Copyright Policy (DMCA)

1. Our approach

ChefNet respects the intellectual property of others and expects the people who use ChefNet to do the same. If you believe that content on ChefNet infringes a copyright you own or control, you can send us a notice. If content you posted was removed because of such a notice and you believe this was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice.

A notice can cover a review (with its post, photos and videos) or a comment. A notice about other content, such as an ordinary post, is handled by a person under our content rules, and its outcome can be appealed in the app like any moderation decision. Every notice gets a case number of the form DMCA-YYYY-NNNNNN.

2. How to reach us

• File a notice with the form below. It is recorded at once and shows you the case number.
• Or e-mail chefnet.app@gmail.com with the subject Copyright notice or Counter-notice, and quote the case number if you have one. The address copyright@chefnet.app, which some of our notices name, does not receive mail yet, so please use the address above.

3. Filing a notice (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3))

A notice must contain:

1. identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed (or a representative list if several works are covered by one notice);
2. identification of the material on ChefNet that you claim is infringing, and enough information for us to locate it (the link to the review, post, photo or comment);
3. information that lets us contact you: your name and e-mail address, and your postal address and telephone number where available;
4. a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
5. a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf;
6. your physical or electronic signature.

We act expeditiously on complete notices by disabling access to the identified material, and we tell the person who posted it, with the case number. Incomplete notices are answered with what is missing. Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing exposes you to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

4. Counter-notice (17 U.S.C. § 512(g))

If your content was disabled and you believe it was a mistake or a misidentification, e-mail a counter-notice (section 2) quoting the case number from the notice you received. A counter-notice must contain:

1. identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared;
2. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
3. your name, postal address and telephone number (and your e-mail address, if you have one);
4. a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal court for the district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, any district in which ChefNet may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the notice or an agent of that person;
5. your physical or electronic signature.

We forward the counter-notice to the person who filed the notice. Unless they tell us within the statutory period that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity, we restore the material no less than 10 and no more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice. Content stays disabled while any claim on it is still open. Knowingly misrepresenting that material was removed by mistake exposes you to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

5. Repeat infringers

ChefNet terminates, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of people who are repeat infringers. An account with three or more removals that still stand within twelve months, counted per piece of content, is reviewed by a person and may be restricted or closed. Each removal also counts as a strike under our community rules, which can pause parts of the account.

6. Other routes

This procedure follows U.S. law and does not take away rights you may have elsewhere. Depending on the law that applies, you may also be able to turn to a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body in the EU, and you keep the right to go to court.

7. The details you send us

We use the details in a notice or a counter-notice only to handle the case under 17 U.S.C. § 512 and to meet our legal obligations (where the GDPR applies: Art. 6(1)(c) and (f)). The people at ChefNet who handle copyright cases see them. We forward a counter-notice, with the name and address in it, to the person who filed the notice, as § 512(g) requires, and we pass notices to courts or authorities where the law requires it. To limit abuse, the form also keeps a one-way hash of your network address. We keep a case for as long as it can lead to legal claims. Your rights are set out in our Privacy Policy.

8. File a notice

Fields marked optional can be left empty; everything else is required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Section 7 explains what we do with these details.

Your full name Your e-mail address Postal address (optional) Telephone (optional) Copyright owner, if you act on their behalf (optional) The copyrighted work Where the original can be seen, if it is online (optional) Link to the material on ChefNet I have a good-faith belief that the use of the material described above is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf. Signature (type your full name)

Send the notice