Legal
DMCA policy.
Born Star (bornstar.co) respects intellectual property rights and responds to valid notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512). A human reads every notice within 24 hours.
Effective: May 14, 2026Statute: 17 U.S.C. §512Agent: contact.bornstar@protonmail.com
1. Filing a takedown notice.
If you believe content on Born Star infringes a copyright you own or are authorised to represent, send a written notice to our designated agent at contact.bornstar@protonmail.com. To comply with §512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act for the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple works, a representative list).
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it — the full Born Star URL is best.
- Your contact information — full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised 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 copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.
Bad-faith and incomplete notices delay everything — including legitimate ones. Misrepresentations in a DMCA notice may subject you to liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. §512(f).
2. What we do.
On receipt of a complete notice, we will remove or disable access to the identified material expeditiously. We notify the user who uploaded the material and pass on a copy of the notice. We keep an internal record of every notice for our repeat infringer policy.
3. Counter-notification.
If you believe your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to contact.bornstar@protonmail.com. Per §512(g)(3), include:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled 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 judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, of any federal judicial district in which Born Star may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or that person’s agent.
We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. If they do not file a court action within 10–14 business days, we may restore the material.
4. Repeat infringer policy.
In appropriate circumstances and in our sole discretion, Born Star terminates the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers.
5. Non-consensual content and impersonation.
If you appear in content on Born Star without your consent, or someone is impersonating you, you do not need to file a formal DMCA notice. Contact us directly at contact.bornstar@protonmail.com and reference the URL. We handle these reports as a priority. See also our terms of service.