Copyright and takedown requests

TorentMac is a catalogue run by one person, so copyright complaints come straight to me at [email protected]. If you own the rights to something listed here and want it taken down, this page explains how that works, starting with the other side of it.

Counter-notices

If something was removed after a notice and you hold the rights to it, or believe the removal was a mistake, write to me. Give the page address, explain why the removal was wrong, and include your contact details. I'll pass the substance on to whoever sent the original notice and look at both sides before deciding whether the material goes back up.

After a valid notice

I check the page you named against what you've described. If the notice holds up, I remove or disable the material on that page and reply to say what was done. Pages the notice doesn't name are left alone.

Vague and bulk requests

A notice that says "remove everything of ours" or lists search terms instead of page addresses can't be acted on. I need to know which page and which work. Automated lists with no addresses on them get one reply asking for specifics.

Sending a notice

Email [email protected] with the following:

1. The full address of each page on torentmac.com you're complaining about.
2. The work you say is being infringed, clearly named.
3. Proof that you own the rights, or that you're authorised to act for the owner.
4. Your name and contact details, including an email address that works.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith the use isn't authorised by the owner, their agent or the law.
6. Your signature, typed or handwritten.

If any of these is missing, I'll ask for it before doing anything else.

Repeat problems

If a removed program keeps turning up again, or one account keeps leaving comment links that draw complaints, I deal with it at the source. The listing stays off, and that account's comments stop being approved. Every comment is moderated before it appears anyway, so this rarely gets far.