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Copyright &DMCA Policy

We publish our own writing and our own illustrations, so infringement should be rare — but if something here is yours, here is exactly how to get it dealt with.

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Fox Hut publishes original writing, original illustrations and original infographics. We do not host books, photograph libraries or user-uploaded media, so there is very little scope for infringing material to appear here — but mistakes are possible, and we take them seriously.

Where we quote published research or describe a figure from a paper, we do so briefly, for commentary, criticism, research and teaching, and we cite the source. If you hold rights in material that appears on the Site and you believe it is used unlawfully, this page tells you how to have it removed.

We respond to clear and complete notices of alleged copyright infringement, consistent with the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and with UK and EU copyright law.

How to file a takedown notice

Send your notice to the designated contact below. To be effective it should include substantially all of the following:

What your notice must contain

  1. Your signature — physical or electronic — as the rights holder or someone authorised to act for them.
  2. Identification of the work you say has been infringed. If several works are involved, a representative list is fine.
  3. Identification of the material on our Site, with enough detail for us to find it — ideally the exact URL and where on the page it appears.
  4. Your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
  5. A good-faith statement that the use is not authorised by you, your agent or the law.
  6. A statement of accuracy, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.

Send to: Copyright contact, Fox Hut — contact@foxhut.online, with "Copyright notice" in the subject line.

One caution: knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing can carry liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), including damages and legal costs. Please check first whether the use might be permitted — as fair use, fair dealing for criticism, review, quotation or research, or because the material is not in fact yours.

What we do when we receive a notice

  1. We acknowledge the notice, normally within a few working days.
  2. We review the material ourselves. Because we publish our own work rather than hosting other people's uploads, we can usually resolve a claim without any procedural back-and-forth.
  3. Where there is any legitimate doubt, we remove or disable access to the material while we look into it.
  4. If material was supplied by a third party, we make a good-faith effort to notify them so that they can respond.
  5. We keep a record of notices received and the action taken.

Counter-notice

If material you supplied was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice containing:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • Identification of the removed material and the URL where it appeared.
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification.
  • Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court and to accept service from the person who filed the original notice.

Where the DMCA applies, we may restore the material no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receiving a valid counter-notice, unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringers

In appropriate circumstances we will remove material and restrict access for anyone who repeatedly infringes copyright.

If you think we have got the facts wrong

Copyright is not the only reason to contact us about an article, and it is not the most common one. If a claim is misattributed, a study is described inaccurately, or a figure has been misread, that is a correction rather than a copyright matter — and we would rather hear about it. Email us and we will check it against the source and fix it, with the article's “last checked” date updated to reflect the change.

Trademark and other concerns

This page covers copyright. For trademark, privacy, defamation or any other concern, email contact@foxhut.online describing the issue and we will respond.

Changes

We may update this policy; the date at the top changes when we do.