Intellectual Property & DMCA Policy

Intellectual Property and DMCA Policy

Effective Date: February 6, 2026 Last Updated: February 6, 2026

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This document is a draft prepared for review by a qualified attorney. It is not legal advice and must be reviewed by a licensed lawyer in each applicable jurisdiction (EU, US, Russia) before publication.

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1. Introduction

VideoContentEditor ("VCE", "we", "us", "our") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects all users of our Service to do the same. VCE is a web-based video editing platform available at vcecloud.com where users upload, edit, and export media content.

This Intellectual Property and DMCA Policy ("IP Policy") describes how rights holders can report alleged infringements, how we process such reports, how affected users can respond through a counter-notification process, and our policies on repeat infringers.

This IP Policy supplements our Terms of Service (Section 9) and should be read together with our Privacy Policy. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Section 512) ("DMCA"), the EU Copyright Directive (2019/790), the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065), and the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on information intermediary liability (Article 1253.1 GK RF).

2. DMCA Takedown Notice

If you are a copyright owner (or authorized to act on behalf of one) and believe that content hosted on VCE infringes your copyright, you may submit a written DMCA takedown notice to our Designated Agent (see Section 3 below).

Under 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c)(3), a valid DMCA takedown notice must include all of the following:

(a) Signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

(b) Identification of the copyrighted work. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.

(c) Identification of the infringing material. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit VCE to locate it. Please provide the URL(s) of the specific content on vcecloud.com, or the username and a description sufficient for us to identify the material.

(d) Contact information. Your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

(e) Good faith statement. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

(f) Accuracy and authority statement. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

All DMCA takedown notices must be sent to our Designated Agent at dmca@vcecloud.com (see Section 3).

Important: Incomplete notices may not be acted upon. If your notice is missing any required element, we will notify you and request a corrected notice.

3. DMCA Designated Agent

Our designated agent for receiving notifications of claimed copyright infringement under the DMCA is:

Name:	Konstantin White
Title:	DMCA Designated Agent
Email:	dmca@vcecloud.com
Mailing address:	(To be provided upon entity formation)

Note: For full safe harbor protection under 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c), the Designated Agent must be registered with the US Copyright Office at https://www.copyright.gov/dmca-directory/ (fee: $6). Until registration is completed, VCE's DMCA safe harbor protection may be incomplete.

4. How We Process Takedown Notices

When we receive a DMCA takedown notice, we follow this procedure:

Step 1 -- Acknowledgment. We will acknowledge receipt of the notice within 24 hours (business hours, excluding weekends and public holidays).

Step 2 -- Completeness review. We review the notice for compliance with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c)(3). If the notice is incomplete, we will notify the complaining party and request the missing information.

Step 3 -- Action on valid notices. Upon receipt of a valid and complete notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material. In most cases, we will take action within 48 hours of determining that the notice is valid and complete, though we reserve the right to act sooner or to take additional time in complex cases.

Step 4 -- Notification to the user. We will notify the user who uploaded the allegedly infringing material that the content has been removed or disabled in response to a takedown notice. This notification will include:

• A copy of the takedown notice (with the complaining party's personal contact information redacted unless disclosure is required by law)
• Information about the counter-notification process (see Section 5)
• A reference to this IP Policy

Step 5 -- Record keeping. We maintain records of all takedown notices and actions taken for purposes of administering our Repeat Infringer Policy (Section 6) and compliance with applicable law.

Removed content is made inaccessible and may be retained in a restricted state for a reasonable period to allow for the counter-notification process before permanent deletion.

5. Counter-Notification

If you are a VCE user and believe that your content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you have the right to submit a counter-notification under 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3).

5.1 Requirements for Counter-Notification

A valid counter-notification must include all of the following:

(a) Signature. Your physical or electronic signature.

(b) Identification of removed material. Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled and the location at which it appeared before removal (e.g., the URL or content description).

(c) Statement under penalty of perjury. 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.

(d) Consent to jurisdiction. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which VCE may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original takedown notice.

(e) Contact information. Your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

5.2 Where to Send Counter-Notifications

Counter-notifications must be sent to our Designated Agent at dmca@vcecloud.com.

5.3 What Happens After We Receive a Counter-Notification

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will:

1. Forward a copy of the counter-notification to the original complaining party, informing them that the removed material may be restored in 10 to 14 business days.
2. Wait for 10 to 14 business days.
3. Restore the material, unless the original complaining party notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the user from infringing activity related to the material.

If no court action is filed within the 10-to-14 business day window, we will restore the material. If a court action is filed, the material will remain disabled pending the outcome.

6. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. Section 512(i), VCE has adopted and reasonably implements a policy for the termination of accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

6.1 How We Track Infringements

We maintain an internal record of valid takedown notices against each account. A "strike" is recorded when a valid notice is acted upon and the user does not successfully counter-notify. Strikes are not recorded when a notice is withdrawn, a counter-notification succeeds (no court action filed), or we determine the notice was clearly abusive.

6.2 Consequences

Strikes	Action
1st strike	Content removed; user notified with warning and copy of this IP Policy
2nd strike	Content removed; user notified with formal warning that further infringement will result in account termination
3rd strike	Account terminated; all content removed; user banned from creating new accounts

Exceptions: We may terminate an account after fewer than three strikes in egregious cases, such as large-scale piracy, deliberately infringing uploads (e.g., full copyrighted films or albums), or attempts to circumvent this policy by creating new accounts.

6.3 Appeals

Users whose accounts are terminated under this policy may appeal by contacting legal@vcecloud.com. Appeals will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. We are under no obligation to reinstate a terminated account but will consider the circumstances in good faith.

7. Rights of Users in the European Union

7.1 EU Copyright Directive (Directive 2019/790)

For EU users, we acknowledge the protections of Directive 2019/790, as transposed into national law:

• Quotation, criticism, parody, and pastiche (Article 17(7)). When processing takedown notices, we consider whether the reported content may fall within these exceptions to copyright.
• Complaint and redress mechanism (Article 17(9)). If your content is removed and you believe the removal was unjustified, you may submit a complaint to legal@vcecloud.com with the subject line "EU Copyright Complaint." We will review complaints promptly and provide a reasoned decision.
• No general monitoring obligation (Article 17(8)). We do not employ automated content filtering or recognition technologies. Content is reviewed only in response to specific, valid reports of infringement.

7.2 EU Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065)

VCE complies with the notice-and-action provisions of the EU Digital Services Act ("DSA"):

• Article 16 -- Notice mechanism. Rights holders may submit notices of illegal content through dmca@vcecloud.com or legal@vcecloud.com with sufficient detail to identify the content and explain why it is considered illegal.
• Article 17 -- Statement of reasons. When we remove content, we will provide the affected user with a clear statement of reasons, including the legal ground relied upon and information about available redress mechanisms.
• Article 20 -- Internal complaint-handling. Users affected by removal decisions may submit a complaint to legal@vcecloud.com. We will process complaints in a timely, non-discriminatory, and diligent manner.
• Article 21 -- Out-of-court dispute settlement. Users may refer disputes to a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body where available in their Member State.

8. Provisions for Users in the Russian Federation

Under Article 1253.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (GK RF), an information intermediary is not liable for IP infringement if it acts expeditiously to remove infringing material upon receiving a proper notice. VCE will process infringement notices from Russian rights holders in accordance with this article and applicable Russian legislation.

Rights holders in the Russian Federation may submit notices to dmca@vcecloud.com or legal@vcecloud.com, including identification of the protected work, identification and location of the infringing material, contact information, and the basis for the claim.

9. Trademark Claims

VCE also respects the trademark rights of others. If you believe that content on the Service infringes your registered trademark, you may submit a trademark infringement notice to legal@vcecloud.com.

A trademark infringement notice should include:

• Your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address
• Identification of the trademark claimed to be infringed, including the registration number and the jurisdiction of registration
• A description of the infringing content with sufficient information for us to locate it (e.g., URL or username)
• An explanation of how the content constitutes trademark infringement
• A good faith statement that the use is not authorized by the trademark owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement that the information is accurate and that you are authorized to act on the owner's behalf

We will review trademark complaints and take appropriate action in our reasonable discretion. We will notify the affected user and provide an opportunity to respond.

Note: Trademark claims are handled separately from copyright (DMCA) claims. The DMCA counter-notification process (Section 5) does not apply to trademark claims.

10. Good Faith and Misrepresentation Warning

VCE takes the integrity of the takedown and counter-notification process seriously. Both rights holders and users should be aware of the following:

10.1 Consequences of False DMCA Notices

Under 17 U.S.C. Section 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees incurred by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner or its licensee, or the service provider, as a result of the misrepresentation.

In plain terms: if you file a DMCA takedown notice or counter-notification that contains false statements, you may be held financially responsible for the harm caused by those false statements.

10.2 Good Faith Expectation

We expect all parties to act in good faith:

• Rights holders should verify that the reported content actually infringes their rights before filing. Consider whether the use may be permitted under fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107), fair dealing, or other exceptions to copyright.
• Users should carefully consider whether their use is truly non-infringing before submitting a counter-notification under penalty of perjury.

10.3 Abuse of the Process

We reserve the right to disregard notices or counter-notifications that are fraudulent, abusive, or submitted in bad faith. Repeated abuse of the takedown process by a rights holder may result in additional scrutiny of future notices. Repeated abuse of the counter-notification process by a user may be considered under our Repeat Infringer Policy.

11. Contact Information

For all intellectual property matters, please use the following contacts:

Purpose	Contact
DMCA takedown notices and counter-notifications	dmca@vcecloud.com
Trademark claims	legal@vcecloud.com
EU copyright/DSA complaints	legal@vcecloud.com
Russian Federation infringement notices	legal@vcecloud.com
Account termination appeals	legal@vcecloud.com
General legal inquiries	legal@vcecloud.com

Designated Agent (DMCA):

Konstantin White Email: dmca@vcecloud.com Mailing address: (To be provided upon entity formation)

We aim to respond to all inquiries within 5 business days and to act on valid takedown notices within 48 hours of validation.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this IP Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date and provide notice through the Service or by email. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance. Previous versions are available upon request at legal@vcecloud.com.

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Legal Disclaimer

This document is not legal advice. It must be reviewed and approved by a licensed attorney in each applicable jurisdiction (United States, European Union, Russian Federation) before publication.

Required actions before publication:

1. DMCA Agent Registration. Register the Designated Agent (Konstantin White) with the US Copyright Office at https://www.copyright.gov/dmca-directory/ (fee: $6). Without this registration, VCE cannot claim full safe harbor protections under 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c). This is a prerequisite, not a recommendation.

2. Mailing address. Provide a physical address for the Designated Agent. Replace all instances of "(To be provided upon entity formation)" with the actual address.

3. EU DSA compliance. Verify whether additional DSA obligations apply (transparency reporting under Article 15, EU legal representative under Article 13).

4. Russian Federation compliance. Verify obligations under 149-FZ, including potential Roskomnadzor registration and court-ordered blocking compliance.

5. Attorney review. Full review by attorneys qualified in US copyright law, EU digital services law, and Russian IP law.

This analysis identifies potential compliance risks based on code review. It is not legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney in each jurisdiction before launch.