Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Policy

Quick Summary

Use the Report button on the affected work to submit a copyright report or formal DMCA notice.
Include the required contact details, signature and statements in a formal notice.
If your material was removed by mistake, you can submit a counter-notice in the Resolution Center.
The DMCA restoration window follows receipt of a valid counter-notice; it is not a deadline for submitting one.

Copyright Dispute Policy

What is DMCA?

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a copyright protection law that safeguards original digital works such as stories, illustrations, audio, and other creative content published online. LiteraryUniverse fully respects the rights of creators and applies DMCA procedures to protect both content owners and platform users in a fair and transparent manner.

Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements.

Internal Property (IP hosted on Literary Universe)
If the IP exists on our platform, you may submit a report directly using the Report button available on the content, you will then be promted to select which of your work is being infringed upon.
External Property (IP not hosted on Literary Universe)
If the IP is not hosted on Literary Universe, you may submit a report using the Report button on the creative property that is infringing.
Do note that this option might take us longer to validate and we might require additional materials to confirm the infringement.

A formal notice must include:

Your physical or electronic signature
Identification of the copyrighted work and the material you believe infringes it, with enough information to locate that material
Contact details, including your address, telephone number and email where available
A statement that you believe the use is not authorized by the rights holder, their representative or the law
Confirmation that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you may act for the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed

Knowingly misrepresenting infringement or misidentification can create legal liability. Repeated abuse may lead to proportionate reporting restrictions after review. A rejected good-faith report alone does not establish abuse.

Our Actions

We review notices and the identified material. Where the US DMCA process applies, we act expeditiously on valid notices and inform the affected user. We review counter-notices, forward valid ones to the original notifier, and track the restoration window and any notice of court action. Restrictions and restoration depend on the applicable process and other valid grounds for restricting the material. Repeated infringement is assessed from substantiated cases, not report counts alone.

Counter-Notice

If you believe material was removed or disabled because of a mistake or misidentification, submit a formal counter-notice through the affected work's Resolution Center. Restricted accounts can still sign in to request review.

A counter-notice must contain:

Your signature, name, address and telephone number
Identification of the removed material and its previous location
A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe removal resulted from a mistake or misidentification
Consent to the applicable US Federal District Court's jurisdiction and acceptance of service from the notifier or their agent

We review counter-notices and forward valid ones to the original notifier. Where the US DMCA process applies, restoration ordinarily occurs 10 to 14 business days after receipt of a valid counter-notice, unless we receive notice of the specified court action. This is a restoration window, not a 14-day deadline for submitting your counter-notice.