Copyright & Takedown

CliffPop — operated by Just Some Coding Ltd, a company registered in Malta — respects intellectual property rights and complies with applicable copyright law, including the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065) and Directive 2001/29/EC. This page explains how rightsholders can ask us to remove infringing content, and how creators on the platform can challenge a notice they believe is wrong.

1. Submitting a takedown notice (rightsholders)

If you believe content on CliffPop infringes a copyright you own or represent, send a written notice to legal@cliffpop.com with the subject line “Copyright Takedown — CliffPop”. To be valid under the DMCA and our policy, your notice must include all of the following:

• Your contact details: full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
• Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed. If the notice covers multiple works, a representative list is acceptable.
• Identification of the infringing material on CliffPop, with enough detail that we can locate it — ideally the full series page URL or the episode URL (https://cliffpop.com/watch/...) and a description of the timestamp or scene at issue.
• A good-faith statement that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.
• Your physical or electronic signature (a typed name is acceptable for electronic signatures).

Counterfeit / impersonation notices. If you are reporting a series that appears to be a verbatim copy of your own content (re-upload, scene-for-scene rip, etc.), say so explicitly — we treat those as priority and may act faster than the standard timeline below.

2. What we do when we receive a notice

We aim to acknowledge valid notices within 2 business days and to act — either by removing or disabling access to the material, or by responding with reasons — within 10 business days. Acting may include unpublishing an episode, removing a series from the catalogue, suspending a creator’s ability to publish new content, or in clear-cut cases, removing the source files entirely.

We will notify the creator whose content was removed and forward a copy of your notice to them (with your contact details intact — this is required for any counter-notice to function). If you don’t want a particular detail forwarded, mark it clearly in your notice; we will use our judgement about redaction but cannot guarantee anything beyond what the law allows.

3. Counter-notice / appeal (creators)

If your content was removed and you believe the takedown was a mistake, mis-identification, or that your use is permitted (for example: it’s your own work, you have a licence, or the use is covered by fair use / fair dealing / a quotation right), you can file a counter-notice. Send it to legal@cliffpop.com with the subject line “Counter-Notice — CliffPop”. A valid counter-notice must include:

• Your contact details: full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
• Identification of the removed material: the URL or episode ID, and the date of removal if you have it.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or mis-identification.
• A consent-to-jurisdiction statement: that you consent to the jurisdiction of (i) the federal court in the judicial district where your address is located if it’s in the United States, or (ii) the courts of Malta if it’s outside the United States, and that you will accept service of process from the original notifier or their agent.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original notifier. If they don’t notify us within 10–14 business days that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity, we will restore the content (typically within 10–14 business days of receiving the counter-notice).

Important. Submitting a counter-notice has legal consequences. If you knowingly make a false statement, you can be liable for damages under DMCA §512(f) and equivalent EU provisions. If you’re uncertain, consult a lawyer before filing.

4. Bad-faith and abusive notices

Knowingly submitting a false takedown notice — whether to suppress a competitor, intimidate a creator, or for any other reason — is itself unlawful. We log all notices and counter-notices and may share that record with affected parties or with the courts where required. Repeat abusers of the takedown process may be barred from submitting further notices through this channel and reported to relevant authorities.

5. Repeat-infringer policy

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, the accounts of creators who are repeat infringers of copyright. Factors include: the number of valid takedown notices received against a creator’s content, the gravity of the conduct, whether counter-notices were filed and whether they succeeded, and whether the creator engaged constructively when we raised the concern.

6. Designated agent (US DMCA)

For the purposes of 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(2), CliffPop’s designated agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is:

Just Some Coding Ltd — Legal Department (operator of CliffPop)
Attn: DMCA Agent
10B, Triq Burmurrad, Naxxar, Malta
Email: legal@cliffpop.com

Email is the fastest route for both notices and counter-notices. Notices sent to other CliffPop mailboxes may be delayed.

7. EU notice and action (Digital Services Act)

Rightsholders located in the EU may submit notices under Article 16 of Regulation 2022/2065 to the same email address. You do not need to use the DMCA-specific language above, but the same elements — identification of the work, identification of the infringing material, your contact details, and a statement that the report is made in good faith — are required for us to act on the notice. We will keep the notifier informed of our decision and the reasoning, as required under Article 17.

8. Trademark, publicity, and other rights

This page covers copyright. For other intellectual-property complaints — trademark, image-rights, defamation, or privacy — please still write to legal@cliffpop.com with the relevant subject line. We will handle those through a similar process scaled to the right at issue, but the specific DMCA mechanics above don’t apply.

9. Contact

All notices, counter-notices, and questions about this policy: legal@cliffpop.com

We do not accept service of legal process by email except for the DMCA / DSA notice procedures described above. Formal service must be made by registered post or in person to our registered office in Malta, the details of which are available on request.