Copyright Policy

Deeevas respects copyright and expects members to as well. Deeevas is a place to collect reference, and what members collect is private to their spaces; still, if you own a work and believe a copy of it stored on Deeevas infringes your rights, this page says how to tell us and what happens next. We respond to notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and, where the jurisdiction calls for it, the equivalent provisions of The Netherlands’s law.

How to send a notice

Send it to [email protected], or by post to Deeevas, NDSM-plein 90c
1033 WB Amsterdam. To act on it we need:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed, or a representative list if there are many.
2. Where on Deeevas the material is — the URL of the item, which a member of the space can give you, or enough to let us find it.
3. Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
4. A statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.
6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Knowingly misrepresenting that something infringes can make you liable for damages. If you are not sure whether a use is infringing, consider asking a lawyer before sending a notice.

The same picture, collected more than once

A picture may be collected by several members into several spaces. A notice about one copy lets us find and remove identical copies. A copy that has been cropped or edited is a different file and needs its own URL in the notice.

If we take something down

When we remove an item in response to a valid notice, we tell the member who collected it, give them a copy of the notice, and tell them they may send a counter-notification.

Counter-notification

If your item was removed and you believe it was a mistake or a misidentification, send a counter-notification to [email protected] with:

1. Identification of the material that was removed and where it was before removal.
2. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification.
3. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.
4. Your physical or electronic signature.

We pass the counter-notification to the person who sent the original notice. If they do not tell us within ten business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material.

Repeat infringers

We close the accounts of members who repeatedly infringe the copyright of others.