Copyright and IP Complaints

Podda users must have the rights needed for content and generated apps they submit. If you believe material available through Podda infringes copyright or another intellectual-property right, email legal@podda.app.

This process is available internationally. The additional formal requirements below apply to notices under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Do not include unrelated personal information or send illegal material. A knowingly false notice or counter-notice may create legal liability.

2. Information to include in a complaint

Please provide:

  • your name and contact details;
  • identification of the protected work or right;
  • identification and location of the material in Podda, including the app ID or URL where possible;
  • an explanation of why the use is unauthorised;
  • a statement that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act; and
  • any signature or declaration required by the law you rely on.

Because Podda apps are private, a public URL may show only an access gate. Give us enough information to locate the material without asking you to obtain unauthorised access.

3. DMCA notices

A DMCA notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) must include:

  1. a physical or electronic signature of the authorised person;
  2. identification of the copyrighted work, or a representative list if one notice covers multiple works;
  3. identification of the material claimed to infringe and information reasonably sufficient to locate it;
  4. your address, telephone number and email address;
  5. a good-faith statement that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or law; and
  6. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and you are authorised to act.

Send it to:

DMCA Agent, Devise Labs Ltd
128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, England
legal@podda.app
Telephone: +44 20 7131 9919

4. What we may do

We may ask for missing information, preserve evidence, restrict access to identified material, notify the affected user and take other proportionate action. We may decline a notice that does not identify material or a valid right sufficiently, while explaining what is missing where practicable.

Removal does not decide ultimate ownership or infringement. Courts make final determinations when parties disagree.

5. DMCA counter-notices

If material was removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice containing:

  1. your physical or electronic signature;
  2. identification of the removed material and its former location;
  3. a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification;
  4. your name, address and telephone number; and
  5. consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States Federal District Court and acceptance of service from the original notifier or their agent, as required by 17 U.S.C. §512(g).

We may send a valid counter-notice to the original notifier. Where the DMCA applies, we may restore material after the statutory waiting period unless the notifier tells us it has filed a qualifying court action.

6. Repeat infringement

In appropriate circumstances, we may terminate accounts of repeat infringers and take reasonable steps to prevent straightforward evasion. We consider the reliability and outcome of notices, counter-notices and court decisions rather than treating every allegation as a final infringement finding.

We may also act on trademark, privacy, confidentiality or other rights complaints under the Acceptable Use Policy, even where the DMCA does not apply.