Copyright and DMCA Policy

1. Before sending a notice

Only send a copyright notice if you own the copyright or are authorized to act for the owner. Consider whether the disputed use may be licensed or protected by an exception such as fair use. Misrepresenting that material is infringing may create legal liability.

The in-product report tool sends content reports to Bubble moderators. Copyright notices must instead go to the designated agent below.

2. Notice of claimed infringement

Send a written notice containing all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed. If one notice covers multiple works on ThinkBub, provide a representative list.
3. Identification of the material you believe is infringing and enough information for us to locate it, preferably the exact ThinkBub URL for each item.
4. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the complained-of use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act for the owner of an exclusive right allegedly infringed.

Send the notice to:

Designated DMCA agent: Tone Soprone
Service provider: thinkbub LLC, doing business as ThinkBub
Address: 502 W 7th St, Suite 100, Erie, PA 16502-1333
Telephone: (302) 319-2903
Email: [email protected]

Incomplete notices may delay our response. We may send your notice, including your contact information, to the user who posted the material and may otherwise disclose it as required by law.

3. What happens after a notice

We may remove or restrict access to material after receiving a valid notice and may notify the affected user. We may also forward the notice to that user. Removal does not mean we have decided that infringement occurred.

4. Counter-notice

If your material was removed or restricted because of a mistake or misidentification, you may send our designated agent a written counter-notice containing all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed or restricted and the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or restricted because of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, mailing address, and telephone number.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district containing your address—or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which ThinkBub may be found—and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or that person's agent.

Send the counter-notice to the designated agent listed above.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may send it to the original claimant. Unless the claimant tells us within 10 business days that they filed a court action seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity, we may restore the material no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after forwarding the counter-notice, at our discretion and as provided by law.

5. Repeat infringers

In appropriate circumstances, ThinkBub may terminate accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyright. We may also limit or terminate accounts for a single serious infringement, abuse of the notice process, or other violations of our Terms.

6. Other intellectual-property concerns

The DMCA process is for copyright claims. For trademark, impersonation, or other rights concerns, contact [email protected] with the relevant URLs and a clear explanation of the issue.