DMCA / Copyright Policy

1. Overview

HookPilot Caption Studio LLC respects the intellectual property of others. We respond to clear notices of alleged infringement under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and comparable laws in other jurisdictions.

2. Designated Agent

Notices should be sent to HookPilot's designated agent:

HookPilot Caption Studio LLC — DMCA Agent
Email: dmca@hookpilot.co
Postal address available on request to legal@hookpilot.co
A copy of HookPilot's USCO Designated Agent registration is available on request.

3. Takedown Notice — Required Elements

A valid DMCA notice must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list if multiple works).
3. Identification of the allegedly infringing material with enough specificity to locate it — for HookPilot, a URL on hookpilot.co, a workspace slug, a generated-output ID, or a Caption Studio / AI Music Video share link.
4. Your contact information (mailing address, telephone, email).
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

HookPilot will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material expeditiously and will notify the affected customer.

4. Counter-Notice

If you are a HookPilot customer whose material was removed under Section 3 and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notice with:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal court in your district (or, if outside the U.S., the District of Delaware), and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, HookPilot will forward it to the original notifier and may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the notifier files a court action seeking to restrain the activity.

5. Repeat Infringer Policy

HookPilot terminates, in appropriate circumstances, the workspaces of customers who are repeat infringers. We track DMCA strikes per workspace; three valid strikes in any twelve-month period trigger review and likely termination.

6. Trademark Complaints

Trademark complaints — including misuse of HookPilot marks or third-party marks in customer-generated output — should be sent to trademark@hookpilot.co. See the Trademark Protection Guide for HookPilot's own marks.

7. AI, Training Data and Generative Output

HookPilot does not train shared AI models on Customer Content (see Privacy Policy §6). If you believe a HookPilot-routed model produced output that infringes your work, please include the prompt or workspace context where available. Where the alleged infringement was produced by a third-party model HookPilot routed to, we may also forward the notice to that model provider.

8. False Notices

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a DMCA notice or counter-notice can be liable for damages. Please consult counsel before filing if you are unsure.

9. Other Jurisdictions

For copyright complaints under the EU Copyright Directive, the UK CDPA, Canada's Notice-and-Notice, Australia's Copyright Act, or other regimes, use the same address. We will apply the local procedure required.