Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last updated November 1, 2026

Authors own their stories. When we are told that work was posted without permission, we remove it and give the person who posted it a chance to answer, as the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) describes.

1. Respecting authors' rights

Authors own their stories. You may post only what you wrote or have the right to share. If you find your own work copied on the site, use the Report button on the book or chapter and choose “Plagiarism or stolen work”, or send a notice as described below.

2. Sending a notice

Send copyright notices to our designated agent:

The site's operator
Postal address available on request by email
Email: [email protected]

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a notice must include:

your physical or electronic signature;
the copyrighted work you say is infringed (or a list, if there are several);
the material you say infringes it, and where it is on the site (links to the book or chapter);
your name, postal address, telephone number and email address;
a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law;
a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.

Notices from outside the United States are handled the same way.

3. What happens next

We remove or hide the material promptly and tell the person who posted it, passing on the notice (with your contact details, so they can answer you).

4. Counter-notice

If you believe material you posted was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to the same agent. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), it must include:

your physical or electronic signature;
the material that was removed and where it was on the site;
a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification;
your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you live outside the United States, any judicial district where the operator may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.

We forward the counter-notice to the person who sent the notice, and put the material back in 10 to 14 business days unless they tell us they have filed a court action.

5. Repeat infringers

Accounts of repeat infringers are closed: an account whose material is removed after valid notices more than once, or that posts others' work again after a removal, loses access to the site.

6. False claims

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees.