DMCA Notice and Takedown

Send DMCA takedown notices to:

Gabriel Dorta, Designated Agent
Melange AI
[mailing address — to be added after registration]
legal@hatchery.pet

Our designated agent is registered with the US Copyright Office.

Your notice must include all of the following, per 17 USC § 512(c)(3):

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed (or, if multiple works, a representative list).
• Identification of the material on hatchery.pet you claim is infringing — specifically, the URL or pet ID — with enough detail for us to locate it.
• Your contact information: name, address, telephone number, and email.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• 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.

Send the notice to legal@hatchery.pet. We respond within five business days.

When we receive a complete and valid DMCA notice:

• We remove or disable access to the identified content.
• We notify the user who uploaded the content that we've removed it and provide a copy of the notice.
• We give the uploader the opportunity to submit a counter-notice if they believe the takedown was in error.

If we receive a takedown notice that's incomplete or appears facially invalid, we'll ask the sender for the missing information before acting.

If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you can submit a counter-notice. Your counter-notice must include all of the following, per 17 USC § 512(g)(3):

• A physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and telephone number, plus a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court in your judicial district (or, if outside the US, any judicial district where hatchery.pet may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice.

Send counter-notices to legal@hatchery.pet. We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. If the complainant doesn't file a court action within 10 to 14 business days, we may restore the removed content.

We terminate accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyright. "Repeatedly" means two or more substantiated DMCA takedowns in any 12-month period, or one substantiated takedown for material the user already had a prior takedown for.

Termination is permanent. Account contents are removed; pets installed before termination remain installed in the buyer's Codex App.

Submitting a DMCA notice or counter-notice is a sworn legal statement. If you knowingly misrepresent the facts in either, you can be liable for damages — including legal fees — to anyone harmed by your false claim. Per 17 USC § 512(f).

This isn't a scare tactic. It's the law. If you're not sure your claim is valid, consult a lawyer before submitting.

If we change this policy, we update this page and the "Last updated" date.