How do you treat abuse copyright or IP?

It is completely prohibited to publish any content for which you do not have permission.

We will investigate and complaints from content owners or their official representatives, when they provide us with proof that the content is protected by copyright.

We will then give 24 hours notice for the website owner to delete this content.

If you believe that you own the content, you can compose a counter-notice with relevant proof that this is your content and that you take all responsibility and that you are prepared to follow legal action. In this event you may keep your content.

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