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Service: forum.wowne.ro (the "Forum") Operator: Such Software LLC ("Such Software", "we", "our", or "us") Effective date: June 25, 2026

This DMCA / Copyright Policy explains how Such Software LLC responds to claims of copyright infringement on forum.wowne.ro, a community discussion forum where content is posted by users. It is incorporated by reference into the Forum Terms of Service (forum-terms-of-service.md), which is the governing agreement for the Forum. Capitalized terms not defined here have the meaning given in the Forum Terms of Service.

If a specific provision of this DMCA / Copyright Policy conflicts with the Forum Terms of Service on a specific point, the more specific document controls on that point.

The Forum hosts user-generated content — posts, threads, profile information, and other material submitted by the people who use it. We do not pre-screen that content, and we do not claim ownership of it. We respect the intellectual-property rights of others, and we expect users of the Forum to do the same. This policy describes how we handle notices of alleged copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 (the "DMCA").

This document is written in plain English so it is easy to follow, but it also includes the specific elements the law requires. Where the two could differ, the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512 control.

1. Our Position on Copyright

Such Software respects copyright and other intellectual-property rights. Because the Forum is a platform for content created and posted by its users, we operate it as an online service provider that stores material at the direction of users within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c).

When we receive a notification of claimed copyright infringement that substantially complies with the DMCA, we respond by expeditiously removing or disabling access to the material that is claimed to be infringing, and we notify the user who posted it. We also maintain and enforce a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers (see Section 7).

Content posted on the Forum is also governed by the Acceptable Use Policy (acceptable-use-policy.md), and personal data is handled as described in the Privacy Policy (wowne-ro-privacy-policy.md). Both are incorporated by reference into the Forum Terms of Service.

We act on copyright notices as a matter of compliance with the DMCA. Removing or disabling access to material in response to a notice is not an admission of liability and is not a determination by us that any content is, in fact, infringing.

2. Designated Agent for Copyright Notices

Such Software LLC has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement (and counter-notifications) under the DMCA, and is registered with the United States Copyright Office in its DMCA Designated Agent Directory. Please send all copyright notices and counter-notifications to:

DMCA Designated Agent — Such Software LLC Such Software LLC 110 E State St, Suite 300 Kennett Square, PA 19348 USA Email: legal@such.software

Email to legal@such.software is the fastest and preferred method of contact. Please put "DMCA Notice" or "DMCA Counter-Notification" in the subject line so your message is routed correctly.

Note: this designated-agent contact is for copyright matters under the DMCA. It is not a general support, billing, or complaint channel, and it is not for reporting other types of disputes. Notices that are not about copyright may not receive a response through this channel.

3. Filing a Notice of Claimed Infringement (Takedown Notice)

If you are a copyright owner, or someone authorized to act on behalf of a copyright owner, and you believe that material on the Forum infringes your copyright, you may send us a written notice (a "Takedown Notice") at the address in Section 2.

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your Takedown Notice must be a written communication that includes substantially all of the following. A notice that omits required elements may not be valid, and we may not be able to act on it:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that is allegedly infringed.

  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If a single notice covers multiple copyrighted works at the Forum, you may provide a representative list of those works.

  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and that is to be removed or to which access is to be disabled, with enough information to let us locate the material — for example, the direct URL(s) of the post, thread, or profile, or a clear description that identifies the specific content.

  4. Your contact information — enough information to allow us to contact you, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

  5. A good-faith-belief statement — 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.

  6. An accuracy-and-authority statement, under penalty of perjury — a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

A note on accuracy and misrepresentation. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or its licensee, or by us. Please consider whether the material may be protected by fair use or otherwise authorized before sending a notice. Do not make claims you cannot support.

4. What We Do When We Receive a Valid Notice (Takedown Process)

When we receive a Takedown Notice that substantially complies with the requirements in Section 3, we will, on a commercially reasonable timeline:

  1. Expeditiously remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice.

  2. Notify the user who posted the material that it has been removed or disabled in response to a copyright notice, and provide that user with a copy of the Takedown Notice (or its substance). A Forum account may be identified by a Wownero public key (effectively pseudonymous) or by an email address, and we will use the contact path associated with that account. We may redact your direct phone number from the copy we forward, but other identifying information in your notice — including your name and the basis for the claim — will generally be shared with the user so they can decide whether to respond, including by sending a counter-notification.

  3. Record the notice for purposes of our repeat-infringer policy (see Section 7).

If a notice is missing required elements but provides enough for us to identify the complaining party, we may contact you to request the missing information before acting. We may also forward or refer notices as needed to comply with the law.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and at any time, to remove or disable access to any content for any lawful reason, including content we believe infringes intellectual-property rights, whether or not a formal notice has been received. The Forum is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis as described in the Forum Terms of Service (forum-terms-of-service.md), and nothing in this policy creates a guarantee that any particular content will be hosted, retained, or restored.

5. Filing a Counter-Notification

If you are a user of the Forum and your content was removed or disabled in response to a Takedown Notice, and you believe the removal was a mistake or a misidentification — for example, because the material is not infringing, is your own work, is properly licensed, or is a fair use — you may send us a written counter-notification (a "Counter-Notification") at the address in Section 2.

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), your Counter-Notification must be a written communication that includes substantially all of the following:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.

  2. Identification of the material that was removed or to which access was disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled (for example, the URL or thread where it was posted).

  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 of the material to be removed or disabled.

  4. Your name, mailing address, and telephone number, and 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 Such Software may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original Takedown Notice (or that person's agent).

A note on accuracy and misrepresentation. As with takedown notices, 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) makes a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification liable for resulting damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Do not file a counter-notification unless you have a genuine, good-faith basis for it.

6. What Happens After a Counter-Notification (Restoration Process)

When we receive a Counter-Notification that substantially complies with the requirements in Section 5, we will, on a commercially reasonable timeline:

  1. Promptly forward a copy of your Counter-Notification to the person who filed the original Takedown Notice.

  2. Inform that person that we will replace the removed material, or cease disabling access to it, in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days following our receipt of the Counter-Notification.

  3. Restore the material — that is, replace the removed material or stop disabling access to it — within that 10-to-14-business-day window, unless our designated agent first receives notice from the person who filed the original Takedown Notice that they have filed a court action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity relating to the material on the Forum.

In other words: if the original complainant goes to court within the window, the material stays down pending the outcome. If they do not, we will generally restore it.

Please understand that we cannot guarantee restoration of any specific content. Forum content may also be unavailable for reasons unrelated to this process — for example, where a thread has been deleted by its author, where data has aged out of backups, or where content was removed under another provision of the Forum Terms of Service (forum-terms-of-service.md). Counter-notification restores material under the DMCA process; it does not override other terms or technical realities.

7. Repeat-Infringer Policy

Such Software has adopted and reasonably implements a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

  • We keep a record of the valid copyright notices we act on, associated with the account that posted the affected content.
  • An account that is the subject of repeated, valid takedown notices — or that we otherwise determine, in our reasonable judgment, to be a repeat infringer — may have its access to the Forum suspended or terminated, and its content removed.
  • Termination for repeat infringement may apply across the account's identity on our identity provider (id.wowne.ro), regardless of whether that account signs in with a Wownero wallet ("Sign in with Smirk") or with an email address and password.
  • We may also remove content, suspend, or terminate an account in egregious cases — for example, clear, large-scale, or willful infringement — without waiting for multiple notices.

Counter-notifications that are upheld (that is, where material is restored because no court action was filed) are not, by themselves, counted against a user under this policy. We apply this policy in our reasonable discretion and in good faith; what counts as "appropriate circumstances" depends on the facts of each case.

8. Public and Archived Content

Please be aware that posts and other content on the Forum are, by their nature, public, and may have been viewed, copied, quoted, cached, indexed, or archived by third parties — including search engines and web archives — before any removal. Removing or disabling content on the Forum addresses the copy hosted by us; it does not remove copies that others may have already made or stored elsewhere, and we have no control over third-party caches or archives. Requests to remove such copies must be directed to the third parties that host them.

9. Trademark and Other Complaints

This policy addresses copyright under the DMCA. If you have a complaint about trademark misuse, impersonation, defamation, privacy, or another non-copyright issue, please contact us at legal@such.software with a clear description of the issue. Those complaints are handled under the Forum Terms of Service (forum-terms-of-service.md), the Acceptable Use Policy (acceptable-use-policy.md), and applicable law, not under the DMCA process described above.

10. Governing Law

This DMCA / Copyright Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions, except to the extent that federal copyright law (including 17 U.S.C. § 512) governs the subject matter. Disputes arising from your use of the Forum are subject to the dispute-resolution and arbitration provisions of the Forum Terms of Service (forum-terms-of-service.md). Any legal action arising from this policy that is not subject to those provisions and not governed exclusively by federal law shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, except where a user has consented to a different jurisdiction by filing a counter-notification under Section 5.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this DMCA / Copyright Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued use of the Forum after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Accessibility

We engineer the Forum and our handling of copyright notices and counter-notifications to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA. This is a statement of how we build and operate the service, not a warranty that any specific page, feature, or score conforms to WCAG 2.2 AA. If you encounter an accessibility barrier when submitting or responding to a copyright notice, contact us at legal@such.software and we will work with you to provide an accessible alternative.

13. Contact

Such Software LLC Attn: DMCA Designated Agent 110 E State St, Suite 300 Kennett Square, PA 19348 USA Email: legal@such.software

The statutory requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512 control over any inconsistent plain-English summary in this document. This DMCA / Copyright Policy is incorporated by reference into the Forum Terms of Service (forum-terms-of-service.md) and should be read together with the Acceptable Use Policy (acceptable-use-policy.md) and the Privacy Policy (wowne-ro-privacy-policy.md).