Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last updated: July 29, 2026

1. Our commitment to copyright

NailTeller respects the intellectual property rights of writers, photographers, artists, businesses, content creators, and other copyright owners.

We expect everyone who uses NailTeller to respect those rights as well.

This Copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy explains:

  • What users may submit to NailTeller.
  • How copyright owners may report allegedly infringing content.
  • How users may respond when their content is removed.
  • How NailTeller handles repeat copyright infringement.

This Policy is intended to comply with applicable provisions of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act, commonly known as the DMCA.

2. Content you submit

You may submit only stories, photographs, illustrations, graphics, videos, recordings, comments, and other materials that:

  • You created yourself.
  • You own or control.
  • You have permission or a valid license to use.
  • You are otherwise legally permitted to use.

You must not copy content from another website, social media account, publication, photographer, creator, business, or other source and submit it to NailTeller without proper authorization.

Giving credit to the original creator does not automatically give you permission to copy or publish that creator's work.

Content being publicly available online does not necessarily mean that it is free to copy, republish, modify, or distribute.

3. Ownership of user content

Users retain any copyright ownership they may have in the original content they submit to NailTeller.

Submitting content to NailTeller does not transfer ownership of your copyright to NailTeller. However, your use of NailTeller is also governed by our Terms of Service, including any license needed for NailTeller to host, display, format, edit, translate, distribute, promote, and operate the submitted content.

Users are responsible for making sure that their submissions do not infringe another person's copyright or other intellectual property rights.

4. NailTeller content

Unless otherwise stated, the NailTeller name, branding, logo, website design, layout, original graphics, software, features, and original content created by NailTeller are owned by or licensed to NailTeller and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may not copy, reproduce, republish, sell, distribute, scrape, modify, or create derivative works from NailTeller-owned content without prior written permission, except where such use is legally permitted.

The appearance of third-party content on NailTeller does not mean that NailTeller owns that content or grants permission for others to use it.

5. Before submitting a copyright complaint

Before sending a copyright complaint, please consider whether the disputed use may be authorized by the copyright owner, covered by a license, in the public domain, or permitted by law.

Certain uses may be permitted under legal principles such as fair use. Fair use is determined by the specific facts and circumstances of each situation.

NailTeller cannot provide legal advice or decide for you whether a particular use qualifies as fair use.

You may wish to speak with a qualified attorney before submitting a DMCA notice or counter-notification.

6. DMCA takedown notice

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of a copyright owner, and believe that content available on NailTeller infringes an exclusive copyright right, you may send a written DMCA takedown notice to NailTeller's designated DMCA agent.

To be effective, your notice must include substantially all of the following information:

  1. Your signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed. If your notice covers multiple copyrighted works located on NailTeller, you may provide a representative list of those works.
  3. Identification of the allegedly infringing material. A clear description of the material you want removed or disabled.
  4. The exact location of the material. Information reasonably sufficient for NailTeller to locate the material, such as the complete URL of each story, image, comment, profile, or page involved.
  5. Your contact information. Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  6. Your good-faith statement. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law.
  7. Your accuracy and authority statement. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

7. Suggested DMCA notice statement

You may include the following statements in your notice:

I have a good-faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material described in this notice is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law.

I state that the information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please sign and date your notice before submitting it.

8. Where to send a DMCA notice

Designated DMCA Agent
Agent name or position: [DMCA AGENT NAME OR POSITION]
Company: [NAILTELLER LEGAL ENTITY NAME]
Mailing address: [COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS]
Telephone: [DMCA TELEPHONE NUMBER]
Email: [DMCA EMAIL ADDRESS]

Please place “DMCA Copyright Notice” in the subject line of an email notice.

The contact information above is provided only for copyright and DMCA communications. Questions about accounts, privacy, stories, defamation, personal disputes, or general support should be sent through our Contact Support page.

Sending a complaint to another NailTeller email address, social media account, staff member, or reporting feature may delay its review and may not constitute delivery to NailTeller's designated DMCA agent.

9. Incomplete notices

A copyright complaint that does not include the information required by the DMCA may be incomplete or ineffective.

NailTeller may request additional information before taking action. NailTeller is not required to remove content based solely on a general statement that content was “copied” or “stolen” without enough information to identify the copyrighted work and locate the allegedly infringing material.

Providing screenshots alone may not be sufficient. Please provide the exact NailTeller URL whenever possible.

10. NailTeller's response to a notice

After receiving a substantially complete and valid DMCA notice, NailTeller may:

  • Review the notice and the identified content.
  • Remove or disable access to the disputed material.
  • Notify the user who submitted the material.
  • Provide the user with information about the complaint.
  • Record the complaint for repeat-infringer enforcement.
  • Request additional information from the complaining party.
  • Take any other action NailTeller considers appropriate.

Removal of content does not mean that NailTeller has determined that copyright infringement occurred.

NailTeller may act without first resolving disputes concerning ownership, authorization, licensing, or fair use.

11. Counter-notification

If content you submitted was removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice and you believe the removal resulted from a mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notification to NailTeller's designated DMCA agent.

A counter-notification is a legal request. Do not submit one unless you genuinely believe that the content was removed or disabled because of a mistake or misidentification.

To be effective, your counter-notification must include substantially all of the following:

  1. Your signature. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the removed material. A description of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal, including the original URL whenever available.
  3. Your statement under penalty of perjury. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your contact information. Your full legal name, mailing address, and telephone number.
  5. Your consent to federal court jurisdiction. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States Federal District Court for the judicial district where your address is located. If your address is outside the United States, you must consent to the jurisdiction of a federal judicial district in which NailTeller may be found.
  6. Your acceptance of service of process. A statement that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original DMCA notice or that person's authorized agent.

12. Suggested counter-notification statement

You may include the following statements in your counter-notification:

Under penalty of perjury, I have a good-faith belief that the material identified in this counter-notification was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.

I consent to the jurisdiction of the United States Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located. If my address is outside the United States, I consent to the jurisdiction of a federal judicial district in which NailTeller may be found.

I will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original DMCA notice or from that person's authorized agent.

Please sign and date your counter-notification and send it to the designated DMCA agent listed in this Policy.

13. What happens after a counter-notification

NailTeller may provide a copy of a valid counter-notification to the person who submitted the original DMCA notice.

NailTeller may inform that person that the removed material may be restored or access to it may be re-enabled after the waiting period required by applicable law.

Unless NailTeller's designated DMCA agent receives notice that the complaining party has filed a legal action seeking a court order concerning the disputed material, NailTeller may restore the material not fewer than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receiving a valid counter-notification.

NailTeller may choose not to restore material when the content independently violates our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, privacy requirements, or another NailTeller policy.

14. Sharing notice information

DMCA notices and counter-notifications are legal communications.

NailTeller may provide a copy of a notice or counter-notification, including the sender's name and contact information, to the person who submitted the disputed content, the original complaining party, NailTeller's service providers, legal advisers, courts, government authorities, or others when reasonably necessary to process the request or comply with law.

Do not include sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for processing your request.

By submitting a notice or counter-notification, you acknowledge that the information it contains may be disclosed as described in this Policy.

15. False or misleading claims

Do not knowingly make false statements or materially misrepresent that content is infringing or that content was removed by mistake.

A person who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a DMCA notice or counter-notification may be responsible for resulting damages, costs, and attorneys' fees under applicable law.

NailTeller may suspend or terminate accounts associated with fraudulent, abusive, threatening, or intentionally misleading copyright complaints.

16. Retractions and resolved disputes

If you submitted a DMCA notice and later decide to withdraw it, please send a written retraction to NailTeller's designated DMCA agent from the same email address used for the original notice whenever possible.

The retraction should:

  • Identify the original complaint.
  • Identify the material involved.
  • State clearly that you are withdrawing the complaint.
  • Include your physical or electronic signature.

If the parties resolve a copyright dispute directly, they should notify NailTeller in writing. NailTeller is not responsible for negotiating or resolving private disputes between users and copyright owners.

17. Repeat-infringer policy

NailTeller may maintain records of valid copyright complaints and may restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts belonging to users who repeatedly infringe copyrights.

Appropriate action will depend on the circumstances and may include:

  • Removing or disabling access to content.
  • Issuing warnings.
  • Restricting the ability to submit stories, comments, or images.
  • Temporarily suspending an account.
  • Permanently terminating an account.
  • Preventing the creation of replacement accounts.

NailTeller may also suspend or terminate an account after a single incident when the circumstances are serious, deliberate, abusive, or otherwise violate our policies.

NailTeller reserves the right to determine, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, whether a user should be treated as a repeat infringer.

18. Standard technical measures

To the extent required by applicable law, NailTeller accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works.

19. Other intellectual property complaints

The DMCA process described in this Policy is intended specifically for copyright complaints.

It should not be used for complaints involving:

  • Defamation or allegedly false statements.
  • Privacy or personal information.
  • Harassment, threats, or impersonation.
  • Trademark disputes.
  • Disagreements about a personal story.
  • Requests to remove truthful but unwanted information.
  • General customer service issues.

For these concerns, please use the appropriate reporting feature or visit our Contact Support page.

20. No legal advice

This Policy provides general information about NailTeller's copyright complaint process. It is not legal advice.

NailTeller does not represent either side of a copyright dispute and cannot provide legal advice to a complaining party or a user whose content has been removed.

Copyright law can be complex. You should consult a qualified attorney regarding your rights and obligations.

21. Relationship to other policies

This Copyright and DMCA Policy should be read together with:

NailTeller may remove or restrict content under any applicable policy, even when a submission does not qualify for removal under the DMCA.

22. Changes to this Policy

NailTeller may update this Policy when our services, procedures, or legal requirements change.

The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Your continued use of NailTeller after a revision means that you acknowledge the updated Policy.

23. Contact us

Copyright and DMCA notices must be sent to the designated DMCA agent listed in Section 8 of this Policy.

For questions that are not formal copyright notices, please visit our Contact Support page.