Copyright &
DMCA Policy

1. Scope

This policy applies to VLStudio Web at vlstudio.live, operated by Vladyslav Zhminko, trading as VLStudio ("VLStudio", "we", "us", "our"), Carrer de Valencia 191, 6.1, 08011, Barcelona, Spain. It describes how a copyright owner can report content hosted on VLStudio that they believe infringes their copyright, how the person who posted the content can respond, and what happens to repeat infringers. It applies to community posts, marketplace listings and product deliverables, job postings, and any other user-submitted content hosted on the Service.

2. Designated Copyright Agent

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(2), VLStudio designates the following agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement:

• Name: Vladyslav Zhminko, trading as VLStudio
• Email: [[CONTACT_EMAIL_DMCA]], interim address: vlstudiopartners@hotmail.com
• Postal: Carrer de Valencia 191, 6.1, 08011, Barcelona, Spain

Notices sent to any other address or contact channel may not be processed as a valid DMCA notice under this policy.

3. How to Submit a Takedown Notice

To be effective, a notice of claimed infringement must be a written communication, provided to our designated agent, that includes substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it, such as a direct URL to the community post, marketplace listing, or job posting
4. Contact information for the complaining party: name, address, telephone number, and email address
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner

A notice that does not substantially include the elements above may not be actionable under this policy, and we may ask you to resubmit it with the missing information.

4. What Happens After We Receive a Valid Notice

On receipt of a valid notice, we remove or disable access to the identified content, or, for a marketplace listing, delist the listing (see Section 7 for what this covers and does not yet cover in practice), and make a good-faith effort to notify the user who posted the content that it was removed and why. If the same user has been the subject of repeated valid notices, Section 6 applies.

5. Counter-Notice Procedure

If you posted content that was removed or disabled and you believe this was done in error or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to our designated agent that includes substantially the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature
2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal
3. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification
4. 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, for any judicial district in which VLStudio may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or their agent

On receipt of a valid counter-notice, we forward it to the person who submitted the original takedown notice. If that person does not notify us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you from the infringing activity within 10 to 14 business days of our forwarding the counter-notice, we may reinstate the content at the end of that waiting period, at our discretion and consistent with applicable law.

6. Repeat-Infringer Policy

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(i), we terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the account of a user who is determined to be a repeat infringer of third-party copyright. A user who is the subject of multiple valid, unrebutted takedown notices is treated as a repeat infringer and their account is subject to suspension or termination, in addition to the removal of the specific infringing content identified in each notice.

7. Marketplace Products: Delisting Is Not Enough

Marketplace product deliverables are not files stored on VLStudio's own platform: today, no marketplace product deliverable is actually delivered to a buyer at all (see the honest disclosure in our Marketplace Terms of Use). Once real delivery of a purchased digital asset exists, the deliverable a buyer receives is expected to live off-platform, at a URL supplied by the seller/vendor, not as a file hosted directly by VLStudio.

Because of this, a valid takedown against a marketplace product must do more than remove the product's description page from VLStudio. It must: (a) delist the product listing itself so it can no longer be found or purchased through the Service, and (b) notify the seller that the listing has been taken down for a copyright claim and, where the notice or a pattern of notices warrants it under Section 6, suspend or terminate the seller's account and block further delivery of that product through the Service. Delisting alone, without notifying and, where warranted, actioning the seller, does not fully address a valid notice against a marketplace product.

8. Current Enforcement Gap

9. Reporting Coverage Across Content Types

As of this policy's effective date, an in-product report button exists only for community posts. Marketplace listings and job postings do not yet have their own in-product report control. This is a product gap we are working to close alongside publishing this policy, because a copyright policy that only covers one content type in practice is incomplete. Until a report control exists for marketplace listings and job postings, use the contact details in Section 12 to report infringing content of any type, and we will process it under this policy regardless of which content type it is.

10. Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that content is infringing, or that it was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by us or by the person harmed by the misrepresentation.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time, including as the enforcement and reporting gaps described above are fixed. When we make a material change, we update the "Last updated" date above.

12. Contact

To submit a takedown notice, a counter-notice, or a copyright question:

• Designated copyright agent email: [[CONTACT_EMAIL_DMCA]], interim address: vlstudiopartners@hotmail.com
• Postal: Vladyslav Zhminko, Carrer de Valencia 191, 6.1, 08011, Barcelona, Spain