DMCA Policy.

GrabYourDot is operated by Nyhilism, Inc., a service provider that elects the safe harbor protections of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). We respond expeditiously to valid takedown notices and to valid counter-notices.

Send notices to our designated agent:

• Agent: Clintin Mack, DMCA Agent for Nyhilism, Inc.
• Email: dmca@grabyourdot.com
• Mailing address: [Street address], [City], NC [ZIP], USA

Email is the fastest route. The form in section 03 below logs your notice directly to our review queue — use it whenever possible. We have registered (or are in the process of registering) the designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office; the public DMCA directory at copyright.gov/dmca-directory is the authoritative record.

A valid DMCA takedown notice must satisfy 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) and include all of the following — incomplete notices may be delayed or rejected:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the owner (or someone authorized to act on the owner's behalf) of the allegedly infringed copyright.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed — or, if multiple works at a single online location are covered by one notice, a representative list of such works.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (URLs work best).
4. Your contact information: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of 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 on behalf of the owner — of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

If your notice satisfies the requirements above, we will:

• Remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material expeditiously.
• Forward a copy of your notice (which includes your contact information) to the affected user, publisher, or third-party content source, where one exists.
• Reply to you at the email address provided, confirming the action taken.

Most of GrabYourDot's content is original editorial work or aggregated public data about hosting and registrar companies, so third-party copyright disputes here are rare. We act on them seriously when they do arise.

If you believe material was removed or disabled in error or misidentification, you may file a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). A valid counter-notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed or to which access was disabled, and the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located — or, if your address is outside the United States, the judicial district in which Nyhilism, Inc. is located (Eastern District of North Carolina) — and that you will accept service of process from the original complainant or its agent.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complainant. Unless the complainant files a court action seeking a court order against the alleged infringer within 10–14 business days, we may restore the removed material.

Counter-notices may be sent by email to dmca@grabyourdot.com.

We maintain a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts or access of users (newsletter subscribers, account holders, contributors, or any other) who are determined to be repeat infringers of copyright. We assess "repeat infringer" status based on the number, severity, and recency of complaints and any counter-notices received.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents either that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages — including costs and attorneys' fees — incurred by the alleged infringer, by the copyright owner or its authorized licensee, and by Nyhilism, Inc. as the service provider.

Do not file frivolous, retaliatory, or competitive-pressure notices. We log every submission, including IP address and user agent.