Copyright & Takedown

Last updated: 8 October 2026

We respect the rights of creators and rights holders, and we expect livelinks users to do the same. If you believe something on a livelinks page infringes your copyright, trademark or other intellectual property, this page explains how to tell us and what happens next.

1. How this works

livelinks is run from the United Kingdom. The UK does not have an equivalent of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), but we act promptly on valid notices under UK law, including our obligations as a host of other people's content. We have set out this process so that it also works for notices written in the DMCA format: if your notice contains the information below, we will handle it.

Most content on livelinks pages is links to other websites. If the infringing material itself is hosted elsewhere (for example a video on another platform), you will usually also need to contact that platform to have it removed. We can remove the link to it from a livelinks page.

2. Sending a takedown notice

Email Livelinkuk@outlook.com with the subject "Copyright takedown notice". Your notice must include:

  1. The work. A description of the copyright work (or other right) you say is being infringed, for example a link to the original or a description of it. If several works are covered, a representative list.
  2. Where it is. The full web address of each livelinks page (for example livelinks.me/username) and a description of exactly which content on it infringes (for example "the second image" or "the link titled ‘Full movie’"), so we can find it.
  3. Your contact details. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address, and, if you are acting for the rights holder, who they are and your authority to act for them.
  4. A good-faith statement. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use of the material in the way complained of is not authorised by the rights holder, its agent or the law.
  5. An accuracy statement. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or are authorised to act on behalf of the rights holder (for DMCA-style notices: "under penalty of perjury").
  6. Your signature. A physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is enough).

Incomplete notices may delay things, and we may ask you for more information. We may share your notice, including your name and contact details, with the person whose content you are reporting so they can respond, but we will not share your phone number or postal address unless you agree or the law requires it.

3. What happens next

  • We aim to acknowledge notices within 48 hours and to act on valid notices promptly.
  • If the notice is valid, we will remove or disable access to the content, or disable the page if needed.
  • We will tell the page owner what was removed and why, and send them a copy of the notice (with your private contact details removed as above).
  • If a notice is unclear, or the use looks like it may be lawful (for example a permitted quotation, criticism or review, or parody), we may ask you for more information before acting.

4. Counter-notices

If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake, or that you have the right to use it, you can send a counter-notice to Livelinkuk@outlook.com with the subject "Copyright counter-notice". It must include:

  1. your name, postal address, telephone number, email address and livelinks username;
  2. a description of the content that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed;
  3. a statement that you believe in good faith that the content was removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification, or that you have the right to use it, with your reasons;
  4. a statement that the information in your counter-notice is accurate (for DMCA-style counter-notices: "under penalty of perjury"), and, if you are outside the United States and want the DMCA process to apply, that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts for the purposes of the original complainant bringing a claim; and
  5. your physical or electronic signature.

We will send your counter-notice to the person who complained. Unless they tell us within 14 days that they have started legal proceedings, or we have other good reason not to (for example the content is clearly infringing or breaks our other rules), we may restore the content. Our decision does not decide the legal dispute between you; that is for you and the rights holder, or the courts.

5. Repeat infringers

We will close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe other people's rights. As a general rule, an account that has had valid takedown notices upheld against it on three separate occasions will be closed, and the person may not open a new one. We may close an account sooner for serious or deliberate infringement, such as running a page dedicated to pirated content.

6. Trademarks and impersonation

If a username, page or badge uses your trademark, brand or name in a way that is misleading or suggests a connection with you, email us with the same details as a takedown notice, plus details of your trademark (such as its registration number and the country where it is registered). We may remove the content, change the username or take other action under our Terms and Acceptable Use Policy.

7. False or abusive notices

Please only send a notice if you have a genuine claim. Knowingly sending a false notice or counter-notice may make you liable for damages and costs, and, under the DMCA, for perjury. We may ignore notices that are clearly abusive, and we may stop accepting notices from people who repeatedly send invalid ones.

8. Where to send notices

Email: Livelinkuk@outlook.com

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For anything that is not about intellectual property, such as harmful or illegal content, use our report page.