1. We respect copyright
PornVerdict respects the intellectual property of others and expects the same of everyone who uses the site. We respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and with equivalent laws in other countries.
2. What is on PornVerdict
We do not host, upload, stream or distribute videos, photo sets or any other adult content. The site consists of our own original reviews, scores and rankings, the names and logos of reviewed websites used to identify them, reduced and censored screenshots of public homepages used for review and criticism, and hyperlinks to third party websites. In most cases the copyrighted works complained about are not on our servers at all but on a linked third party website, which we do not control (see section 9).
3. Copyright agent
Send notifications of claimed infringement to our copyright agent:
Copyright Agent, PornVerdict
Email: [email protected]
Email is the fastest way to reach us. Please write in English and put "DMCA notice" in the subject line.
4. How to send a takedown notice
Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A), a notice must be a written communication that includes substantially the following:
- a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on their behalf;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed, or a representative list if several works are covered by one notice;
- identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with the exact URL(s) on pornverdict.com, so that we can locate it;
- your contact information: name, postal address, telephone number and email address;
- a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;
- a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Notices that do not substantially comply may not be processed, though we will usually tell you what is missing (§ 512(c)(3)(B)).
5. What happens after a notice
- We review valid notices promptly, normally within 2 business days, and remove or disable access to the identified material where appropriate.
- For screenshots and logos, we usually replace the image with a neutral placeholder. Our written review and score may remain, because they are our original work and opinion.
- Where a notice concerns material provided by someone else, we take reasonable steps to notify them and give them the chance to send a counter notice (§ 512(g)(2)).
- We may forward a copy of the notice, with personal contact details removed where appropriate, to the person affected, and may share it with transparency projects such as Lumen (lumendatabase.org).
6. Counter notice
If you believe material was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter notice to our copyright agent under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) including:
- your 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 that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification;
- your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or their agent.
After receiving a valid counter notice, we forward it to the original complainant and may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the complainant informs us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement (§ 512(g)(2)(C)).
7. Repeat infringers
In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A), we will, in appropriate circumstances, stop listing, linking to or doing business with any person, partner or website that is found to be a repeat infringer. We also refuse to list websites that we believe exist mainly to distribute pirated or leaked content.
8. False or abusive notices
Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Copyright notices may not be used to suppress honest criticism or negative reviews; we will reject such notices and may publish them.
9. Notices about linked websites
Links on PornVerdict point to the homepages of independent websites. As an information location tool, we follow the procedure in 17 U.S.C. § 512(d): if you identify a link on our site that leads to infringing material, we will review it and remove or disable the link where appropriate. However, removing our link does not remove your content from the internet. To get infringing content taken down, please also contact the website hosting it and its hosting provider. You can usually find their DMCA contact on the website itself.
10. Notices from the EU and UK
We accept notices from rights holders anywhere in the world. Rights holders in the EU and UK may send a notice with the same information as in section 4 (a sworn statement is not required; a statement of good faith is). We handle these in line with Article 14 of the E-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC, Articles 6 and 16 of the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) and the UK Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002. Under the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, providing a hyperlink to works freely available elsewhere with the right holder's consent is not a communication to a new public (Svensson, C-466/12), while knowingly linking to unlawfully published content may be (GS Media, C-160/15). That is why we remove links promptly when we are told that they lead to infringing content.
11. Trademark and other rights
For trademark, privacy, personality rights, non consensual intimate imagery or any other non copyright complaint, use our Report & Content Removal page.