Copyright Policy

This policy is currently written in English.

The short version: what you post here stays yours, and you should only post what is yours to share. If something here infringes your copyright, tell me and I will take it down.

Your work stays yours

Posting on PopsicleBoat gives me no ownership of your words, images, video, or music: only the permission needed to show them to the people you shared them with. Delete a post and it is gone.

Only share what you have the right to share

Upload your own work, work you have permission to share, or work whose license allows it. Someone else's song, film, or writing posted without permission doesn't belong here, and I remove it when I learn of it.

Reporting infringement

If you hold a copyright and believe something on PopsicleBoat infringes it, send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to me, its designated agent:

Jake Van Alstyne, via the letters page

For your notice to be effective under the DMCA, it needs to include:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work you believe is infringed.
  • The address of the material on this site (the post's URL).
  • Your name, mailing address, and email address.
  • A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for them.
  • Your physical or electronic signature.

I respond promptly: infringing material is removed and the member who posted it is told why.

If your post was removed by mistake

If you believe a takedown was sent in error (the work is yours, licensed, or a fair use), you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must identify the removed material, state under penalty of perjury that you believe the removal was a mistake, include your name and address with consent to federal court jurisdiction there (or where I am, if you're outside the United States), and carry your signature. Unless the claimant files a court action, counter-noticed material can be restored in 10 to 14 business days.

Repeat infringers

Accounts that repeatedly infringe copyright are removed. The boat is small and moderated by a person, so "repeatedly" is judged with common sense, not a counter.

If this policy changes, the changes will be described here. In effect since July 13, 2026.
August 4, 2026: reworded from "we" to "I", since one person runs this. No change in substance.