How to report copyrighted work or other content concerns
Document version: 1.0
Effective date: 7/28/26
Operator: DirtDaisy LLC
Current contact: crystal@dirtdaisy.com
Start with what you want us to do
If someone posted your photograph, artwork, writing, video, or other copyrighted work in the DirtDaisy Collective without permission, email crystal@dirtdaisy.com with the subject line Copyright Report. Include a link or enough detail for us to find the material, identify the work you own, and explain what you want removed.
You do not need to be a Collective member to make a report.
If you are not sure whether the concern is copyright, privacy, safety, or an image of you, describe what happened and the outcome you want. We will route it. You may use more than one process at the same time.
1. Which process applies?
What concerns you Where it is handled
Someone used a copyrighted work without permission This policy
You want a photo, video, personal information, or Photo & Content Removal your own post removed from the Collective Policy
You want DirtDaisy to stop using your image in Community Media advertising or promotion License, Section 6
The content involves harassment, threats, Community discrimination, impersonation, unsafe conduct, or Guidelines another community-rule violation
You believe your account or personal information Privacy was misused Policy
A single item may fall under several policies. For example, if you took a photograph and you or your child appears in it, you may make a copyright report and an image-removal request. We will not require you to choose only one route.
This policy addresses content available through DirtDaisy's services. If the material appears only on another website or social platform, that provider controls its own removal process.
2. A simple copyright report
For an ordinary report, email copyright@dirtdaisy.com with the subject line Copyright Report and include:
- your name and contact information;
- a description of the copyrighted work;
- a link to the original work, a copy, or other information that helps us understand what you own;
- the link, location, screenshot, member name, or description needed to find the reported material in the Collective;
- a short explanation of why you believe the use was not authorized; and
- the action you are asking DirtDaisy to take.
If you act for the copyright owner, tell us who the owner is and the basis for your authority.
We may ask for missing information or reasonable confirmation. We do not require copyright registration for an ordinary report, and we will not reject a report merely because the person reporting it used everyday language instead of legal terms.
A simple report lets us investigate and may be enough for us to remove or restrict material under our Terms of Service. It may not qualify as a formal notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
3. Formal DMCA notices
If you want to submit a formal notification of claimed infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), the written notice must include substantially all of the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If one notice covers multiple works at a single online location, a representative list may be used where the law permits.
- Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient for DirtDaisy to locate it.
- Information reasonably sufficient for DirtDaisy to contact you, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, the owner's agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner.
Send the notice to:
DirtDaisy LLC --- Copyright Reports
Designated agent: [address available on request]
Mailing address: 6470 Bluebird Cir, Maple Grove, MN 55369
Telephone: [address available on request]
Email: [address available on request]
Submitting a knowingly false or materially misleading notice may have legal consequences. Before reporting, consider whether the use may have been licensed, authorized, in the public domain, or permitted by law, including fair use.
4. What DirtDaisy does with a report
We may:
- acknowledge the report and ask for missing information;
- locate and preserve relevant records;
- remove or disable access to the material while we review it;
- notify the member who posted it;
- ask that member for information;
- leave the material in place when the report is incomplete, unsupported, mistaken, or the disputed use appears authorized or legally permitted;
- take action under the Terms of Service or Community Guidelines; or
- refer the matter to counsel or comply with a court order or other legal obligation.
We act in good faith based on the information reasonably available to us. DirtDaisy is not a court and cannot finally decide copyright ownership, fair use, licensing disputes, or competing legal claims.
For a substantially complete formal DMCA notice, we will respond as required by applicable law. For other reports, we aim to acknowledge receipt within 5 business days and to provide an update or decision within 10 business days. These are service targets, not guarantees. Complex disputes, missing information, safety concerns, or legal review may take longer.
If the same material creates an urgent safety or privacy risk, say URGENT in the subject line. We will route that part of the request under the Photo & Content Removal Policy or Community Guidelines rather than waiting for the copyright process to finish.
5. Notice to the person who posted the material
When we remove or restrict material because of a copyright report, we generally tell the person who posted it:
- what material was affected;
- that a copyright concern was reported;
- how to contact us about a mistake; and
- when applicable, how to submit a formal DMCA counter-notification.
Copyright procedures are different from ordinary image-removal requests. A formal DMCA process may require us to provide the notice or counter-notice, including contact information, to the other party. We do not promise that a copyright reporter's or counter-notifier's identity will remain confidential.
We may withhold or limit information when legally permitted and reasonably necessary to protect safety, security, or another person's privacy. If revealing information creates a safety concern, tell us immediately. A safety concern does not change information-sharing obligations imposed by law, but it may affect how we communicate and what additional protective steps we take.
6. If your content was removed by mistake
Start by replying to our message with the subject line Copyright Review. Identify the material and explain why you believe the removal was mistaken, including any permission, license, ownership information, or legally permitted use you want us to consider. A person will review it.
This informal review does not replace the statutory counter-notification process and does not require DirtDaisy to restore material.
Formal DMCA counter-notification
If material was removed or disabled in response to a formal DMCA notice and you believe that happened because of mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notification containing substantially all of the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal or disabling.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, mailing address, and telephone number.
- A statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States federal district court as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person's agent.
Send a counter-notification to the designated agent listed in Section 3.
If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may provide a copy to the original reporting party. Unless that party informs us that it has filed a qualifying court action, federal law generally permits restoration of the material no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after we forward the counter-notification. Restoration is not automatic: DirtDaisy may keep material unavailable for another valid reason under the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, Photo & Content Removal Policy, or applicable law.
A counter-notification is a legal statement. Consider speaking with a lawyer before submitting one.
7. Repeat infringement
DirtDaisy may suspend or terminate, in appropriate circumstances, members who repeatedly infringe copyright or repeatedly submit content they do not have the right to use.
We do not use an automatic "three strikes" rule. We consider the circumstances, including:
- the number and reliability of reports;
- whether reports concern separate works or repeated uploads of the same material;
- whether a notice was withdrawn, successfully countered, or shown to be mistaken;
- whether the member knowingly or repeatedly ignored ownership or permission requirements;
- the seriousness and commercial nature of the conduct;
- attempts to evade prior removals; and
- other relevant safety, legal, or community-rule concerns.
A report is not treated as proven infringement merely because it was submitted. We may still remove content while a dispute is unresolved.
Members may not retaliate against a person for making a good-faith copyright report or counter-notification. Knowingly false reports, abusive counter-notifications, and use of this process to harass another person may violate the Community Guidelines and the law. Being mistaken is not, by itself, abuse.
8. What this policy does not decide
This policy does not:
- transfer ownership of anyone's content;
- change the limited operational license for Member Content in the Terms of Service;
- grant DirtDaisy promotional rights under the Community Media License;
- replace the right to request removal of an identifiable image under the Photo & Content Removal Policy;
- require DirtDaisy to monitor every upload for infringement;
- promise that removal will erase screenshots, third-party reposts, backups, or printed material; or
- limit any right or remedy available under applicable law.
Questions about credit, attribution, copying an idea, trademarks, privacy, publicity rights, or whether a use is fair may involve rules different from copyright infringement. Tell us the practical outcome you want and we will direct the concern to the appropriate process, but DirtDaisy cannot give legal advice.
9. Records and privacy
We keep records reasonably necessary to receive and evaluate reports, document notices and counter-notifications, preserve relevant evidence, communicate with the parties, prevent repeated misuse, resolve disputes, enforce our policies, and comply with law.
Those records may include the report, the reported material, contact and authority information, communications, decisions, actions taken, counter-notifications, and related account or technical records. They are not displayed in the Member Directory or ordinary member profiles.
We limit access to people and service providers who reasonably need the information for these purposes. We may disclose information to the person who posted or reported the material, legal counsel, service providers, a court, government authority, or another person when reasonably necessary or legally required. The Privacy Policy explains our general retention and disclosure practices.
Do not include more personal information than the process requires. Formal DMCA notices and counter-notifications require information that may be shared with the other party. If you have a safety concern about disclosure, tell us before submitting sensitive information when possible.
10. Changes and applicable law
We may update this policy. Material changes will be posted with a new version and effective date.
This policy is intended to support compliance with applicable United States copyright law, including 17 U.S.C. § 512. It does not create rights or procedures beyond those required by law except where it expressly makes a separate DirtDaisy commitment.
Except where applicable law requires otherwise, this policy is governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota. Nothing here limits a right or remedy available under applicable law.
Questions
crystal@dirtdaisy.com --- subject line Copyright Report, or write and describe what happened.