Copyright, Takedown and Corrections

We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). Send notices to our designated agent:

Copyright Agent, Surf Platforms Inc., San Jose, California, United States · legal@surfplatforms.com

Your notice must include:

• a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them;
• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed;
• identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it, such as its URL on Meridian;
• your name, address, telephone number and email address;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised 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 you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages. Consider whether the use may be fair use, such as quotation for news reporting, research, criticism or commentary, before sending a notice.

If material you provided was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send our agent a counter-notice that includes:

• your physical or electronic signature;
• identification of the material removed and where it appeared before removal;
• a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
• your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the judicial district of your address (or, if your address is outside the United States, 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.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant tells us it has filed an action seeking a court order.

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe. If you publish a source Meridian collects and object to how we use it, or want us to stop collecting it, write to legal@surfplatforms.com and we will review our use against your licence and terms.

Write to legal@surfplatforms.com if you believe something Meridian shows is factually wrong, out of date, defamatory, unlawful, or harmful to a person. Please include:

• a link to or description of the material;
• what you believe is wrong or should be removed, and why, with any supporting evidence; and
• your relationship to the material, if any (for example, that you are the person named or act for them).

We prioritise requests about private individuals, victims and minors, and requests about personal safety. We review each request promptly, weigh it against the public interest in the material, and may correct, annotate, regrade, restrict or remove material, or decline the request, telling you what we decided. Because most material on Meridian is published by others, a correction may also need to be made by the original publisher. Requests to exercise privacy rights are handled under the Privacy Policy.

Requests from government and law enforcement for information about users must be sent to legal@surfplatforms.com and must be made through valid legal process that applies to us. We review each request and may object to or narrow requests we consider overbroad or improper. Where the law allows, we notify affected users before disclosing their information. In an emergency involving a risk of death or serious physical injury, we may disclose information without legal process where the law permits.