DMCA & Copyright Policy

GenZHook complies with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and analogous regimes (EU Copyright Directive Art. 17, UK CDPA). We respond promptly to valid notices and maintain a repeat-infringer policy. Account termination, content removal, or feature suspension under this policy gives rise to no refund, credit-back, or compensation of any kind. The Owner's Universal Reservation of Rights — Terms of Service section 1.1, the Authorized-Use License in section 1.2, the Benefits Reservation in section 1.3, the Dynamic Pricing & FX clause in section 1.4, the Comprehensive Owner Protections in section 18, and the No-Refund Policy are incorporated into this DMCA & Copyright Policy in full.

0. Owner's Reservation of Rights — Enforcement & Procedure

The Owner reserves the absolute, exclusive, and unfettered discretion, with or without prior notice and without liability, to: (a) determine whether any notice, counter-notice, or claim is valid, complete, made in good faith, or abusive; (b) take additional or different action — including suspension, termination of the account, removal of additional content, or restriction of features — independent of any DMCA outcome; (c) modify, restructure, or replace any procedure, contact channel, response time, or repeat-infringer rule in this policy at any time, with effect upon posting; (d) refuse, withdraw, claw back, or discontinue any feature, plan, integration, price, fee, FX rate, credit weight, quota, discount, coupon, voucher, gift, free credits, bonus credits, referral reward, affiliate commission, or any other benefit — partially or fully — at any time; and (e) suspend, restrict, or terminate any user, account, organization, or third-party at any time with or without cause. You waive any claim to refund, pro-rated credit, or compensation arising from any action taken under this policy or the Universal Reservation of Rights, except where applicable mandatory law provides otherwise.

1. Designated Agent

DMCA Designated Agent — GenZHook
Email: dmca@genzhook.com
Postal: address provided on request at the same email.
(Registered with the U.S. Copyright Office Directory of Agents.)

2. Submitting a Takedown Notice

Your notice must include all of the following (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

1. Physical or electronic signature of the rights-holder or authorized agent.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed (or a representative list for multi-work notices).
3. Identification of the allegedly-infringing material with enough detail to locate it (URL, post ID, screenshot).
4. Your contact information: name, address, phone, email.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the owner, agent, or law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act.

3. Counter-Notice

If your content was removed and you believe in good faith it was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice including the elements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), including your consent to jurisdiction of a U.S. federal court. We will forward it to the claimant and may restore the content 10–14 business days later unless a lawsuit is filed.

4. Misrepresentation & Abuse

Knowingly false notices or counter-notices are subject to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). We will refuse, reject, and if necessary pursue damages for abusive filings. Fair-use, parody, commentary, and educational use are legitimate defenses we consider.

5. Repeat Infringers

Accounts receiving three substantiated strikes within a rolling 12-month window will be terminated and ineligible for reinstatement for at least 12 months.

6. Non-U.S. Rights-Holders

We honor equivalent notices under EU, UK, Canadian, and Australian copyright regimes. Include a statement of applicable jurisdiction and cite the law under which you claim rights.

7. AI-Generated Content

AI outputs may resemble existing works. If you believe an AI-generated output infringes your copyright, file a notice under this policy. We will investigate and, where appropriate, adjust moderation rules to prevent recurrence. Training-data-based claims must be addressed to the upstream model provider; we do not train models on user data (see AI Training).