains how to tell TribuShare that a film published on TribuShare infringes your copyright or another of your rights, what TribuShare does with your notice, and how the Creator who published the film can respond. It applies to the film pages, company pages and storefronts served by TribuShare.

Each film is published by its Creator, who warrants to TribuShare that they hold all the rights needed to distribute it (Creator Agreement, Section 6.1).

1. How to Send a Notice

Use Report this film on the film page and choose I own the rights to this film, or write to legal@tribushare.com. For a notice under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), use the subject line "DMCA Notice - TribuShare".

TribuShare's designated agent under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(2) is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and can be reached at legal@tribushare.com.

2. What a Notice Must Contain

2.1 Notices under the Digital Services Act

Under Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, your notice must include:

• the reasons why you consider the content illegal
• the exact address (URL) of the content, and where in the film if it concerns only part of it
• your name and email address
• a statement that you believe in good faith that the information in your notice is accurate and complete

The Report this film form asks for each of these.

2.2 DMCA notices

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), a DMCA notice must include:

• a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on their behalf
• the identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
• the identification of the infringing material, with information reasonably sufficient to locate it, such as the address of the film page
• your address, telephone number and email address
• a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use 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 the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf

Send a DMCA notice by email to legal@tribushare.com. If you use the form instead, add in your explanation the elements it does not ask for.

3. What TribuShare Does

When TribuShare receives a notice, it:

• confirms receipt by email, if you gave an email address
• assesses the notice within 48 hours of receipt
• if the notice is facially valid, suspends access to the disputed content pending investigation
• notifies the Creator of the suspension and the reasons for it
• gives the Creator 5 business days to send a counter-notice
• restores access if the counter-notice is accepted, or removes the content permanently if the notice is upheld
• informs you of its decision and the reasons for it by email

The same process is set out for Creators in Sections 6.4 and 9 of the Creator Agreement.

4. Counter-Notice

A Creator who believes that content was suspended or removed by mistake or misidentification can send a counter-notice to legal@tribushare.com within 5 business days of being notified. For a counter-notice under U.S. law, use the subject line "DMCA Counter-Notice".

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3), a counter-notice must include:

• a physical or electronic signature
• the identification of the content that was suspended or removed, and where it appeared before
• a statement, under penalty of perjury, of a good faith belief that the content was suspended or removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification
• the Creator's name, address and telephone number, a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the judicial district of that address (or, for an address outside the United States, of any judicial district in which TribuShare may be found), and a statement accepting service of process from the person who sent the notice

TribuShare forwards a valid counter-notice to the person who sent the notice. Unless that person informs TribuShare that they have filed a court action to stop the alleged infringement, TribuShare restores access to the content no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice.

5. Repeat Infringers

TribuShare closes the account of a Creator once notices concerning three of its films have been upheld. This adds to the cases of termination set out in Section 14 of the Creator Agreement.

6. False Notices

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), a person who knowingly misrepresents that content is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

7. Other Illegal Content

To report content that is illegal for another reason, see the Legal Notice, Section 4.