Copyright Policy

1. Our Position on Copyright

TubeOrigin respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Website to do the same.

You must not upload, share, or distribute content that infringes another person’s copyright or other protected rights.

This Policy explains how to notify us of claimed infringement, how to respond if your content is removed, and what happens to accounts that infringe repeatedly.

This Policy forms part of our Terms of Service.

2. Before You Send a Notice

Only the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on the owner’s behalf, can submit an infringement notice.

Consider whether the use might be permitted. Some uses are allowed by law without the owner’s permission, including fair use or fair dealing in some jurisdictions.

Submitting a notice is a serious legal act. In some jurisdictions a person who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a takedown notice can be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees.

If you are unsure whether the content infringes your rights, seek independent legal advice before sending a notice.

3. How to Submit an Infringement Notice

Send your notice to support@tubeorigins.com with the subject line “Copyright”.

So that we can act without a further exchange, your notice must include all of the following:

• identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
• identification of the material you are reporting, including the specific URL of each item, so that we can locate it;
• your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the reported use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• a statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and that under penalty of perjury you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf; and
• your physical or electronic signature.

A notice that omits required information can delay review, and we may ask you to resubmit it.

Report each item by its own URL. A general reference to a category, a search result, or the Website as a whole is not enough for us to identify specific content.

4. What Happens After We Receive a Notice

We review notices that we receive and act on those that are valid and adequately supported.

Where a notice is valid, we can remove or disable access to the reported material.

We can notify the user who submitted the material, and we can provide that user with a copy of your notice.

We can record the notice against the account for the purposes of our repeat infringer policy.

We do not decide the underlying legal merits of a copyright dispute between two parties.

5. Counter-Notice

If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake, or that you have the right to use the material, you can submit a counter-notice.

Send your counter-notice to support@tubeorigins.com with the subject line “Copyright Counter-Notice”.

Your counter-notice must include:

• identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal;
• a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
• your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of an appropriate court, and that you will accept service of process from the party who submitted the original notice or that party’s agent; and
• your physical or electronic signature.

We can forward your counter-notice, including the contact details it contains, to the person who submitted the original notice.

Where applicable law provides for it, we can restore removed material after a waiting period unless the original complainant notifies us that they have started legal proceedings.

6. Repeat Infringers

We can terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyright.

We decide what constitutes repeat infringement based on the circumstances, including the number and seriousness of valid notices received.

We can also restrict features, remove content, or suspend an account before termination.

7. Abuse of This Process

Do not submit a notice for content that you do not own or are not authorised to act for.

Do not submit a notice to suppress lawful criticism, competition, or content that you simply dislike.

We can reject notices that are incomplete, abusive, or submitted in bad faith, and we can restrict accounts that misuse this process.

8. Other Rights and Complaints

Trademark complaints, content removal requests, and record-keeping enquiries are handled separately. See our Contact & Support page for the correct subject line to use.

Reports of content involving anyone below the applicable legal age are treated as urgent. See section 19 of our Terms of Service.

9. Changes to This Policy

We can update this Policy.

The current version will be available on this page, and the “Last modified” date shows when we last changed it.

Changes take effect when we publish them unless we state otherwise.