Copyright and DMCA

ssslither LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, respects copyright and responds to properly submitted notices of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512. This page explains how to send a takedown notice, how to dispute one, and what happens to accounts that infringe repeatedly.

Designated copyright agent

Send notices of claimed infringement to our designated agent:

Jordan Miller
ssslither LLC
732 S 6th St, Ste N
Las Vegas, NV 89101
United States
hello@ssslither.com

Email is the fastest route and is the method we recommend. Notices may also be sent to the same agent by mail at the address above.

Please note that this address is for copyright notices only. Reports of harassment, impersonation, non-consensual imagery, or anything else about a member are handled through the report tools in the app or at our contact page, and reach us faster there.

Sending a takedown notice

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must be in writing and include all six of the following:

• 1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
• 2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If several works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them.
• 3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing, described precisely enough for us to find it. A direct link or a screenshot with the profile name and the date is best.
• 4. Your contact information: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• 5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized 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 authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

A notice missing these elements may not be effective and may delay our response. We may forward your complete notice, including your contact information, to the member who posted the material, and we may publish it in an anonymized transparency report.

Send notices in good faith

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Before you send a notice, consider whether the use might be authorized or a fair use. If you are not sure whether you hold the rights, talk to a lawyer first.

What we do when we receive a notice

On receiving a notice that substantially complies with the requirements above, we act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material. We take reasonable steps to notify the member who posted it, give them a copy of the notice, and tell them how to file a counter-notification.

Because a profile photo can be the whole of a member's presence here, removal may leave a profile incomplete or hidden until the member replaces the material.

Filing a counter-notification

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the agent above. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) it must include all five of the following:

• 1. Your physical or electronic signature.
• 2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
• 3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• 4. Your name, address, and telephone number.
• 5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is located, or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

Two things to understand before you file one. First, we forward your counter-notification, including your name and address, to the person who sent the original notice. That is what the statute requires, and it is not something we can withhold. Given how private this app is, weigh that carefully. Second, if the original sender does not tell us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days.

Repeat infringer policy

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of members who repeatedly infringe copyright. In practice:

• · We record every effective takedown notice against an account, with the date and the material removed.
• · A first notice gets the material removed and a warning to the member.
• · A second gets a temporary restriction on posting new media.
• · A third results in termination of the account.
• · A notice withdrawn by the sender, or one resolved in the member's favor by a counter-notification that goes unanswered, is not counted against them.

We may terminate sooner for flagrant infringement, such as an account built entirely from someone else's photos, which is usually impersonation as well and is handled under the Community Guidelines. Terminated members may not create a new account.

If someone is using your photos

You do not need to file a formal DMCA notice to get a fake profile taken down. If an account is using photos of you without permission, report the profile in the app or email us and say so plainly. Impersonation and posting photos that are not of you both violate our Terms regardless of who owns the copyright, and we act on that directly.

Intimate images shared without the consent of the person shown are removed on report, and the account is terminated. You do not need to prove you own the copyright, and we will not ask you to send us the images to make your case.

Our own content

The ssslither name, wordmark, logo, design, and software are owned by ssslither LLC and are not licensed to anyone by their appearing here. Members keep ownership of what they post, on the terms described in Section 8 of our Terms.

Contact

ssslither LLC
732 S 6th St, Ste N
Las Vegas, NV 89101
United States
hello@ssslither.com