DMCA & Copyright Policy

You may submit a takedown notice if you believe content on ONEWORD — including (rarely) a question, a blog post, an image, or any embedded material — infringes a copyright you own or are authorised to enforce.

Individual one-word answers are not normally copyrightable because they are too short and lack original authorship. We will, however, remove answers that copy a longer protected phrase or that quote without permission.

Per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a complete notice must contain ALL of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or their authorised agent.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed (a single work, or a representative list if multiple works on a single page).
3. The specific URL(s) of the material on ONEWORD.ONLINE you want removed — precise enough that we can find it without ambiguity.
4. Your full name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or are authorised to act on behalf of the owner.

Notices missing any of these elements may be considered invalid and may not result in removal.

Send your complete notice to our designated DMCA agent:

Email is the fastest channel. We aim to acknowledge complete notices within 3 business days and to act on them within 10 business days.

On receipt of a complete, good-faith notice we will:

• Acknowledge receipt by email.
• Remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material expeditiously.
• Notify the affected user (if known) and forward your notice (minus your phone number and address).
• Record the action for our repeat-infringer log (see Section 7).

If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or that the use is authorised, you may submit a counter-notice. Per 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), a counter-notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the removed material and the location it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your full name, postal address, and telephone number.
5. A statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate federal court (or your local equivalent if outside the US), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.

Send counter-notices to the same email address as Section 3, with the subject line “DMCA Counter-Notice”. We will forward the counter-notice to the original complainant. Unless they file a lawsuit within 10–14 business days, we may restore the removed material.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that content is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. Do not file a DMCA notice without a genuine, good-faith belief.

In appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, we may permanently block the IP and/or fingerprint of users who repeatedly submit infringing content (typically three substantiated notices within twelve months).

For complaints that fall outside copyright — trademark, privacy, defamation, impersonation, etc. — email hellooneword.online@gmail.com with a clear description and we will route the matter appropriately.

We respond to good-faith notices regardless of the rights-holder’s country, applying the most protective of (i) US DMCA procedure, (ii) EU Directive 2001/29/EC and Article 17 of the EU DSM Directive, or (iii) local equivalents in the country of the rights-holder.

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of the page reflects the most recent revision.