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DMCA Removal Requests

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Workflow change March 2019

As of March 2019, the Trust and safety Team has taken ownership of DMCA Requests.

Read more about the DMCA Workflow here: Abuse DMCA Request (TBD).

Submitting a DMCA Request

All new DMCA requests can be sent to dmca@gitlab.com for review by Legal and Abuse.

The Abuse team will continue to maintain a single channel of communication with the requestor through the open Abuse Issue created when the request is received via dmca@gitlab.com.

DMCA Requirements

Recommended template of requirements when submitting a DMCA request to dmca@gitlab.com

  1. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim is being infringed;
  2. A description of the material you claim is infringing and that you want removed or access to which you want disabled and the URL or other location of that material;
  3. Your name, title (if acting as an agent), address, telephone number, and email address;
  4. The following statement: “I have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material I am complaining of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)”;
  5. The following statement: “The information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed”; and
  6. An electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

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