Pier and PointVentura, California
DMCA

DMCA agent designation

Who to send a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice to, and what the notice must include.

Status: Draft, needs human review — not yet assigned to a reviewer. All policies will be reviewed by a California media-law attorney before launch.

Status

This policy is a first draft. Before launch, Pier and Point will register a designated DMCA agent with the U.S. Copyright Office (filing fee approximately $6) and replace the placeholder address below with the registered agent on file.

Designated agent (placeholder)

Until the U.S. Copyright Office registration completes, please direct DMCA notices to:

  • Designated agent: Finn Bennett
  • Operator: Overlook Strategy LLC
  • Email: dmca@pierandpoint.com
  • Mailing address: to be replaced with registered agent address upon Copyright Office filing

What a valid DMCA notice must include

Per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a notice must include:

  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.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with information sufficient to let us locate it (e.g., the URL of the page).
  4. Information sufficient to contact you (mailing address, telephone number, email address).
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use 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 you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Counter-notification

If your material is removed and you believe it was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification per 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). We will follow the statutory process.

Repeat infringers

In appropriate circumstances, Pier and Point will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

A note on AI

We do not knowingly publish material that infringes on copyright. Our AI usage policy prohibits AI-generated photorealism of real events, people, or places, and our sourcing policy caps any quotation from another outlet at roughly 50 words with attribution and a link.