Copyright & DMCA Policy

StrangerLine respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects all users to do the same. This policy explains how StrangerLine handles copyright infringement claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and under applicable copyright laws in other jurisdictions including the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.

StrangerLine operates as a service provider under the DMCA's safe harbor provisions (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)). This means StrangerLine is not liable for copyright infringement by its users when it:

• Does not have actual knowledge of the infringing material, or
• Acts expeditiously to remove or disable access to infringing material upon notification

By responding promptly to valid takedown notices, StrangerLine maintains its protection under these provisions.

This means that in most cases, media content shared on the platform will no longer be present on our servers by the time a takedown notice is received. If this is the case, we will inform you and take account-level action where appropriate.

If you are a copyright owner, or an agent authorised to act on behalf of one, and you believe that content accessible through StrangerLine infringes your copyright, you may submit a DMCA takedown notice.

Required Contents of Your Notice

A valid DMCA takedown notice must include all of the following:

• Your signature — a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or their authorised agent
• Identification of the copyrighted work — a clear description of the work you claim has been infringed
• Identification of the infringing material — sufficient information to locate it (URL, description, or session reference)
• Your contact information — full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address
• Good faith statement — that you believe the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• Accuracy and authority statement — made under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are authorised to act

Incomplete notices will not be actioned. We will contact you if clarification is needed.

Where to Send Your Notice

Upon receipt of a complete, valid notice:

• We will review the notice for completeness and apparent validity
• If valid, we will remove or disable access to the identified material where it is still present
• We will notify the user who shared the content that it has been removed, and provide them with a copy of the notice
• The user will be given the opportunity to submit a counter-notice
• We will log the action as part of our repeat-infringer tracking

We aim to process valid notices within 5 business days of receipt.

If you are a StrangerLine user whose content was removed in response to a DMCA takedown notice, and you believe the removal was made in error or based on misidentification of your content, you may submit a counter-notice.

Required Contents of Your Counter-Notice

• Your signature — physical or electronic
• Identification of the removed material and where it appeared on StrangerLine before removal
• Statement of good faith belief — under penalty of perjury that the removal was a mistake or misidentification
• Your contact information — full name, mailing address, and telephone number
• Consent to jurisdiction — the federal district court for your address location, or any federal district court in which StrangerLine may be found if you are outside the US

Where to Send Your Counter-Notice

What Happens Next

• We will forward your counter-notice to the original complainant
• We will inform them that we will restore the content within 10–14 business days unless they initiate a court action
• If no court action is notified within the window, we will restore the content

StrangerLine takes a strict approach to repeat copyright infringement. Users who receive multiple verified DMCA takedown notices will have their accounts terminated in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A).

For copyright claims from the EU, UK, India, or other jurisdictions that do not operate under the DMCA, please contact us at support@strangerline.io. We will cooperate with valid notices under applicable national copyright laws.

Under the EU Copyright Directive (Article 17), StrangerLine acknowledges obligations regarding infringing user-uploaded content and will process EU-originating notices promptly.

DMCA notices and counter-notices:

support@strangerline.io

General legal enquiries:

support@strangerline.io