DMCA & Content Removal Policy

⚠️ AI-generated draft — must be reviewed by a lawyer before publishing. This document was drafted by an AI assistant as a starting point only. It is not legal advice and must be reviewed and approved by a qualified lawyer before publication. In particular, a lawyer should confirm whether formal DMCA designated-agent registration with the U.S. Copyright Office is appropriate given the site's sourcing model (see Section 1).

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Our commitment to creators

Prompt Bank exists because creators share amazing work publicly — a prompt, paired with the image or video it produced. We built this library by curating that publicly shared content, and we credit every creator by name or handle next to their work.

We know that being included in a library you didn't submit yourself can feel uncomfortable, even when we've tried to credit you accurately. If you are the creator of a prompt or example image/clip on Prompt Bank, or you hold rights to it, you can ask us to remove it, correct it, or fix your attribution — no questions asked, and no legal paperwork required to get started. This page explains how.

1. How This Policy Works

Because Prompt Bank curates and re-hosts content ourselves (rather than hosting content that users upload directly to us), we do not operate as a "user-generated content" platform in the way that DMCA Section 512 safe-harbor provisions are designed for. We are not claiming DMCA safe-harbor protection here. Instead, we are committing — as a matter of policy, and as the party responsible for what appears on Prompt Bank — to a fast, good-faith removal and correction process that goes beyond what the law strictly requires of us. We still use "DMCA-style" formal notice terminology in Section 3 for requesters who prefer or need a formal copyright notice (for example, for their own recordkeeping), but you do not need to use formal legal language to get content removed — see Section 2.

2. Simple Path: Request Removal or Correction (No Legal Language Needed)

If any of the following applies to you, you can request action on your content:

• You created the prompt and/or example image/clip shown on Prompt Bank, and you want it removed.
• Your name or handle is attached to content you didn't create, or your attribution is wrong, misspelled, or outdated (e.g., you changed your handle).
• You want your work removed even if you're not asserting a copyright claim — for example, you've since deleted the original post, you no longer want it associated with AI content, or you simply changed your mind.
• You believe content was posted originally without the creator's permission (e.g., someone reposted another creator's prompt/output as their own, and it made its way into our library).

How to submit a request

Send us:

1. Your name and, if applicable, the creator handle/username associated with the content.
2. A link to the specific Prompt Bank page(s) containing the content (or a clear description/screenshot if you can't find a direct link).
3. What you'd like us to do: remove the content entirely, correct the attribution, or something else.
4. A brief statement of your relationship to the content (e.g., "I am the creator," "this is my handle," "I am the creator's authorized representative").
5. How to reach you (email address) so we can confirm once it's handled.

Submit your request via:

• Web form: [removal request form link — placeholder]
• Email: [contact email]

We do not require a sworn legal statement, a lawyer, or formal DMCA notice language for this simple path. We review these requests in good faith and err on the side of the creator.

Our commitment

• We will acknowledge your request within [2 business days — placeholder].
• We will remove or correct the flagged content within [5 business days — placeholder] of acknowledging a valid, good-faith request, absent unusual circumstances (e.g., we need more information to identify the content).
• If we need more information to locate or verify the content, we will tell you promptly what we need.
• We will not require you to justify why you want your own content removed. If it's yours, we'll take it down.

3. Formal Copyright (DMCA-Style) Notice

If you prefer to submit a formal copyright infringement notice — for example, because you want a documented legal record, or because content was used in a way you believe requires a formal claim — you may submit a notice containing the following information, modeled on the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

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(s) claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it (e.g., a URL to the Prompt Bank page).
4. Your contact information — address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Send formal notices to: [DMCA agent name / role — placeholder] [Company legal name] [address] [contact email]

[Placeholder — if you register a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory, list the registration details here and confirm with counsel whether registration is advisable given the site's sourcing model.]

Upon receipt of a valid formal notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the identified material.

4. Counter-Notice

If content you posted or are otherwise responsible for was removed as a result of a copyright claim, and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice containing:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and its location on the Service before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in [judicial district — placeholder] (or applicable court in [Jurisdiction]), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice.

Send counter-notices to the same contact as formal notices (Section 3). Because Prompt Bank's content is curated and re-hosted by us rather than uploaded by third-party users, we will review counter-notices on a case-by-case basis and are not bound by the statutory "put-back" timeline that applies to hosting-platform safe harbors; we will, however, respond and communicate our decision to you.

5. Repeat Infringer / Repeat Source Handling

Where content sourced from a particular original creator or original posting account is repeatedly the subject of valid, substantiated infringement claims from a third party (i.e., where the original public post we sourced from is later shown to have infringed someone else's rights), we will:

• Remove the specific flagged content promptly.
• Review other content sourced from the same original post/account for similar issues.
• Decline to source further content from that original creator/account going forward, at our discretion.

This is separate from, and does not affect, Section 2's simple removal path for creators who simply want their own content taken down.

6. Corrections Short of Removal

Not every request needs to result in full removal. Common corrections we can make quickly include:

• Fixing a misspelled name or outdated handle.
• Adding attribution that was missing or unclear.
• Updating a credit if you've rebranded or changed your public handle.
• Adding a note that a prompt/example was adapted or modified from the original post, if applicable.

Use the same contact channels in Section 2 for corrections — you don't need to frame these as legal claims.

7. Good Faith and Misuse

We ask that requests be submitted in good faith. Knowingly submitting false or fraudulent removal requests — for example, falsely claiming to be a creator you are not — may result in us declining to act on future requests from the same source and, where a formal legal notice is involved, may expose the requester to liability under applicable law.

8. No Guarantee, and Our Discretion

We aim to honor all good-faith creator requests under Section 2 without friction. In rare cases involving disputed ownership, conflicting claims from multiple parties, or requests that are unclear or unverifiable, we may ask follow-up questions before acting, or make a discretionary judgment call. We will always try to communicate our reasoning if we are unable to fully grant a request.

9. Contact

For any removal, correction, or attribution request, or questions about this policy:

Email: [contact email] Removal request form: [removal request form link — placeholder] Mailing address: [address]

This policy is a template draft and does not constitute legal advice. It must be reviewed by a qualified attorney — particularly regarding DMCA designated-agent registration, safe-harbor eligibility analysis, and the enforceability of the informal removal process described above — before publication.