Copyright and DMCA
Last updated: 8 August 2026
Realvue hosts a small amount of material that creators publish themselves: a username, a display name, and an image they upload as the figure at the centre of their crowd. If you own a copyright and believe something published on Realvue infringes it, this page is how you tell us, and how the person who published it can respond.
We respond to valid notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512. We remove or disable access to material that is the subject of a valid notice, tell the person who published it, and terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
Designated agent
Send notices and counter-notices to our designated agent:
Registration in progress.Our agent's registration with the U.S. Copyright Office is being completed. Until it appears in the Copyright Office directory, notices sent to the address above still reach us and we still act on them.
Notices sent anywhere else may be delayed. Do not send takedown notices through the report form, which is for content and abuse reports.
Sending a takedown notice
To be effective, your notice must be in writing and must include all six of the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature, as the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed, or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed. If several works on Realvue are covered by one notice, a representative list of them.
- Identification of the material you say is infringing and want removed or disabled, with enough detail for us to find it. The exact URL of the page is best.
- Your contact details: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized 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 the owner of the exclusive right or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
Please put "DMCA" in the subject line. We aim to act on valid notices within a few business days.
Counter-notice
If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake, or that you have the right to use it, you may send a counter-notice to the same agent. It must include:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed, and the location where it appeared before it was removed.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, mailing address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where your address is (or, if your address is outside the United States, for any district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.
We forward valid counter-notices to the person who sent the original notice. If they do not tell us within 10 to 14 business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order, we may restore the material.
Repeat infringers, and false claims
We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe. Please also note that under 17 U.S.C. 512(f) anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees.
Trademark, impersonation, and other complaints
Copyright is not the only thing this page cannot cover. For impersonation, a username or display name that trades on your name, or anything else that breaks our rules, use the report form. The rules themselves are in the "What you publish" section of our Terms of Service.