Yalu respects copyright, and we expect the people who use it to do the same. This page explains how to tell us about infringing content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and what happens afterwards.
Note that copyright is not one of the reasons in the in-app report menu. Copyright claims come to the agent below, in writing, rather than through the app.
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1. Our designated agent
Send copyright notices to:
Copyright Agent
Yalu LLC
4539 N 22nd St STE 7413, Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone: (928) 597-7125
Email: copyright@yalu.co
This agent has been designated with the United States Copyright Office since September 13, 2026. Please use this contact for copyright matters only; anything else sent here will be slower to reach us than support@yalu.co.
2. Sending a takedown notice
To be effective, your notice must be in writing and must include all six of the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or someone authorised to act for them.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
- Identification of the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it. A link, or the username and which photo or post, is ideal. Please do not send us the image or a screenshot of it: tell us where it is.
- Your contact details: address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on their behalf.
If your notice is missing any of these, we may not be able to act on it, and we will usually write back and tell you what is missing.
Please do not send a notice about material you do not own the rights to, or that is plainly fair use. Knowingly misrepresenting that something is infringing can make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, under 17 U.S.C. 512(f).
When we receive a valid notice, we remove or disable access to the material and tell the person who posted it what was claimed and by whom: the work and the name of the person who sent the notice. We do not pass on your address, phone number or email address.
3. Repeat infringers
We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright. An account gets a strike when we remove its material after a valid notice and no counter-notification arrives within 14 business days of our telling the poster, or when the person who sent the notice tells us they have filed a lawsuit. An account with three strikes in 12 months is closed after we review them. Depending on how serious the infringement is, we may close an account sooner.
4. Counter-notification and put-back
If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, or that you have the right to post it, you can send a counter-notification to the agent above. It must include:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed, and where it appeared before removal.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material 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 federal court for the district where you live, or, if you are outside the United States, for any district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.
We send a copy of your counter-notification, including your name, address and telephone number, to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us they have filed a court action to restrain you, we restore the material between 10 and 14 business days after we receive your counter-notification, if we still hold a copy of it.