Copyright and DMCA notices

We respond to notices of claimed copyright infringement under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Designated agent

Send copyright notices to our designated agent:

• Email: [email protected]
• Attention: Copyright Agent, Bitter Melon Technologies

We are in the process of registering a formal designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office. Until that registration is complete, the address above is the contact for copyright notices.

What a takedown notice must include

For us to act, your notice needs to contain all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
3. Identification of the material you say is infringing, and enough detail for us to find it in Stash: a username, a place or dish name, or a description of where it appears.
4. Your contact information: name, address, telephone number, and email.
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, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

A notice missing these elements may not be valid, and knowingly making a false claim can carry liability. When we remove material in response to a valid notice, we tell the person who posted it and pass along your notice so they can respond.

Send a notice

Email the notice to the agent above, or use this form. Put the required details in the message. After you submit, it reaches our copyright inbox and we reply by email.

Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or that the use was authorized, you can send a counter-notice to the same agent. A counter-notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed.
3. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed 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 federal court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, for any district where we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the notice.

If you send a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material unless the person who filed the original notice tells us they have filed a court action to keep it down. As with a takedown notice, a false statement in a counter-notice can carry liability.

Repeat infringers

We may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly post infringing content, as described in the Terms of Service.