Copyright

Copyright and takedown policy

If you believe something stored in GrapeVine infringes a copyright you own, send us a notice and we will act on it.

Where to send a notice

The GrapeVine Group LLC, Attn: Copyright Agent
legal@thegrapevine.shop

What a notice must include

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. The copyrighted work you believe is infringed.
  3. The material you believe infringes it, and enough detail for us to find it in GrapeVine.
  4. Your name, mailing address, phone number and email address.
  5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner of the copyright or authorized to act for the owner.

What happens next

We remove or disable access to the material, tell the person who stored it, and give them a copy of your notice.

If your material was removed by mistake

You can send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. The material that was removed, and where it was in GrapeVine before it was removed.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material was removed by mistake or because it was misidentified.
  4. Your name, address and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district of your address (or, outside the United States, any judicial district where we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.

We send the counter-notice to the person who sent the notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action to stop the use, we restore the material 10 to 14 business days after we receive the counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We close, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyrights.

Be accurate

Under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for damages.