Copyright & DMCA

Dearest Forever respects the rights of photographers, writers and other creators. People who use the Service upload photos, documents and text to their family trees. If you believe something uploaded to the Service infringes a copyright you own or control, tell us using the procedure below and we will respond under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Designated agent

Send notices to our designated agent:
Copyright Agent, Dearest Forever
Email: [email protected] (subject line "DMCA notice")

What a notice must include

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you believe is infringed.
3. Identification of the material you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it, such as the link to the shared tree, wall page or image.
4. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or are authorized to act for the owner.

What we do

When we receive a complete notice we remove or disable access to the material promptly, and we tell the person who uploaded it.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe it was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the agent above containing: your signature; identification of the material and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification; and your name, address, telephone number and consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the U.S., any judicial district where we may be found), and that you will accept service from the person who sent the notice. We may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of people who are the subject of repeated valid infringement notices.

Misrepresenting that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. 512(f).