Last Updated: October 27, 2025
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This Copyright Policy describes how we respond to alleged claims of copyright infringement relating to Content made available through our Service (where “Content” and “Service” are defined in our Terms of Use) under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).
Please read this Copyright Policy carefully. By using our Service, you agree to this Policy, our Privacy Policy, our Cookies Policy and our Terms of Use.
1. WHAT IS THE DMCA?
In a nutshell, section 512 of the DMCA lays out the legal procedure for a copyright holder to formally ask a service provider like us, to take down allegedly infringing content by submitting a DMCA copyright notice.
2. HOW TO SUMIT A DMCA COPYRIGHT NOTICE?
Before you submit a DMCA copyright notice, please make sure you’re the actual copyright holder or that you’ve been authorized to act on a right holder’s behalf.
To submit a notice of claimed copyright infringement, you will need to send a written communication that includes substantially all of the information listed below:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner (“Authorized Person”) of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works (e.g. a copy of or link to the original work);
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g. a link to the infringing material);
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the Authorized Person, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address;
- A statement that the Authorized Person has a good faith belief that use of the allegedly infringing material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Authorized Person is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Such written DMCA copyright notice should be sent to the Designated Copyright Agent contact as listed below.
3. HOW WE MAY RESPOND TO DMCA COPYRIGHT NOTICE?
We can decide to remove or restrict access to any infringing content in response to a DMCA copyright notice.
4. CONTACT US
You can contact our Designated Copyright Agent by sending an email to dmca@viki.com; you can also mail a copyright notice to the following address:
Viki, Inc.
Attention: Designated Copyright Agent/Legal
800 Concar Drive, Suite 175,
San Mateo,
California 94402, USA.