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Copyright Policy

Last updated November 8, 2026

notfiction respects the rights of copyright owners and expects users to do the same. We respond to notices of claimed infringement under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and similar laws.

News headlines and previews

notfiction collects headlines, short summaries, links and preview images that publishers distribute through their public RSS feeds, shows them with attribution, and links to the original article. If you're a publisher and want your feed removed, or want specific items taken down, send a request through the contact page. We'll honor it.

Reporting infringement

If you believe content on notfiction infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to act for, send a notice through the contact page with the topic "Copyright". Your notice must include:

  1. your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name works);
  2. a description of the copyrighted work you believe was infringed;
  3. the URL of each item on notfiction you want removed;
  4. your name, mailing address, phone number and email address;
  5. a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the 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 the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

We may share your notice, including your name, with the person who posted the content. Sending a notice that knowingly misrepresents that something is infringing can make you liable for damages.

Counter-notices

If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake or that you had the right to post it, you can send a counter-notice through the contact page. It must include:

  1. your physical or electronic signature;
  2. a description of what was removed and where it appeared;
  3. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification;
  4. your name, address and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your address (or, if you're outside the US, any judicial district where notfiction may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the content after 10 to 14 business days unless the original sender tells us they've filed a lawsuit.

Repeat infringers

We ban the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyright, where appropriate.