DMCA Copyright Policy
Provider: Green Screen Memes
Effective date: November 2, 2026
1. Our Commitment
Green Screen Memes (“we”) operates Green Screen Memes (the app, greenscreenmemes.app, greenscreenmemes.com, our web editor, and our API). We respect the intellectual property rights of others and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512. This page is our published copyright policy. It explains how to report infringing content, what we do when we receive a report, how to dispute a removal, and our repeat-infringer policy — which we actually enforce.
Our protections run in both directions: we act quickly on valid takedown notices, and we restore content when the counter-notice process in § 512(g) says we should.
2. Designated Copyright Agent
All copyright notices and counter-notices for Green Screen Memes should be directed to our designated agent:
Copyright Agent
Email: [email protected]
Email is the fastest route and is monitored on business days. Our designated agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office; the contact information above matches that registration. The agent is designated for copyright matters only — for other support, please use our Contact page: https://greenscreenmemes.com/contact/
3. How to Report Copyright Infringement
— or fill out this form —
Send a written notice to the designated agent containing all of the following, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):
(a) Your signature — a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or of a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf;
(b) The work infringed — identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works at one location are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works;
(c) The infringing material and where it is — identification of the material claimed to be infringing (or the subject of infringing activity) that is to be removed or disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to let us find it — for example, the template name or ID and the URL where it appears in the app, on our websites, or in our API;
(d) How to reach you — your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
(e) Good-faith statement — 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; and
(f) Accuracy statement — a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
4. What We Do When We Receive a Notice — Our Commitments
When we receive a notice that substantially complies with Section 3:
(a) Acknowledgment. We will acknowledge receipt by email within seven (7) days.
(b) Removal. We will remove or disable access to the identified material within seven (7) days of the valid notice — and sooner where we can.
(c) Uploader notification. We will promptly notify the user or creator who supplied the material that it has been removed, and provide them with a copy of the notice (personal contact details of the complainant may be handled as permitted by law).
(d) Record. Every notice, the action taken, and the timestamps are entered into our takedown log, which we retain as part of our compliance records.
(e) API propagation. Material removed from the Service is also reflected in our API’s removal feed (/v1/removed), so API licensees stop distributing it as well.
Incomplete notices. If a notice is missing required elements, it may not trigger the timelines above. We will make reasonable efforts to contact the sender and explain what is missing. Even for an incomplete notice, if the material is plainly identifiable, we may act on it at our discretion.
Other delivery methods. Notices sent to addresses other than the designated agent (including general support inboxes or social media accounts) may be delayed. Always copy the designated agent at [email protected]
5. Counter-Notices — Disputing a Removal
If your content was removed or disabled because of a takedown notice and you believe the removal resulted from a mistake or misidentification — for example, because you own the material or hold a license for it — you may send our designated agent a counter-notice containing all of the following, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3):
(a) Your signature — your physical or elecronic signature;
(b) What was removed and where it was — identification of the material that was removed or disabled, and the location (URL or in-app location) where it appeared before removal;
(c) Statement under penalty of perjury — 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 of the material;
(d) Your identity and jurisdiction consent — your name, mailing address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the takedown notice (or their agent).
What happens next. We will promptly forward your counter-notice to the original complainant. Unless the complainant notifies our designated agent that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the material, we will restore the removed material no earlier than ten (10) and no later than fourteen (14) business days after we receive your counter-notice.
Know the stakes before you counter-notice. A counter-notice is a sworn legal statement, and it discloses your identity to the complainant. Do not use it for material you know you have no right to use. Misrepresentations in a counter-notice carry liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) (see Section 7).
6. Repeat-Infringer Policy
We maintain and enforce a policy for terminating repeat infringers, as § 512(i) requires. Strikes are recorded against accounts on the basis of takedown notices that result in removal:
(a) First strike — the material is removed and the account holder receives a written warning identifying the removed material and this policy;
(b) Second strike — the material is removed, the account holder receives a final written warning, and the account is temporarily suspended (including suspension of upload and submission privileges);
(c) Third strike — the account is terminated, and the account holder is prohibited from creating new accounts to use the Service.
A strike is cleared from an account if the removal is reversed through a successful counter-notice under Section 5, or if the underlying notice is withdrawn by the complainant. Separately, we may terminate an account immediately, without strikes, for a single act of flagrant infringement (for example, re-uploading material that was already removed under this policy, or mass-uploading content the uploader plainly has no rights to).
This policy is implemented in our account systems, our strike records are maintained, and terminations under it are carried out in practice — it is not a paper policy.
7. Misrepresentation Warning
Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing — or that material was removed by mistake or misidentification — is liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the injured party. Before sending a notice or counter-notice, make sure you hold the rights you claim and that your statements are true.
8. Other Intellectual-Property and Rights Complaints
Trademark, publicity, and privacy complaints. The DMCA covers copyright only. If you believe content in the Service infringes your trademark, uses your name or likeness in violation of your right of publicity, or violates your privacy, contact our designated agent at [email protected] with: your name and contact information; the right you hold and proof of it (for example, a trademark registration number); the material at issue and a description of the violation. We review such complaints under the same acknowledgment and action commitments as Section 4, and we remove material that violates our Terms of Service.
Identifiable people in advertising. Our Materials License prohibits using any template featuring an identifiable person in advertising without a release. If your likeness appears in our Service’s own advertising or store listings and you did not authorize it, contact the agent above and we will act promptly.
9. A Few Clarifications
(a) No duty to monitor. We do not affirmatively monitor the Service for infringing activity, and nothing in this policy creates such a duty. Our commitments in Section 4 apply when a valid notice is received.
(b) No legal advice. This page explains our procedures; it is not legal advice about your rights. Consider consulting an attorney before sending a notice or counter-notice.
(c) Standard technical measures. We accommodate and do not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to identify or protect works, consistent with § 512(i).
(d) Changes. If this policy changes, we will post the updated version here and update the designated-agent information with the Copyright Office whenever agent details change.
Copyright Agent — Email: [email protected]
