DMCA Policy

We have registered a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office to receive notifications of claimed infringement. Notices should be sent to:

U.S. Copyright Office registration number DMCA-1075008, effective July 3, 2026. This registration covers the pankeit.com service. Please note that the designated agent above is for copyright-infringement notices only; unrelated inquiries sent to this address may not receive a response.

A DMCA notice is a serious, sworn legal allegation with real consequences for the person whose content is affected. Before you send one, we ask that you:

• Investigate thoroughly and confirm that you actually own or control the copyright, and that no licence, authorisation, fair use, or other exception permits the use you are complaining about
• Consider contacting the user directly first — many disputes are resolved faster, and without a formal notice, through direct contact
• Consult an attorney if you have any doubt about whether the material infringes your copyright

Prepare each notice individually. We ask that every notice be reviewed and prepared by a person who has evaluated the specific material, rather than generated or submitted in bulk by an automated system or bot. We will act on any notice that substantially satisfies the requirements set out below, and where a notice is incomplete we may ask you to supply what is missing; but we may disregard submissions that do not substantially comply, including automated or mass-produced notices that do not identify specific material or reflect an individualised review. If you use a third party or agent to submit notices on your behalf, you are responsible for their compliance.

A DMCA notice is made under penalty of perjury, and intentionally making a false statement in a sworn declaration is a federal crime. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification — is liable for the damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees incurred by the affected user, by us, and by our service providers as a result of that misrepresentation.

We take abuse of this process seriously and reserve the right to recover, and to assist affected users in recovering, those costs. If you are not certain that the material infringes your copyright, consult an attorney before filing.

To act on a notice, we generally forward a complete copy of it to the affected user, and we forward any counter-notification to the person who filed the original notice. By submitting a notice or counter-notification — whether by email or mail — you acknowledge and agree that we may share your entire submission, including your identity and contact information, with the other party, and that it may be published or become part of a public record. If you are concerned about disclosing your personal information, you may wish to retain an agent to file on your behalf.

If you believe that material available on the service infringes a copyright you own or control, you may send our designated agent a written notice that includes all of the following, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (for example, the URL of the page)
• Information reasonably sufficient to let us contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and email address
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed

Upon receiving a notice that substantially meets these requirements, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material identified and will make a good-faith effort to notify the affected user.

We are not a court and do not adjudicate the merits of a copyright dispute. We exercise limited discretion: we review a notice only to determine whether it substantially meets the minimum requirements of the DMCA, and we act on that basis. Whether a claim is actually valid — and any liability for a claim that is not — rests with the parties and their attorneys.

If you believe your material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may send our designated agent a written counter-notification that includes all of the following, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g):

• Your physical or electronic signature
• Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location at which it appeared before it was removed or disabled
• 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
• 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 outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or their agent

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the removed material in not less than 10 nor more than 14 business days after receipt, unless the original complainant first notifies us that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers.

This policy forms part of, and should be read together with, our Privacy Policy.