Copyright and takedowns

Photographers use The Perfect Book to deliver their own work to their own clients. If something here is yours and was posted without your permission, or shouldn't be here for another reason, tell us and we'll look at it.

• For privacy concerns, explicit content, harassment, or anything illegal, use the report form.
• For a formal copyright notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), send it to our designated agent below.

[agent name]
[company legal name]
[agent mailing address]
[agent email]

For review: The agent has to be registered with the US Copyright Office before this page goes live ($6, renewed every three years).

To be valid, your notice has to be in writing and include:

• Your physical or electronic signature, as the owner or someone authorized to act for the owner.
• The copyrighted work you believe was infringed.
• The material you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it. A gallery link works best.
• Your name, mailing address, phone number, and email.
• A statement that you believe in good faith the use isn't authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you're the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

• We review the notice and remove or disable access to the material if it qualifies.
• We let the photographer know, including what was removed and why, so they can respond.
• Removed material stays hidden from clients. Nothing is deleted while a claim is open.

If your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send our agent a counter notice that includes:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• The material that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you're outside the US, any district where we can be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

We forward valid counter notices to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us they've filed a court action, we restore the material in 10 to 14 business days.

Under federal law, anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for damages. If you're not sure whether something infringes your rights, talk to a lawyer before sending a notice.

We disable the accounts of photographers who repeatedly infringe others' copyrights.For review: Define the threshold, for example three valid notices in 12 months.