Copyright & DMCA Policy

Ethos respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of its services to do the same. This Copyright & DMCA Policy explains how Ethos reviews and responds to copyright-related complaints concerning material made available through Ethos’s website, applications, products, services, and related platform surfaces.

This policy is intended to provide a clear process for submitting copyright complaints and, where applicable, counter-notifications. Nothing in this policy authorizes the use of third-party content without permission, license, or other valid legal basis. Ethos’s copyright processes operate alongside its broader legal rights, contractual rights, platform rules, and safety, integrity, and abuse-prevention measures.

1. Scope

This policy applies to copyright-related claims concerning material made available on or through Ethos’s services, including, where applicable, user-submitted content, platform-displayed material, and other content or assets a claimant believes infringe their copyright.

This policy applies only to copyright-related complaints. Issues involving trademark, defamation, impersonation, privacy, harassment, safety, emergency, or law-enforcement matters should be directed through the appropriate Ethos reporting, safety, privacy, or legal channel identified elsewhere on the website.

2. How to Submit a Copyright Complaint

If you believe that material made available through Ethos’s services infringes your copyright, you may submit a copyright complaint to Ethos’s designated copyright contact using the contact details listed below.

To help Ethos review and process your complaint efficiently, your notice should include all of the following:

• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works;
• identification of the allegedly infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to allow Ethos to locate, review, and assess that material;
• your full name and contact information, including a valid email address and any other information reasonably necessary to communicate with you about the complaint;
• 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;
• a statement that the information in the notice is accurate;
• a statement, under penalty of perjury where applicable, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; and
• your physical or electronic signature.

Providing complete, specific, and accurate information helps avoid delay. Ethos may request supplemental information, clarification, or supporting material where reasonably necessary to review a complaint.

3. Incomplete, Unsupported, or Improper Notices

Ethos may be unable to process notices that are incomplete, vague, unsupported, inaccurate, duplicative, facially unreliable, or submitted in an abusive or spam-like manner. Where appropriate, Ethos may decline to act, may defer action, or may request supplementation before proceeding.

Submitting knowingly false, materially misleading, retaliatory, abusive, fraudulent, or bad-faith complaints may result in rejection of the complaint, preservation of relevant records, internal review, account-level or access-related measures where appropriate, and any other steps Ethos reasonably considers necessary to protect users, rights holders, the platform, and the integrity of its processes.

4. How Ethos Reviews and Responds

After receiving a copyright complaint, Ethos may review the submission and take action it reasonably considers appropriate under the circumstances. Depending on the nature of the complaint and the information available, Ethos may, for example:

• request additional information from the complaining party;
• review the identified material and related contextual information;
• remove, disable, restrict, preserve, or limit access to material;
• notify the affected user or other relevant party where appropriate;
• document the complaint for repeat-infringer, abuse-prevention, safety, security, or legal-compliance purposes; and
• take content-level or account-level action where appropriate.

Ethos may act before receiving a response from an affected user where Ethos reasonably believes doing so is appropriate under the circumstances. Ethos may also preserve relevant records or evidence in connection with a complaint, investigation, dispute, legal obligation, or platform-integrity review.

5. Counter-Notification Process

If Ethos removes, disables, or restricts access to material based on a copyright complaint, an affected party may be permitted to submit a counter-notification where applicable.

A counter-notification should include, as applicable:

• identification of the material that was removed or to which access was disabled or restricted, and the location at which the material appeared before the action was taken;
• the submitting party’s full name and contact information;
• a statement, under penalty of perjury where applicable, that the submitting party has a good-faith belief that the material was removed, disabled, or restricted as a result of mistake or misidentification;
• a statement consenting to applicable legal process where required by law; and
• the submitting party’s physical or electronic signature.

Ethos may require additional information before evaluating a counter-notification. Ethos may provide a copy of the counter-notification, including contact details and submitted statements, to the original complaining party or others where Ethos determines such disclosure is legally appropriate, reasonably necessary to administer the dispute, or otherwise operationally appropriate.

6. Restoration of Material

Ethos does not guarantee restoration of any material following receipt of a counter-notification or other dispute-related submission.

Ethos may decline to restore material, or may maintain or modify restrictions, where Ethos determines or reasonably suspects, for example, that:

• the original complaint was not adequately addressed by the response;
• the available information remains insufficient, conflicting, or unresolved;
• the dispute involves abuse, fraud, retaliation, evasion, or bad-faith conduct;
• restoration would create safety, security, abuse-prevention, integrity, or platform-misuse concerns;
• the affected account or party has a repeat-violation or abuse history;
• independent legal, contractual, policy, or operational grounds support continued restriction, removal, or limitation; or
• Ethos is subject to a court order, legal hold, ongoing proceeding, or other legal obligation affecting the material.

Where restoration is appropriate, Ethos may restore material on a timeline and in a manner Ethos reasonably considers appropriate under the circumstances.

7. Repeat Infringer Measures

Ethos may, where appropriate, limit features, restrict access, remove content, suspend accounts, or terminate access for users who are the subject of repeated, credible, or serious copyright complaints, or who otherwise engage in recurring infringement-related misuse of the services.

In determining whether repeat-infringer measures are appropriate, Ethos may consider the number, seriousness, credibility, timing, pattern, supporting evidence, and outcome of complaints, as well as evidence of abuse, evasion, or repeated misconduct. Ethos is not required to apply a fixed numerical threshold or rigid formula in making these determinations.

8. Misrepresentation, Fraud, and Bad-Faith Conduct

Ethos reserves the right to address misuse of this process. This includes knowingly false claims, materially misleading submissions, retaliatory notices, fraudulent assertions of ownership or authority, abusive enforcement tactics, and attempts to interfere with lawful speech or legitimate platform participation through bad-faith copyright complaints or counter-notifications.

Where appropriate, Ethos may reject such submissions, preserve evidence, take internal enforcement action, restrict platform access, or refer the matter for further review.

9. Non-Copyright Issues

This policy applies only to copyright-related complaints.

If your issue concerns another type of claim, use the appropriate Ethos channel if available, including for matters such as:

• trademark or brand misuse;
• impersonation;
• defamation;
• privacy or data protection concerns;
• harassment, threats, or other safety-related reports;
• emergency matters; or
• law-enforcement requests.

Please use the relevant Ethos legal, trust, safety, privacy, or reporting resource identified elsewhere on the website for those matters.

10. Copyright Contact

Copyright complaints and counter-notifications should be sent to Ethos’s designated copyright contact at:

Email: copyright@ethosapp.ai

Mailing Address: Not currently published for copyright notices. If Ethos later designates a mailing address for such notices, this policy may be updated accordingly.

Ethos may update its copyright contact information from time to time by updating this page.

11. Related Policies and Reporting Resources

This policy should be read together with any related Ethos policies and reporting resources that apply to use of the services, including, where available:

• Terms of Service
• Privacy Policy
• Acceptable Use Policy
• Content Policy
• Trust Center
• Safety resources
• Reporting resources

12. Policy Changes

Ethos may update this Copyright & DMCA Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, Ethos’s services, operational practices, or risk controls. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page indicates when this policy was most recently revised.