Copyright & Takedowns

Wine & Vintage respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects the same of everyone who reads or contributes to the publication. If you are a rights holder and believe that material on this site infringes your copyright, you can ask us to remove or disable access to it.

Designated contact

The designated contact for copyright matters is being finalized by the publisher. Until it is confirmed, send copyright notices through the contact channel listed on our Contact page, with the subject line COPYRIGHT NOTICE. We do not accept takedown notices through social media messages. Complete notices receive the handling described below.

How to file a takedown notice

A valid notice must include:

• Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, or, if a single notice covers several works, a representative list of those works.
• Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it: the exact page URL on wineandvintage.com is what we need.
• Your name, address, telephone number and email address so we can contact you.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

What happens next

We review each notice on receipt. If a notice is complete and appears valid, we remove or disable access to the identified material promptly and notify the contributor who supplied it. If a notice is incomplete, we will ask you to complete it before acting. We may restore material that we believe was removed in error, and repeat infringers lose their access to the site.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed following a takedown notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same contact above, including:

• Identification of the material that was removed and the page where it appeared.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the courts where you are located, or where the publication's operator can be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. If the complainant does not notify us that they have filed a court action within the applicable period, we may restore the material.

Good faith

Notices and counter-notices are legal documents. Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can carry liability. If you are unsure whether the material infringes, consider seeking legal advice before filing.