Copyright and DMCA

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Version 1.0, effective 2026-10-09. Adopted by Sparks & Sawdust LLC. MODEL-362.

The designated agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office as DMCA-1082492, effective October 9, 2026. The public directory is dmca.copyright.gov/osp. Registration is one condition described in 17 U.S.C. § 512(c). This page does not say that a safe-harbor defense applies.

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Designated agent

Send a copyright notice or counter-notice to the designated agent at [email protected]. [email protected] is the public contact for the service. It is not the designated agent.

How to send a notice of claimed infringement

If you believe that material on modelspec.dev or in the ModelSpec service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to the designated agent above. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A), the notice must include substantially all of the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if one notice covers several works on the site, a representative list of them.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, with information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it. A URL is the most useful form.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient for us to contact you: such as an address, a telephone number and, if available, an 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 that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

A notice that does not substantially include these elements may not be acted on. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages.

When we receive a notice that substantially includes these elements, we act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material it identifies. We then take reasonable steps to tell the person who supplied the material that we have done so, and we may send them a copy of the notice. A copy of a notice, including your contact details, may be passed to that person.

How to send a counter-notice

If material that you supplied was removed or disabled because of a notice, and you believe that this was a mistake or a misidentification, send a written counter-notice to the designated agent above. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), the 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 it was removed or disabled.
  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 of the material.
  4. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice or an agent of that person.

When we receive a counter-notice that substantially includes these elements, we send a copy to the person who sent the notice and tell them we will restore the material in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days. We restore the material, or cease disabling access to it, in that window unless the designated agent first receives notice from the sender that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from the infringing activity.

Repeat infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the access of a user who is a repeat infringer. A user is a repeat infringer here when we have received notices that substantially meet 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) about material that the user supplied, on more than one occasion, and no counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) has resulted in the material being restored. We may end access without further notice. We keep a record of the notices we receive and of the action taken on each.

Scope

This page is for claims of copyright infringement. It is not the place for other complaints, support requests or privacy requests. Use [email protected] for those. A notice sent to any other address may not reach the designated agent.

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