Sommelier AI follows the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We remove infringing material when we receive a complete, good-faith notice — and we give you a fair way to respond if your content was taken down by mistake.
The short version.
If you own a copyright and believe material on Sommelier AI infringes it, send a complete notice to our copyright agent (below). We review every valid notice and remove or disable the material expeditiously. If something of yours was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can file a counter-notice and we may restore it.
Filing a takedown notice.
To be valid under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your written notice must include all of the following. Missing elements can make a notice invalid, so please include everything:
- Your signature — physical or electronic — as the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for them.
- The work. Identify the copyrighted work you say is infringed (or a representative list, if several).
- The material. Identify the infringing material and where it lives on Sommelier AI — a direct URL is best.
- Your contact details. Name, mailing address, phone, and email so we can reach you.
- A good-faith statement that you believe the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on their behalf.
Counter-notification.
If your content was removed and you believe it was misidentified or removed by mistake, you may send a counter-notice. It must include your signature; identification of the removed material and where it appeared before removal; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by error; and your name, address, and phone number, with consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the U.S., the Southern District of Florida) and agreement to accept service from the person who filed the original notice.
If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action to keep it down.
Repeat infringers.
In appropriate circumstances we suspend or terminate the accounts of people who infringe copyright repeatedly. Filing knowingly false notices — in either direction — can carry liability under § 512(f), so please be accurate.
Reach our copyright agent.
Send notices and counter-notices to our designated copyright agent:
- Copyright Agent · Sommelier AI
- Email · copyright@asksommelier.ai
- Location · Miami, FL
This page explains our process; it isn't legal advice. If you're unsure whether something infringes, it's worth talking to a lawyer before you file.