Copyright policy

1. What people can post on Overhere

People can post text only: plan descriptions and venues, profile details and bios, notes on join requests, and group chat messages. Profile photos stay on the person's own device and are never uploaded, so nobody else sees them. The photos on plans are chosen by us from freely licensed sources, and each one is credited on the credits page.

2. Reporting copyright infringement

If you believe something on Overhere infringes your copyright, email a notice to our designated agent at admin@overhere.social with the subject "Copyright notice". If you use the app, you can also report a message or a person and choose "Copyright infringement", but a notice by email is the formal route. Your notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is fine), as the copyright owner or someone authorised to act for them.
2. The copyrighted work you believe is infringed (or, for several works, a representative list).
3. The material you believe is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it: the plan's title and date, the host's first name, or the chat and message, ideally with a screenshot.
4. Your name, postal address, phone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act for them.

Notices missing these details may not be valid, and we may ask you to complete them.

3. What we do with a notice

• We aim to reply within 24 hours and to remove or disable access to the material quickly, usually within 36 hours of a complete notice.
• We tell the person who posted it that it was removed, and give them a copy of the notice (we may remove your personal details from it).
• We keep a record of the notice, to apply our repeat infringer policy.

4. If your content was removed by mistake (counter-notice)

If you believe material you posted was removed by mistake or misidentification, email a counter-notice to admin@overhere.social with the subject "Copyright counter-notice". It must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. The material that was removed, and where it appeared before it was removed.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material was removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, postal address and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you're outside the United States, any judicial district in which Overhere may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice, or their agent.

We send a valid counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have started court action to stop the infringement, we may restore the material 10 to 14 business days after we receive the counter-notice.

5. Repeat infringers

We close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright. An account that is the subject of three valid notices that aren't successfully countered is permanently deleted, and we may close an account sooner for a clear or serious infringement. Someone whose account was closed for this reason may not create a new one.

6. False notices

Under US law (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. If you're not sure whether something infringes your rights, consider getting legal advice first.

7. Designated agent

Copyright notices and counter-notices go to our designated agent:

Overhere copyright agent
Email: admin@overhere.social

This address is only for copyright matters. For other questions, see our Terms.