DMCA Policy

Last updated: April 17, 2026

KinkWeb respects the intellectual-property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. This page describes how to submit a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, how affected users can submit a counter-notice, and our repeat-infringer policy.

1. Designated Copyright Agent

Written DMCA notices must be sent to our designated agent:

The physical mailing address above is pending finalization of the operator's US address. For fastest response during soft launch, use the email subject "DMCA Notice" and we will treat the notice as received on the email's timestamp.

2. Submitting a Takedown Notice

To submit a complete and actionable notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or — if multiple works at a single site are covered by one notification — a representative list of those works.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (for example, a URL to the post, profile, or image).
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you — your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. 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.
6. A statement that the information in the notification 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.

3. What Happens After a Complete Notice Is Received

1. We remove or disable access to the identified material within a commercially reasonable timeframe — typically within 48 hours of receipt of a complete notice.
2. We notify the user who posted the material that a DMCA notice was received, providing the user a copy of the notice so they can evaluate whether to submit a counter-notification.
3. We record the notice, the user, and the action taken in our internal repeat-infringer log.

If a notice is materially incomplete — for example, it identifies the wrong material or lacks a signature — we may request clarification before acting. An incomplete notice does not trigger the 48-hour response window.

4. Submitting a Counter-Notice

If your content was removed in response to a DMCA notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or the result of a misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3). A complete counter-notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed, and its location on the Service before it was removed.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, mailing address, and telephone number.
5. 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 your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which KinkWeb may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice (or that person's agent).

Counter-notices must be sent to the same address as takedown notices (above) with the email subject "DMCA Counter-Notice".

5. What Happens After a Complete Counter-Notice

1. We forward the counter-notice to the party who submitted the original takedown notice.
2. If the original party does not file a lawsuit seeking a court order against you within 10–14 business days, we restore or re-enable the material.
3. If the original party does file suit, we typically maintain the removal until the matter is resolved.

6. Repeat-Infringer Policy

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers. We track the number of valid DMCA notices received against each user. Patterns we treat as indicating a repeat infringer include:

• Three or more valid notices within a rolling 12-month window.
• Two or more valid notices against content posted after a prior warning.
• A single notice combined with an admission by the user that the posting was intentional.

Termination under this policy is permanent. Users removed for repeat infringement may not create new accounts.

7. Abuse of the DMCA Process

We take seriously the abuse of the DMCA process. Notices that are sent in bad faith — for example, to target a user because of a personal dispute rather than a genuine infringement claim — may be referred for civil action under 17 U.S.C. §512(f). We maintain records of all notices received, whether acted upon or withdrawn.

If a notice is withdrawn, we also note the withdrawal against the sender's record. A history of withdrawn or materially inaccurate notices may cause us to refuse future notices from the same sender absent a court order.

8. Non-US Rights Holders

The DMCA is a United States statute. We recognize that many of our users and rights-holders operate under other jurisdictions. Where a foreign takedown request is based on a comparable legal regime — for example, the EU Copyright Directive — we process those requests with the same good-faith standard described above. Foreign requests should be directed to the same agent address and should clearly identify the legal regime under which the request is made.

9. Changes to This Policy

We will update this policy as operational or regulatory changes require. Material changes will be announced in-app. The effective date at the top of this page reflects the most recent substantive change.