Copyright takedowns

How copyright takedown requests work here

This site accepts DMCA-style copyright complaints about published letters. Claims are reviewed by moderators and can result in a letter being unpublished while the claim is reviewed or upheld.

When to use this process

  • Use it when you are the copyright owner, or authorized to act for the owner, and believe a published letter on this site infringes your work.
  • Do not use it for ordinary disagreement, factual disputes, or editorial complaints. Those belong in the normal moderation flag flow.
  • Archival entries remain subject to copyright review too, even if a submitter believed the material was out of copyright.

What a notice must include

  • Your contact email and claimant name.
  • A description of the copyrighted work you say is being infringed.
  • A clear explanation of why the published letter is infringing and what moderators should verify.
  • Your typed signature plus the good-faith and accuracy statements required for a DMCA-style notice.

Moderator review and approval

  1. A submitted notice creates or reopens a moderation-queue item for the affected letter.
  2. Moderators review the claim, the published letter, and any archival or submission metadata already attached to the record.
  3. If the claim is upheld, the letter is unpublished and the takedown request is marked approved in the moderation record.
  4. If the claim is rejected, the letter remains public and the takedown request is retained as a rejected moderation record.

Copyright takedowns

This page is operational guidance only and not legal advice. Submitting a false claim can create legal risk, and moderators may ask for more detail before acting.

If your concern is about privacy, sourcing, tone, or formatting rather than copyright ownership, go back to the published work and use the normal report form instead.