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DMCA Notice and Takedown Policy

Beta draft -- Last updated September 2026

Tried respects intellectual property rights and expects users to do the same. This policy describes how to submit a copyright infringement notice and what happens next, consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Section 512).

Designated agent

To submit a copyright infringement notice, contact our designated DMCA agent:

Sugar Capital Attn: DMCA Agent Email: hello@sugarcap.com

Note: This agent is a placeholder until a formal DMCA agent designation is filed with the U.S. Copyright Office. We will update this page when the designation is complete.

How to submit a takedown notice

To be valid under the DMCA, your notice must include all of the following:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed -- or, if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list.

  2. Identification of the infringing material -- a specific URL or sufficient description to let us locate the content on the Service.

  3. Your contact information -- your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

  4. A statement of good faith -- that you believe in good faith that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

  5. A statement of accuracy and authority -- that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Send the notice to the designated agent above. We will respond promptly, typically within 5-10 business days.

What we do with a valid notice

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, we will:

  1. Remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing content.
  2. Notify the user who posted the content, with a copy of the notice (minus your personal contact information where practicable).
  3. Inform the user of their right to submit a counter-notice.

Counter-notice process

If you believe your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. A valid counter-notice must include:

  1. Identification of the removed material and the URL where it appeared before removal.
  2. A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  3. Your consent to jurisdiction -- that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or San Francisco County, California, if you are outside the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.
  4. Your contact information -- name, address, telephone number, and email.
  5. Your physical or electronic signature.

Send counter-notices to the designated agent above. Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complainant. If the complainant does not file an action to restrain the alleged infringement within 10 business days, we may restore the removed content at our discretion.

Repeat infringers

Tried will terminate the accounts of users who are found to be repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

Contact

DMCA notices and counter-notices: hello@sugarcap.com