Copyright and DMCA

Last updated October 14, 2026

We respect the rights of authors, publishers and translators. If you hold the rights to a work and believe it appears on Storyhaven without permission, send us a notice with the form below.

1.What a notice must include

The form asks for everything a valid notice under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) needs:

Your name and contact details, and the organization you represent, if any.
A description of the copyrighted work, and who owns it.
The address of each page on Storyhaven with the material.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorized by the rights holder, its agent or the law.
A statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them.
Your signature; typing your full name counts.

2.What happens next

Staff review every notice. When it's valid, we remove or disable the material and tell the translator who published it. We may reply to the email you give if we need more information. Incomplete notices, or ones about pages that aren't on Storyhaven, can't be acted on.

3.Counter-notices

If your work was removed and you believe that was a mistake or that you have the right to publish it, contact us through the help center with a counter-notice: the removed pages, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe the removal was a mistake, your name, address and consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court. We may restore the material unless the rights holder tells us they have started legal action.

4.Repeat infringers

We close the accounts of translators and readers who repeatedly infringe copyright.

5.Misuse

Sending a notice you know to be false can make you liable for damages. If you aren't sure whether a use infringes your rights, consider getting legal advice first.

Send a takedown notice

Every field is needed for a valid notice, except where it says optional. We only use these details to handle the notice.