Copyright & DMCA

Creators keep the copyright in their work. If something here infringes yours, tell us and we act.

Where to send it

By email is best — it reaches us fastest and we answer from there: dmca@lalalust.com. Better still, use the notice form, which makes sure nothing is missing.

Formal service by post is possible at our registered address:

1. Sending a notice

Use the notice form. It asks for exactly what the law requires and nothing more, so nothing has to be asked twice and no deadline is lost waiting for a missing line. You do not need an account.

A valid notice contains all of the following, and the form collects each one:

• Identification of the work you say is infringed.
• The exact address of the page or file on lalalust.
• Your name, postal address and email.
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the rights holder, an agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.
• Your signature — typed is fine.

You will get a confirmation link by email. Your notice reaches a person once you click it — that step exists so that nobody can file a notice in your name. We then send you a reference number and keep you informed either way, including if we decide not to act.

You can still write to dmca@lalalust.com instead. We read it. It usually takes longer, because we have to come back to you for whatever is missing.

We normally act within 48 hours, often faster. Nothing is removed automatically. A person looks at every notice, because automatic removal is an open invitation to clear a competitor off a platform with a form — and the creators here have earned better than that.

Content plainly published without the consent of the person depicted is the one exception: it comes down immediately, it does not go through this form, and we do not require you to prove ownership first — write to abuse@lalalust.com.

2. If your content was removed and you think that was wrong

You get the reference number with the removal notice. Open lalalust.com/dmca/counter/<reference> while signed in, or write to the address above. A counter-notice needs the item, why you believe it was removed in error, your contact details including a postal address, consent to jurisdiction, and a statement under penalty of perjury.

Be aware that your name and address go to the complainant. The law requires it and we cannot do it any other way. If they do not start legal proceedings within 10 to 14 business days, the content is restored.

3. Repeat infringers

Accounts that infringe repeatedly are terminated. We keep a record of every notice, of what was decided, and of who decided it. Only confirmed notices that actually led to a removal count towards that — a notice on its own is not an infringement, or anyone could weigh down an account just by filing one.

4. False notices

A knowingly false notice is itself unlawful and can make you liable for the other side's damages and costs. Please be sure before you send one.