# Copyright Policy - Canonical page: https://userland.fun/legal/copyright/ - Effective date: October 7, 2026 This policy explains how David Jacob Wurtz, a sole proprietor who provides Userland ("Userland", "we", "us"), handles claims that something on Userland infringes a copyright. It follows the notice and counter-notice process in the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It's part of our [Terms of Service](https://userland.fun/legal/terms/), alongside our [Acceptable Use Policy](https://userland.fun/legal/acceptable-use/). ## What this policy covers - Userland hosts apps that our customers build, often with a coding agent. Each customer is responsible for their apps' content: their code, pages, text, images, and the files their apps store and serve. We don't review apps before they go live. - This policy covers apps we host on addresses ending in `.userland.link`, apps we host on our customers' own domains (custom domains), and our own sites: userland.fun, docs.userland.fun, and console.userland.fun. - For a trademark complaint or another concern that isn't about copyright, see [Other complaints](#other-complaints). ## Where to send a copyright notice Send notices of claimed copyright infringement, and counter-notices, to our designated agent: - Name: David Jacob Wurtz, Copyright Agent for Userland - Mail: 13215 SE Mill Plain Blvd Ste C8 #3028, Vancouver, WA 98684, United States - Email: support@userland.fun, with "Copyright notice" (or "Copyright counter-notice") in the subject line Email reaches us fastest. ## What a notice must include Your notice must include: - the copyrighted work you believe is being infringed. If one notice covers several works on the same app, a representative list of them is enough; - the material you believe infringes it, with enough information for us to find it, such as the web address of each page or file; - your name, postal address, phone number, and email address; - a statement that you believe in good faith that the use of the material isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; - a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you're the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner; and - your physical or electronic signature, such as your full name typed at the end of your email. If your notice leaves out something on this list, we may ask you for it before we act. Before you send a notice, consider whether the use might be allowed without permission, for example as fair use. See [False notices and counter-notices](#false-notices-and-counter-notices). ## What we do when we get a notice - We act quickly to remove the material or disable access to it. Usually that means taking down the app that serves it, which takes the app and its web addresses offline, as our [Acceptable Use Policy](https://userland.fun/legal/acceptable-use/#what-we-do-about-it) describes. - We tell the app's account owner by email and send them a copy of your notice. The copy includes your name and contact details, so the owner can contact you or send a counter-notice. - If the material is on one of our own sites, we remove it or fix it ourselves. ## Counter-notices If material in your app was removed or disabled because of a copyright notice, and you believe that happened by mistake or because the material was misidentified, you can send a counter-notice to our designated agent (see [Where to send a copyright notice](#where-to-send-a-copyright-notice)). Your counter-notice must include: - the material that was removed or disabled, and where it appeared before, such as its web address; - a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith that the material was removed or disabled by mistake or because it was misidentified; - your name, postal address, and phone number; - a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is, or, if your address is outside the United States, of any judicial district in which Userland may be found, and that you'll accept service of legal papers from the person who sent the notice, or from their agent; and - your physical or electronic signature, such as your full name typed at the end of your email. When we get a valid counter-notice, we send a copy to the person who sent the notice. The copy includes your name and contact details. We may then restore the material, or stop disabling access to it, 10 to 14 business days after we received the counter-notice, unless the person who sent the notice first tells our designated agent that they have filed a court action to stop the infringement. ## Repeat infringers In appropriate circumstances, we end the accounts of repeat infringers. That means we close the account and end our agreement with its owner, as our [Terms of Service](https://userland.fun/legal/terms/#if-we-end-the-agreement) allow. ## False notices and counter-notices If you knowingly say something false in a notice or counter-notice, for example that material infringes a copyright when it doesn't, or that it was removed by mistake when it wasn't, you can be held liable for the damages that causes, including costs and lawyers' fees. This comes from section 512(f) of the US Copyright Act. ## Other complaints For a trademark complaint or another intellectual-property concern that isn't about copyright, email support@userland.fun with the app's web address, what you believe it infringes, and your contact details. To report phishing, malware, spam, or other abuse, see [Report abuse](https://userland.fun/legal/acceptable-use/#report-abuse) in our Acceptable Use Policy. ## Changes to this policy We may update this policy. We'll post the new version on this page and change the effective date at the top. ## Contact Send copyright notices and counter-notices to our designated agent, as described in [Where to send a copyright notice](#where-to-send-a-copyright-notice). Email support@userland.fun with any other questions about this policy.