DMCA & Copyright Policy
Where we stand on copyright
CRYPTO QUILL is a publication; original work is the entire business. We take copyright seriously in both directions: we defend our own journalism against wholesale scraping and republication, and we respond promptly when someone tells us, with evidence, that material on our site infringes their rights. This page explains both, and sets out the formal notice-and-takedown process modelled on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which we follow for all copyright complaints wherever the complainant is based.
What we use, and on what basis
Our reporting quotes documents, embeds public social media posts, and reproduces limited excerpts and images where doing so is necessary to report the news, under fair use, fair dealing, and equivalent doctrines. Charts and screenshots of on-chain data reproduce public blockchain information. Press images and logos are used in coverage of the companies that issued them. Where we license material, we credit it. If you believe we have crossed the line from quotation into infringement, we want to hear about it through the process below, and we will look at it honestly rather than defensively.
Filing a copyright notice
If you believe content on this site infringes a copyright you own or are authorised to act for, send a notice to support@cryptoquill.com with “DMCA” in the subject line. For the notice to be valid and actionable, it must include all of the following:
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed, or a representative list if there are several;
- The exact URL or URLs on our site where the allegedly infringing material appears, precise enough for us to find it without guessing;
- Your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address;
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner of the right allegedly infringed or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf;
- Your physical or electronic signature.
Incomplete notices slow everything down, usually by a round trip of email asking for the missing element, so it is worth getting all six right the first time. Please also note that misrepresenting a claim of infringement can expose you to liability for damages; the perjury statement in the list above is not decorative.
What we do with a valid notice
We acknowledge receipt, usually within two business days. We review the claim against the material and the applicable law, including fair use and fair dealing, because a quotation in a news article is frequently lawful even when the complainant sincerely wishes it were not. Where the claim is valid, we remove or disable access to the material promptly and note the removal on the affected article where appropriate. Where we believe the use is lawful, we say so and explain why, and the complainant can escalate as they see fit.
Counter-notices
If material you posted or supplied was removed following a notice and you believe the removal was mistaken or the material misidentified, you may send a counter-notice to the same address containing: identification of the removed material and its former URL; your name, address, and telephone number; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; consent to the jurisdiction of the courts in your district, or where we are established if you are outside the relevant country; and your signature. On receipt of a valid counter-notice we may restore the material within the statutory window unless the original complainant informs us they have sought a court order.
Repeat infringers
Where the site accepts user-submitted or contributed material, we terminate, in appropriate circumstances, contributors who are repeat infringers. In practice we are a closed editorial operation and this clause rarely fires, but it is policy, and it is here.
Our content on other sites
Scraped copies of crypto news articles, republished minutes after the original with the byline stripped and the affiliate links swapped, are an industry plague. If you see our work republished without permission, we would genuinely appreciate a note to support@cryptoquill.com. If you run the site doing the republishing, this page is your notice that permission is required, that our Terms of Service prohibit it, and that we do enforce. Licensing is available and cheap compared to the alternative; ask us.
