Effective date: July 4, 2026. This policy explains how Humour Closet handles copyright complaints under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) — how a copyright owner can ask us to remove infringing material, how someone can dispute a removal, and what happens to people who infringe repeatedly.
Our commitment to respecting copyright
Humour Closet Media, Inc. ("Humour Closet," "we," "us," "our") respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask everyone who uses our site and channels to do the same. When you submit a video to Humour Closet, you promise us that you personally recorded it and are its sole creator, and that it does not infringe anyone else's rights. Those promises (called "warranties") are set out in our Terms of Submission and our Terms of Service. In short: if you did not create a video and do not own the rights to it, do not submit it.
We respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512). This page explains how to send us such a notice and what it must contain. Please read it carefully before acting.
Designated Copyright Agent
We have designated a Copyright Agent to receive notices of claimed infringement. Send all copyright complaints and counter-notifications to:
- Copyright Agent, Humour Closet Media, Inc.
- Email: copyright@humourcloset.com
Please use this address only for copyright and DMCA matters. For general legal questions, contact legal@humourcloset.com; for privacy questions, contact privacy@humourcloset.com.
How to file a DMCA takedown notice
If you own a copyright (or are authorized to act for the owner) and you believe material on the Humour Closet website or on our brand's channels infringes that copyright, you may send us a written notice. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following:
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If your complaint covers several works on our site, you may provide a representative list.
- Identification of the infringing material and enough information for us to find it — for example, the URL on humourcloset.com, or a link to the specific video on our YouTube channel (@HumorCloset) — so we can locate and review it.
- Your contact information, including your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address, so we (and, where appropriate, the person who submitted the material) can reach you.
- A good-faith statement that you believe in good faith that the use of the material in the way complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
- Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name in an emailed notice counts as an electronic signature).
Send your completed notice to copyright@humourcloset.com. Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, anyone who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. If you are unsure whether a use is actually infringing (for example, because it may be fair use), you may wish to consult a lawyer first.
What we do after receiving a valid notice
When we receive a notice that satisfies the requirements above, we will act promptly to remove or disable access to the material we host and can control. Where the material sits on a platform we do not fully control (such as a video hosted on YouTube), we will take the steps available to us, which may include removing the item from our site or forwarding the complaint through that platform's own process. We may also notify the person who submitted the material that it has been removed and give them a copy of your notice, including your contact information, so they can respond if they choose.
Counter-notification: disputing a removal
A "counter-notification" is a formal response you can send if your own material was taken down and you believe the removal was a mistake. If material you submitted was removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice, and you believe that removal was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send us a counter-notification. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), it must include all of the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name in an emailed counter-notice counts as an electronic signature).
- Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before it was removed (for example, the original URL).
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, mailing address, and telephone number.
- A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Humour Closet may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original DMCA notice, or from that person's agent.
Send your counter-notification to copyright@humourcloset.com. As with takedown notices, knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a counter-notification can create liability under Section 512(f).
If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may forward a copy to the person who filed the original complaint. Under the DMCA, we may then restore the removed material no sooner than 10 business days, and no later than 14 business days, after we receive your counter-notification — unless the original complainant first tells us they have filed a court action to keep the material offline, in which case we will not restore it. We are not obligated to act as the judge of a copyright dispute, and following this process does not mean we take a position on who is right.
Repeat-infringer policy
In appropriate circumstances, we will terminate the accounts and submission privileges of users and submitters who are repeat infringers. If someone repeatedly submits material that infringes others' copyrights, we may bar them from making future submissions and remove their content from our site and channels. We may take this step at our discretion and, where warranted, even after a single serious or clear-cut violation.
Withdrawing your own submission
Separate from the DMCA process, if you submitted a video and simply want it removed, email copyright@humourcloset.com (or legal@humourcloset.com) with details identifying your submission, and we will act on your request. Please be aware that when content has been submitted as a contest entry, you granted Humour Closet an exclusive, unlimited, perpetual, worldwide license to use and exploit that content, as described in our Contest Rules. Taking a video down from public display therefore may not undo rights you have already granted. Contact us and we will explain what applies to your situation.
Related policies
This policy works alongside our Terms of Service, our Terms of Submission (where you warrant that you own what you submit), our Privacy Policy, and our Contest Rules. It is governed by the laws of the State of California, USA. Any dispute that is not resolved directly may be subject to the binding arbitration terms described in our Contest Rules and Terms of Service.
Questions
If you have questions about this policy or need help preparing a notice, contact our Copyright Agent at copyright@humourcloset.com. This page is provided for general information and is not legal advice.