Copyright and intellectual property

A notice under this procedure is a legal document. Please consider the following before sending one.

• Only the rights holder or a person authorized to act on the rights holder's behalf may send a notice. If you are acting for someone else, say so and describe your authority.
• Consider whether the use is authorized or lawful. Fair use, first-sale, licensed use, and lawful resale of a genuine item are common reasons a use is not infringing. United States law requires a copyright complainant to consider fair use in good faith before sending a takedown notice.
• Misrepresentation carries liability. Under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.
• A notice is not the right tool for every dispute. If the problem is a scam, a prohibited item, harassment, or an inaccurate listing rather than an intellectual-property infringement, use Reporting and moderation instead, which is faster.

Send your written notice by email to Jinu's designated agent at legal@jinu.app, with "DMCA notice" in the subject line. To comply with 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3), the notice must include substantially all of the following:

• (a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Typing your full legal name at the end of the email is an acceptable electronic signature.
• (b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works at a single site are covered by one notice, a representative list of those works.
• (c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it. Please include the full Jinu URL of each listing, photograph, or message, for example https://www.jinu.app/listing/<id>.
• (d) Information reasonably sufficient to let us contact you: your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• (e) A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• (f) A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

A notice that omits the required elements may be ineffective and may be returned to you for completion. We aim to acknowledge every complete notice within three business days and to act on it promptly. Removals are typically completed within ten business days of receiving a complete notice.

The formal notice requirements above come from United States copyright law. For a trademark or counterfeit complaint, send your report to the same address, legal@jinu.app, and include:

• Your name, your organization, and your relationship to the rights holder.
• The mark at issue, and its registration number and jurisdiction if it is registered.
• The full Jinu URL of each listing complained of, and what specifically is infringing (for example, a counterfeit article, an unauthorized use of the mark in the title or photographs, or a false claim of authorized-dealer status).
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law, and that the information in your report is accurate.

Counterfeit and replica goods are independently prohibited by our Prohibited and restricted items policy, so a listing may be removed on that basis whether or not a rights holder complains. Patent, trade-secret, and right-of-publicity complaints should also be sent to legal@jinu.app with enough detail for us to evaluate them.

When we receive a complete and valid notice, we may remove or disable access to the material identified in it, notify the member who posted it, and provide that member with a copy of the notice, including the complainant's identity and contact information. Assume that the contents of your notice will be forwarded to the member who posted the material, and that we may publish or share notices in transparency reporting with personal information redacted.

We may also, at our discretion and consistent with the Terms of Service, retain a copy of the removed material, limit features on the account, or suspend or terminate the account. Removal of a listing under this procedure does not entitle the member to a refund of any publishing fee.

If your content was removed under this procedure and you believe the removal was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to legal@jinu.app with "DMCA counter-notice" in the subject line. To comply with 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3), it must include:

• (a) Your physical or electronic signature.
• (b) Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before it was removed.
• (c) A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• (d) Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or, if your address is outside the United States, of any judicial district in which Jinu may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person's agent.

We will forward your counter-notice, including your name and contact information, to the original complainant. If the complainant does not notify us within ten business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the allegedly infringing activity, we may restore the removed material in ten to fourteen business days after receiving your counter-notice.

It is Jinu's policy, in appropriate circumstances, to limit, suspend, or terminate the accounts of members who are repeat infringers. In assessing whether an account is a repeat infringer we consider the number and seriousness of valid notices received, whether any counter-notice was filed, and whether the member has re-posted material that was previously removed. Terminated members may not create a new account, and evading a termination is itself a violation of the Terms of Service.

Jinu's designated agent for receiving notices of claimed infringement can be reached by email at legal@jinu.app. Email is the fastest and preferred channel. A postal address for the designated agent is available on request from the same address.

Please send only intellectual-property notices to this address. Safety reports go to safety@jinu.app, privacy requests to privacy@jinu.app, and general questions to hello@jinu.app. A notice sent to the wrong address will be slower to reach the right person.

We may update this procedure from time to time. When we do, we will revise the date at the top of this page. This page should be read together with our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, Prohibited and restricted items policy, and Privacy Policy.