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DMCA Takedown Policy

Last updated: 2026-06-29

HashtagPLUS (“we,” “us,” or “our”), operator of HashtagPLUS at hashtagplus.com (the “Service”), respects the intellectual-property rights of others and responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA,” 17 U.S.C. § 512). HashtagPLUS is currently operated by an individual and is not yet incorporated.

What the Service hosts. HashtagPLUS lets users submit links and captions and post comments. For submitted links, the Service automatically fetches the linked page and stores an extracted title, excerpt, and metadata, and it ingests items from public RSS/Atom feeds. Because we store and display user-submitted links and crawled excerpts/metadata, we provide the process below for rights holders to request removal of allegedly infringing material that appears on the Service.

1. Designated Copyright Agent

[DMCA agent registration pending] — Our DMCA designated agent has not yet been registered. Until registration is complete, send DMCA notices to the interim notice address below:

HashtagPLUS — DMCA Notices (interim)
[email protected]

Important: A designated agent must be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Directory before we can rely on the DMCA safe harbor under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c). This registration is pending and will be completed before launch; this section will be updated with the registered agent’s details once available.

2. How to File a Takedown Notice

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your written notice to the designated agent above must include all of 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, a representative list).
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed, with enough detail to let us locate it — for example, the specific URL(s) on hashtagplus.com (post, comment, or page) and a description of the material.
  4. Your contact information: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. 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.
  6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Note on linked content. Much of what appears on the Service is a user-submitted link to a third-party site plus a short excerpt. If the allegedly infringing material is hosted on another site, you may also need to contact that site or its host. We can remove the link, excerpt, and metadata that appear on the Service.

3. Our Response

Upon receiving a valid notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the identified material, and we will make a reasonable effort to notify the user who submitted it. Incomplete notices may delay our response; we may contact you for the missing information.

4. Counter-Notification

If you believe your material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notification to the designated agent. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), it must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location at which it appeared before removal.
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have 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 outside the U.S., any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice (or their agent).

Upon receiving a valid counter-notification, we may forward it to the original complainant and inform them that we may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless they notify us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

5. Repeat-Infringer Policy

We will, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, disable or terminate the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers. We may also remove content and limit features for accounts subject to repeated valid takedown notices.

6. Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. Please do not make false claims.

7. Contact

For copyright matters, use the designated agent (or interim notice address) in Section 1. For other questions about this policy: [email protected].