DMCA & Copyright Policy

Effective date: October 7, 2026

Last updated: October 7, 2026

VeryRite respects the intellectual property rights of creators and expects everyone who contributes to or comments on veryrite.com (the “Site”) to do the same. This policy explains how to tell us about content you believe infringes your copyright, and how we respond.

VeryRite is based in Ontario, Canada, so our primary legal framework is the Canadian Copyright Act. Because many rights holders are familiar with the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), we also accept notices in DMCA format. This page explains both systems and how we handle each.

1. Where to Send Copyright Notices

Please send all copyright notices and counter-notices by email to our designated copyright contact:

Email: [email protected]

Please use the subject line “Copyright Notice” or “Counter-Notice”. Sending notices to this address ensures they are handled promptly. Notices sent to other addresses may be delayed.

2. How Copyright Complaints Work in Canada: Notice-and-Notice

Canada does not use the “notice-and-takedown” system found in the United States. Instead, the Copyright Act establishes a “notice-and-notice” regime for intermediaries that provide network services or host content uploaded by others. Under this regime:

• a copyright owner may send a notice of claimed infringement to the intermediary;
• the intermediary forwards the notice electronically to the person who posted the content, and tells the copyright owner that the notice has been forwarded (or, if it could not be forwarded, why not);
• the intermediary keeps records that would allow the person to be identified for a period set out in the law, in case the copyright owner commences legal proceedings; and
• the intermediary is not required by the notice-and-notice regime itself to remove the content. Removal can be ordered by a court.

Requirements for a Canadian notice

To be valid under the Copyright Act, a notice of claimed infringement must be in writing and must:

1. state the claimant’s name and address and any other particulars that allow communication with the claimant;
2. identify the work or other subject matter to which the claimed infringement relates;
3. state the claimant’s interest or right with respect to the copyright in the work;
4. specify the location data for the electronic location to which the claimed infringement relates, such as the full URL of the page;
5. specify the infringement that is claimed; and
6. specify the date and time of the commission of the claimed infringement.

Under amendments made to the Copyright Act in 2018, a notice must not contain an offer to settle the claimed infringement, a request or demand for payment or for personal information in relation to the claimed infringement, or a reference (including a hyperlink) to such an offer, request or demand. We are not required to forward notices that include this content, and we will not do so.

How we apply notice-and-notice

Where VeryRite hosts content posted by others, such as reader comments, we will forward a compliant notice to the person who posted the content using the email address associated with the comment, inform the claimant that we have done so, and retain the required records as the law requires. We will not disclose the poster’s identity to the claimant except with the poster’s consent or under a court order.

As a publisher, we also go further than the minimum required by law. We review every compliant notice, and where we conclude that material on the Site infringes copyright, we will remove or disable access to it, replace it, or add proper attribution or licensing, as appropriate.

3. Notices Under the US DMCA

If you prefer, you may send a notice in the format described in section 512(c)(3) of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We will treat a DMCA-format notice as a request to review the identified material and, where it is valid and the claim appears well founded, we will remove or disable access to the material expeditiously. A DMCA notice must include:

1. a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of them;
3. identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it, such as the specific URL;
4. your contact information, including your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address;
5. a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
6. a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Before sending a notice, please consider whether the use may be permitted, for example under fair dealing in Canada (which includes research, private study, education, parody, satire, criticism, review and news reporting) or fair use in the United States. Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing may expose you to liability.

4. Counter-Notices

If material you posted or provided has been removed or disabled and you believe this was the result of a mistake or misidentification, or that you have the right to use the material, you may send a counter-notice to [email protected]. A counter-notice should include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location at which it appeared before removal;
3. 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;
4. your name, address, telephone number and email address; and
5. for DMCA counter-notices, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court as provided by the DMCA (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which VeryRite may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or their agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice, we will send a copy to the original claimant. Unless the claimant tells us that they have started legal proceedings seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringement, we may restore the material, generally within 10 to 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice.

5. Repeat Infringers

We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, block commenting privileges, close customer accounts or refuse future contributions from any person who repeatedly posts or submits infringing material. We also do not work with contributors who are found to have submitted plagiarized or infringing work.

6. Our Own Content and Images

The VeryRite editorial team takes care to use images, quotations and other material that we have created ourselves, licensed, or are entitled to use under fair dealing or with the rights holder’s permission, with appropriate credit. If you believe we have used your work without permission or without correct attribution, please contact us. In many cases a simple credit correction or licence resolves the issue quickly, and we are always happy to fix genuine mistakes.

7. Using VeryRite Content

Content published on the Site is protected by copyright. The ways you may share and quote our work are described in our Terms & Conditions. To request permission to republish VeryRite content, email [email protected].

8. Personal Information in Notices

Information contained in copyright notices and counter-notices may be shared with the person who posted the material, as described above, and is otherwise handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in the law or our practices. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.