DMCA Policy

Effective date: October 9, 2026

Dyadic Mediation respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of this website to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, we’ll respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement concerning material on this website.

1. Reporting alleged copyright infringement

If you believe that material available on this website infringes a copyright you own or control, you may send a written notice of infringement to our Designated Agent (identified below). To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works.
3. Identification of the material that’s claimed to be infringing and that’s to be removed, with information reasonably sufficient to let’s locate it (for example, the URL or page where it appears).
4. Information reasonably sufficient to let’s contact you, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you’ve a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of isn’t authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you’re the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Please note that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages.

2. Our response

Upon receiving a valid notice, we’ll act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice, and we may notify the person who posted it that it has been removed or disabled.

3. Counter-notification

If you believe material that was removed or disabled isn’t infringing, or that you’ve authorization to post it, you may send a written counter-notification to our Designated Agent that includes substantially the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before it was removed or disabled.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you’ve a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, mailing 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, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you’ll accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or their agent.

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the material in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receipt, unless the original complaining party notifies us that they’ve filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

4. Repeat infringers

It’s our policy, in appropriate circumstances, to disable or terminate access for users who are determined to be repeat infringers.

5. Contact

All DMCA notices and counter-notifications should be sent to the Designated Agent listed above. Inquiries unrelated to copyright infringement won’t receive a response through this process; for those, please use our contact page.