Copyright & DMCA Policy

1. Respect for intellectual property

Airwafs respects copyright and other intellectual-property rights. Users may upload, publish, or share content only when they have the right to do so or when the use is otherwise permitted by law.

Users may not knowingly use Airwafs to infringe copyright or to encourage or facilitate copyright infringement.

2. Copyright complaints

If you believe content on Airwafs infringes a copyright that you own or are authorized to enforce, you may submit a written copyright complaint.

During pre-launch development, copyright inquiries may be sent to support@airwafs.com. Once Airwafs completes its DMCA designated-agent registration, valid DMCA notices and counter-notices should be sent to the registered agent contact published in Section 11 below.

3. What a DMCA takedown notice should include

To help us process a notice efficiently, a DMCA notice should substantially include:

• a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner;
• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list where appropriate;
• identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient for Airwafs to locate it, such as the relevant Airwafs URL, post, account, discussion, or other identifying information;
• contact information reasonably sufficient to reach the complaining party, such as a mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act for the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

4. How Airwafs handles a valid notice

When Airwafs receives a notice that substantially complies with applicable DMCA requirements, Airwafs may act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice.

Where the DMCA counter-notice process applies, Airwafs will take reasonable steps to notify the user who submitted the affected material.

Airwafs may request missing information or clarification when a notice is incomplete but provides enough information to identify the copyrighted work, the material at issue, and the sender.

5. Counter-notices

If your content was removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice and you believe the removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice.

A counter-notice should substantially include:

• your physical or electronic signature;
• identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal;
• 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;
• your name, address, and telephone number; and
• the jurisdiction and service-of-process statements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g).

Because a counter-notice contains legal statements and may disclose the sender's contact information to the original claimant as part of the statutory process, users should submit one only when they understand and accept those consequences.

6. Restoration after a counter-notice

If Airwafs receives a valid counter-notice, Airwafs may restore the affected material after the statutory waiting period, generally not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receipt of the counter-notice, unless the original claimant informs Airwafs that it has filed a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement.

7. Repeat infringer policy

Airwafs will maintain and reasonably implement a policy for terminating, in appropriate circumstances, users who are repeat copyright infringers.

Airwafs may consider multiple valid takedown events, clear evidence of repeated infringement, attempts to evade prior copyright enforcement, account history, context, and other relevant information. A single complaint does not automatically require permanent account termination.

Airwafs may also restrict features, remove content, suspend accounts, or take other proportionate action before termination when appropriate.

8. Fair use, licenses, and authorized uses

Not every use of copyrighted material is infringement. A user may have a license, permission, ownership rights, or another lawful basis for the use. U.S. copyright law also recognizes fair use in appropriate circumstances.

Airwafs does not decide private copyright ownership disputes beyond what is reasonably necessary to operate the service and comply with applicable notice-and-takedown obligations. Parties may need to resolve complex disputes through appropriate legal channels.

9. False or abusive copyright submissions

Do not knowingly submit false, fraudulent, or materially misleading copyright notices or counter-notices. Airwafs may reject abusive submissions, restrict misuse of reporting systems, preserve relevant records, and take other appropriate action.

Nothing in this policy limits legal consequences that may apply to material misrepresentations under applicable law.

10. Standard technical measures

To the extent required by applicable law, Airwafs intends to accommodate and not interfere with qualifying standard technical measures used to identify or protect copyrighted works.

This section does not promise use of any particular fingerprinting or automated copyright technology unless Airwafs has actually implemented and tested it.

11. DMCA Designated Agent

Before public user-generated-content launch, Airwafs intends to replace the placeholders above with the current agent details registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.

12. Launch-time DMCA checklist

13. Other intellectual-property complaints

Trademark, impersonation, counterfeit, privacy, and other legal-rights complaints may require a process different from a DMCA copyright notice. Users may contact support@airwafs.com for the appropriate reporting path.

14. Changes to this policy

Airwafs may update this policy to reflect changes in the service, applicable law, U.S. Copyright Office requirements, or operational copyright procedures. The date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are published.

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