Copyright Notice & Takedown

PRE-LAUNCH NOTICE: This page is a working draft. Specialist counsel review is required before this becomes our published policy. Sworn-statement language, the named agent's address, and counter-notice timelines must be confirmed by a regulated UK media or T&S solicitor. Remove this notice after sign-off.

1. About This Procedure

This is the notice-and-takedown procedure operated by Minted Models LTD ("MintedModels", "we", "us") for content alleged to infringe copyright. We use the conventional name "DMCA" for familiarity, but we are a UK company and this procedure is operated under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ("CDPA 1988") and Regulation 19 of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002. We act on valid notices expeditiously and without judging the merits of any underlying dispute — that is for the courts.

2. Designated Agent

Send copyright notices to our designated agent:

Email: legal@mintedmodels.com

Postal address:

Copyright Agent, Minted Models LTD, [Registered office address — placeholder, confirm before launch], United Kingdom.

Email is the fastest channel and is monitored on every business day. Postal notices are accepted but will be answered to the timelines below from the date of receipt at our registered office.

3. What a Valid Notice Must Contain

For us to act on your notice, it must include all of the following. Notices missing any element will be returned for completion:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work — the work you say has been infringed (a description, registration number, or a link to a published version is sufficient).
2. Identification of the infringing material — the URL on MintedModels.com (or a direct image/profile reference) where the allegedly infringing material can be found. Vague references like "your whole site" will not be actioned.
3. Your contact information — full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email address. We must be able to forward your notice to the uploader.
4. Statement of good-faith belief — a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. Statement under penalty of perjury — a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and that you are the owner of the copyright (or authorised to act on the owner's behalf).
6. Signature — a physical or electronic signature of the rightsholder or their authorised agent. Typing your full legal name in an email body constitutes an electronic signature for these purposes.

4. What Happens After You Submit a Notice

1. Acknowledgement. We will acknowledge receipt within 1 business day.
2. Triage and review. Our trust & safety team reviews the notice for completeness within 5 business days. We may temporarily disable access to the reported material during review where the notice is on its face credible.
3. Outcome. If valid, the material is removed and the uploader is notified, with a copy of the notice (we redact your home address but disclose your name and contact email so that the uploader may submit a counter-notice or contact you directly). The full review-and-removal process is targeted at 14 calendar days from receipt of a complete notice.
4. Repeat infringement. Uploaders subject to repeated valid notices may have their accounts suspended or terminated under our repeat-infringer policy (§6).

5. Counter-Notice Procedure

If you are an uploader whose content has been removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. Send to legal@mintedmodels.com. A valid counter-notice must contain:

1. Identification of the material that was removed and the URL where it appeared before removal.
2. Your full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, and will accept service of process from the original notifier.
5. Your physical or electronic signature.

On receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original notifier. We will restore the material no sooner than 10 business days and no later than 14 business days after forwarding the counter-notice, unless we have received notice from the original notifier that they have filed legal proceedings seeking a court order to keep the material disabled.

6. Repeat Infringer Policy

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users we determine to be repeat infringers. As a working rule, three valid takedown notices against a single account in any rolling 12-month period will trigger account-level review and likely termination. Termination decisions take into account the nature of the infringement and any successful counter-notices.

7. Knowingly False Notices

Submitting a notice you know to be materially false may expose you to liability for damages, costs, and legal fees under UK law. We will refer abusive notice patterns to our solicitors and, where appropriate, to law enforcement.

8. What This Page Is Not For

• Non-consensual intimate images (NCII). Use the fast-track route on /legal/complaints — we treat NCII as a Code §6.4 priority and aim for a sub-24-hour response.
• Harassment, abuse, illegal content. Use the categorised reporting channels on /legal/complaints.
• Account or billing issues. Email hello@mintedmodels.com.

9. Updates

We may amend this procedure to reflect changes in UK law, Ofcom guidance, or our operational practice. Material changes will be flagged in the "Last updated" line above and, where appropriate, by email to active rightsholders we have heard from.