ChainTale

ChainTale — DMCA / Copyright Policy

DRAFT — requires review by qualified counsel before publication. Based on 17 U.S.C. §512. Not legal advice. Company, designated-agent, contact, and address details are now filled in (Tygart Nexus LLC), but qualified-counsel legal review has not been performed. The [COPYRIGHT OFFICE DIRECTORY URL] and renewal date are left to fill after the agent is registered (see the checklist at the end). The designated agent must be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office for safe-harbor protection to apply.

Last updated: 2026-06-18 (draft).

1. Overview

Tygart Nexus LLC ("we", "us") operates ChainTale, a service that hosts user-generated and AI-generated video that users can continue ("branch") into stories. We respect intellectual property rights and comply with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. §512. This policy explains how to report alleged copyright infringement, how to contest a removal, and our policy on repeat infringers.

Because ChainTale lets users build continuations on top of one another's clips, a single infringing clip may have downstream branches; when we remove infringing material we also address the branches that incorporate it as appropriate. We respond expeditiously to valid notices and reserve the right to remove content, disable access, and terminate accounts in accordance with this policy.

2. How to file a notice of infringement (§512(c)(3))

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our Designated Copyright Agent (Section 5) that includes all of the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list, if multiple works).
  3. Identification of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (e.g. the clip ID, story/branch reference, or username).
  4. Your contact information — name, address, telephone number, and 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 in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Send notices to: jon.tygart@tygartnexus.com (or by mail to the agent address in Section 5). Incomplete notices may not be actionable.

Caution: Under §512(f), knowingly materially misrepresenting that material is infringing can subject you to liability for damages.

3. What we do when we receive a valid notice

On receipt of a notice that substantially complies with §512(c)(3), we will:

  1. Expeditiously remove or disable access to the identified material (and address dependent continuations/branches as appropriate).
  2. Notify the affected user that their content was removed due to a DMCA notice, and provide them a copy of the notice (we may redact certain personal contact details where appropriate).
  3. Inform the user of the counter-notice process (Section 4).
  4. Record a strike against the user for repeat-infringer tracking (Section 6).

4. Counter-notice process (§512(g))

If your content was removed and you believe it was removed in error or as a result of misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to our Designated Agent that includes all of the following:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal (e.g. the clip ID).
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief 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 District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the U.S., any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice (or their agent).

What happens next: We will forward your counter-notice to the original complainant. If the complainant does not notify us within 10–14 business days that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity, we may restore the removed material.

Send counter-notices to: jon.tygart@tygartnexus.com.

[Fill in and keep current. This information must match the registration filed with the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA Directory.]

6. Repeat-infringer policy (three strikes) (§512(i))

We maintain and reasonably implement a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers:

A strike that is successfully reversed by a valid counter-notice (i.e. the content is restored and no court action is filed) does not count toward this total. We may, in our discretion, terminate accounts sooner for egregious or willful infringement, or where required by law.

7. Trademark and other rights

This policy addresses copyright. For trademark, right-of-publicity, privacy, or other complaints (including complaints about AI-generated content that uses someone's likeness or voice), contact jon.tygart@tygartnexus.com. DMCA safe harbor does not extend to non-copyright claims; we handle those under our Terms of Service and applicable law.

8. Changes

We may update this policy. The "Last updated" date reflects the current version. The designated-agent registration must be kept current independently (see checklist).

Appendix A — DMCA safe-harbor registration checklist (internal)

This is the §512 safe-harbor prerequisite. Publishing the policy above is not enough on its own — you must also register a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office and stand up the takedown intake. Cost is about $6.

Until items 1–3 are complete, do not represent in the Terms of Service or App Store materials that we operate a registered DMCA agent.