Copyright & DMCA Policy

AI Trace respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects the same of its contributors. Entries on this site are discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline and reviewed by our editors, from cited public sources; material that members of the public submit through “Report a Sighting” is stored for editorial review and is not republished on the site. If you believe material displayed or stored here infringes your copyright, this page explains how to tell us and what we will do about it, following the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512).

Send your notice to our designated copyright agent:

Copyright Agent, Trace Foundation, Inc.
2020 Bridge Street, PO Box #44
Three Rivers, MA 01080-9998
Email: legal@aitrace.org

To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed;
2. Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough information for us to locate it (a URL is best);
3. Your contact information: name, address, telephone number, and email address;
4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
5. 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; and
6. Your physical or electronic signature.

We will acknowledge valid notices within 10 business days, and we will remove or disable access to the identified material promptly if the notice is complete and credible. If the material came from a submission, we will make a reasonable effort to notify the submitter that it was removed and provide them a copy of your notice (with your personal contact details included, as the law contemplates — do not file a notice if you do not want the submitter to see it).

If your material was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the same agent. It must include:

1. Identification of the material and its location before removal;
2. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification;
3. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your district (or, if outside the United States, the District of Massachusetts) and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice; and
4. Your physical or electronic signature.

Unless the original claimant tells us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material between 10 and 14 business days after receiving a valid counter-notification.

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts and submission privileges of users who are repeat infringers, and we may restrict submissions from anonymous sources associated with repeated infringement.

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Please do not use this process to target content you simply disagree with — factual disputes belong in our dispute process, not a copyright notice.