DMCA Policy

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1. Overview

Movies on Comics respects the intellectual-property rights of others and expects users to do the same. We respond to clear and complete notices of alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of the United States and applicable international copyright law.

2. Filing a DMCA notice

If you believe that content on the Site infringes a copyright you own (or are authorized to act on behalf of), please send a written notice that contains substantially all of the following information:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed — including, where multiple works are involved, a representative list of the works
  3. The exact URL(s) on the Site where the allegedly infringing material is located, sufficient to permit us to locate it
  4. Your contact information: full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email address
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
  6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner

Send notices to:

DMCA Designated Agent
Movies on Comics
Email: contact@moviesoncomics.com (Subject line: DMCA Notice)

3. What happens after a valid notice

Upon receipt of a complete, good-faith DMCA notice that meets all of the elements above, we will promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and notify the editorial team responsible for the page. We may also notify the visitor who reads or hosts the content of the action taken.

4. Counter-notification

If you believe content was wrongly removed under a DMCA notice, you may file a counter-notification containing:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature
  2. Identification of the material that was removed and the URL where it had appeared
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification
  4. Your full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email address
  5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court of the applicable jurisdiction and will accept service of process from the party who filed the original notice

Send counter-notifications to contact@moviesoncomics.com (Subject line: DMCA Counter-Notification).

5. False or bad-faith claims

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that material was removed by mistake — may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer or the service provider. Please file notices in good faith only.

6. Repeat infringers

It is our policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the editorial relationship with contributors who are repeat infringers.

7. Editorial fair-use position

Movies on Comics publishes original editorial commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly analysis of comic-book cinema. Our use of franchise names, character names, film titles, and brief factual references is intended to fall squarely within the doctrines of nominative fair use, fair comment, and fair use as recognized under 17 U.S.C. § 107 and analogous international law. If you have concerns about a specific page, we encourage you to contact us directly before filing a formal DMCA notice — many concerns are resolved by editorial discussion.