DMCA & Copyright Takedowns
Procedure for rightsholders · KnackPath Editorial
KnackPath Editorial respects copyright. If you are a rightsholder and believe one of our videos or articles uses your work outside the boundaries of fair use, fair dealing, or a valid license, this page explains exactly how to send a takedown notice and how we will respond.
1. Where to send notices
KnackPath Editorial's designated agent for copyright complaints is:
Weslei de Souza Santos
Operator, KnackPath Editorial
Email: dmca@knackpath.com
CNPJ: 57.690.483/0001-10
Votuporanga, São Paulo, Brazil
For YouTube-hosted videos, you may also use YouTube's built-in copyright complaint system at youtube.com/copyright_complaint_form. We monitor YouTube takedowns and will respond to those as well.
2. What your notice must include
A valid DMCA notice (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) must contain:
- Your physical or electronic signature
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed (title, publication, registration if any)
- Identification of the specific material on our site or channels (URL, timestamp in video, exact frames)
- Your contact information (full name, postal address, telephone, email)
- 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 rightsholder or authorized to act on the rightsholder's behalf
Incomplete notices may delay our response. Notices submitted in obvious bad faith (covering material plainly under fair use, public domain, or licensed) will be denied and may be referred for review under § 512(f).
3. How we respond
- Within 24 hours: we acknowledge receipt of your notice
- Within 5 business days: we review the claim against our editorial records and fair-use analysis
- If valid: we remove or restrict access to the disputed material and notify you in writing
- If disputed: we explain our position (fair use, license, public domain, government work, etc.) and may file a counter-notice if the material was taken down by an intermediary
4. Counter-notices
If material we posted has been removed by a third-party platform under a DMCA notice we believe is invalid, we may file a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). This typically restores the material after 10–14 business days unless the original claimant files a lawsuit.
We do not file counter-notices frivolously. We file them when we have documented evidence the use is fair, licensed, public domain, or otherwise lawful.
5. Repeat infringer policy
KnackPath Editorial does not host user-submitted content, so this clause is preventive: any contributor or licensor we work with who is found to repeatedly misrepresent rights ownership will be removed from our editorial production.
6. Brazilian law equivalents
Brazilian copyright is governed by Lei nº 9.610/98 (Lei de Direitos Autorais) and Marco Civil da Internet (Lei nº 12.965/14). Article 19 of Marco Civil generally requires a judicial order before content removal, though Article 21 provides for image-rights cases. We treat Brazilian takedown requests with the same procedural fairness as DMCA notices, while applying the correct legal standard.
7. Fair use, fair dealing, and government works
Many of our documentaries incorporate:
- Court records and trial transcripts (typically public)
- U.S. government works (typically not subject to copyright, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Brazilian government works (Lei 9.610/98 Art. 8º)
- Short excerpts of news footage and journalism under fair use / fair dealing for the purposes of criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, and research
- Licensed stock material from rights-cleared sources
Use of these categories is generally not actionable. Notices targeting plainly fair-use content will be denied.
8. Contact
DMCA / takedowns: dmca@knackpath.com
Editorial inquiries: editor@knackpath.com
Privacy: privacy@knackpath.com