DMCA & Copyright Policy
Where we stand on copyright
STUDIO ONE NETWORKS is a publisher. Our own work is protected by copyright, and we extend other creators exactly the respect we expect for ourselves. We respond to valid copyright complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and under equivalent copyright laws in other jurisdictions, and this page explains how to file one and what happens when you do.
How we use third-party material
News coverage necessarily refers to the work of others: we quote statements, cite reports, embed publicly shared posts and use images under license or under legal doctrines such as fair use and fair dealing that exist precisely so that news can be reported. Images on this site come from our own creation, from licensed sources, from official handouts released for press use, or from embeds served by the platform hosting them. When we quote another publication’s reporting, we attribute it and link to it. If we have made a mistake with your work, the process below fixes it quickly.
Filing a copyright complaint
Send your notice to support@studioonenetworks.com with DMCA Notice in the subject line. For your notice to be valid and actionable, it must include:
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed, such as a link to the original or a description sufficient for us to identify it.
- The exact URL on this site where the allegedly infringing material appears. A site-wide claim without URLs cannot be processed.
- Your name, mailing address, and email address so we can respond to you.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- 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.
- Your physical or electronic signature.
Notices missing required elements will receive a reply explaining what is missing rather than being silently discarded, but the clock on our response starts when a complete notice arrives.
What happens next
Complete notices are reviewed promptly, normally within a few business days. If the claim is valid, the material is removed or access to it is disabled, and the notice is kept on file. If the material was used under a license or a legal doctrine such as fair use, we will explain our reasoning in our reply rather than simply refusing. Either way, you will hear back from a person who has actually looked at the page in question.
Two practical notes speed things up considerably. First, if you hold a license we may not know about, say so and attach it; disputes that look like infringement are sometimes just incomplete paperwork on one side or the other. Second, if your complaint is really about accuracy rather than copyright, such as an image caption you believe is wrong, the faster route is our Corrections Policy, which does not require the formalities listed above.
Counter-notices
If material you posted or supplied was removed following a notice and you believe the removal was mistaken, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. A valid counter-notice must identify the removed material and its former URL, include your name, address and contact details, include a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, include your consent to the jurisdiction of the courts relevant to your address for resolving the dispute, and carry your signature. Upon receiving a valid counter-notice we may restore the material unless the original complainant informs us they have sought a court order.
Misuse of this process
The DMCA provides penalties for knowingly false claims, and beyond the legal exposure, we treat copyright complaints aimed at suppressing accurate reporting as what they are: attempts at censorship dressed in legal clothing. We evaluate every notice on its merits, and a notice that seeks removal of lawful, accurate journalism because its subject dislikes it will be declined with our reasons stated.
Repeat infringers and our own content
Where any contributor or source repeatedly supplies infringing material, we stop accepting material from them. In the other direction: if you find our original work republished elsewhere without permission, we appreciate being told at the same address, since a small newsroom cannot monitor the whole web for copies of its own reporting.
Contact
All copyright matters, in every jurisdiction: support@studioonenetworks.com, subject line DMCA Notice or Copyright. This inbox is the designated route for copyright communications concerning this site.
