DMCA Policy

Last updated: 4 November 2026

Purpose of this policy

MoodGallery respects the rights of creators. This page explains how a copyright owner, or someone authorised to act on a copyright owner's behalf, can ask us to review material on this site that they believe infringes copyright. It also explains what a counter-notice is, and what happens when a counter-notice is received. The process described here follows the general structure of the notice-and-takedown system set out in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States. This page is general information only, not legal advice, and it does not create a legal relationship between you and MoodGallery.

If you are unsure whether material infringes your rights, or whether an exception such as fair use might apply, you may wish to seek independent legal advice before sending a notice. A notice sent in error can have serious consequences for the person whose material is removed, and for the person who sent the notice. Taking a little time to check the facts first is almost always worthwhile.

Scope: what this site hosts

MoodGallery is a small, independent creative website. The content published on the public pages of this site consists of original articles about mood journaling, reflection, and creative expression, original artwork examples made with gradients and shapes, and browser-based tools such as a mood art generator, a mood quiz, a colour palette tool, and a journal prompt tool. The articles, the example artwork, and the tools were created for this site. They are not copied from other websites, books, or applications, and they do not reproduce other people's photographs, illustrations, music, or text.

An important part of the scope of this policy is what this site does not host. The journal on this site stores entries only in the visitor's own browser, using local storage on their own device. Those entries are not sent to a server, are not published on the site, and are not visible to other visitors or to the site operator. The mood art generator also runs entirely in the visitor's browser: the artwork it produces is generated on the visitor's device and is not uploaded to the site. As a result, most copyright questions about this site will concern the public pages themselves — the articles, the example gallery, and the tools — rather than private journal entries or generated artwork that never leaves a visitor's device.

Visitors may create artwork with the generator and download it, share it, or keep it for themselves. That artwork is theirs to use as they wish, subject to the Terms of Service. If a visitor publishes generator artwork elsewhere, any copyright question about that later publication is a matter for the place where it was published, not for this site, because this site did not host or distribute it.

This policy covers material published at moodgallery.app, including the home page, the blog, the tools, the gallery, and the information pages. It does not cover content on other websites that this site may link to. If you find material on another website that concerns you, please contact that website directly. You can learn more about what this site is, and how it is run, on the About page.

Before you submit a notice

Before sending a takedown notice, it helps to check three things. First, confirm that you own the copyright in the work, or that you are authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner. A notice should come from the owner or their authorised agent, not from a bystander, a fan, or a competitor, even if they have good intentions. Second, identify the work as precisely as you can: its title, its author, where it was first published, and what part of it you believe has been used. Vague claims such as "you copied my work" are difficult to act on, because they do not tell us which work is at issue or where the alleged copying appears.

Third, look carefully at the page you are concerned about. Sometimes two works are similar because they cover the same common topic, use the same common phrases, or follow the same general idea. Copyright protects the particular expression of an idea, not the idea itself. Two articles about mood journaling, for example, will naturally share some ordinary words and common advice, such as writing a short entry each day or reviewing your notes at the end of the week. Similarity of topic alone does not necessarily mean that copying has taken place. If you still believe that the particular wording, artwork, or other expression on a MoodGallery page reproduces your work without permission, then a notice under this policy is the right next step.

It is also worth checking whether the material is actually on moodgallery.app. A search result, a directory listing, or a social media post that mentions MoodGallery is not the same as material hosted on this site. Your notice should point to a specific page on moodgallery.app, with its full address, so that we can find and review the exact material you mean.

How to submit a copyright infringement notice

Notices may be sent by email to MoodGallery@info.com, or via the Contact page. The email address above is the designated contact for DMCA notices on this site. There is no separate postal address or telephone number published for DMCA notices, and no named agent is listed on this page. When you send a notice, include all of the information listed in the next section, and use a clear subject line such as "DMCA takedown notice" so that your message can be recognised and routed for review.

Please send one notice per work, or group your claims clearly if a single page is said to infringe several works. If you are reporting several different pages, list each page separately with its own address and a short description of the material on that page. A single long message that mixes together many works and many pages without separating them is much harder to review accurately, and may delay the process for everyone.

You do not need to use any particular form. A plain, clearly written message that contains every element listed below is sufficient. You do not need to attach legal documents, although you may include links or short excerpts that help identify the work, provided that you are entitled to share them. Please do not include passwords, private personal information about other people, or material that is unrelated to your claim.

If you are sending a notice on behalf of someone else, say so plainly at the start of your message, and explain your relationship to the copyright owner. For example, you might be an author, a publisher, a record label, an agent, or a lawyer acting for the owner. If you are not the owner and not authorised by the owner, your notice may not be accepted, and you may be asked to have the owner submit the notice themselves.

What a valid notice should contain

A notice is most useful when it contains all six elements below. A notice that is missing key information may still be reviewed, but we may need to ask you for the missing details before we can act, which will slow the process down. The six elements are:

• Identification of the copyrighted work. Describe the work you claim has been infringed, in enough detail for it to be recognised. Include the title of the work, the name of the author or copyright owner, and, where available, the place where the work was first published or is normally available, such as a book, a website, or a catalogue. If the claim concerns only part of a work, such as a particular chapter, image, or passage, say which part, and quote or describe it briefly so that the comparison can be made.
• Identification of the infringing material. Identify the material on moodgallery.app that you claim is infringing, and give its exact location. The most helpful form is the full URL of the page, together with a short description of where on the page the material appears, for example "the third paragraph of the article" or "the second image in the gallery". If the material is an image, describe it as well as linking to the page, because images can move or be renamed. If several pages are involved, list each one separately.
• Your contact information. Provide contact information that allows us to reach you about the notice, such as a name and a way to contact you. This information is needed so that we can ask follow-up questions, tell you the outcome of the review, and, where appropriate, pass your contact details to the person whose material is affected, as part of the counter-notice process described below. Please make sure the contact details you give are current and monitored, because a notice with unreachable contact details cannot easily be resolved.
• A good-faith statement. Include a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. This is a statement about your honest belief at the time you send the notice. It is not enough to be suspicious or to dislike the material; the statement should reflect a genuine belief, after reasonable checking, that the use is unauthorised.
• An accuracy statement. Include a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. This is a serious statement. It means that you are confirming, with the understanding that false statements can carry legal consequences, that what you have written is true and that you have the authority you claim.
• A physical or electronic signature. Include your physical or electronic signature, or the signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner. In an email notice, typing your full name at the end of a notice that contains the statements above will be treated as your electronic signature for this purpose.

Taken together, these six elements allow a fair review: we can find the work, find the material, compare them, contact you if needed, and be confident that the request comes from someone with standing to make it. If your notice is missing one of these elements, we may still be able to begin a review, but we may write back to ask you to complete it before any material is removed.

What happens after a notice is received

When a notice arrives by email or through the Contact page, it will be reviewed to check that it contains the information described above and that it identifies specific material on this site. The review looks at whether the notice is complete, whether the material can be located, and whether the material appears, on its face, to reproduce the identified work. This is a practical review of the notice and the pages concerned, not a court decision, and it does not decide the ultimate question of infringement, which only a court can finally determine.

Where a notice is complete and the material appears to be infringing, access to the material may be removed or disabled while the matter is resolved. Removal may mean deleting the material from the page, replacing it, or disabling access to the page or section concerned. Where only part of a page is at issue, only that part will normally be affected, and the rest of the page will remain available. Where the whole page is at issue, the page itself may be taken down. The aim is to act proportionately: to address the specific material complained of, without removing unrelated content unnecessarily.

Where possible, the person responsible for the material will be notified that it has been removed or disabled, and will be told how to submit a counter-notice. Because most public content on this site is created by the site itself rather than by outside users, notification will often be an internal matter. In any case where material by another person is affected, that person will be given the opportunity to respond through the counter-notice process below.

We do not promise a fixed response time, because the time needed depends on the complexity of the claim, the number of pages involved, and whether further information is needed from the notifier. Notices are reviewed in the order they are received, and straightforward notices with complete information are normally quicker to resolve than notices that require follow-up questions. If we need more information from you, we will ask for it, and the review will pause until it is provided.

Nothing in this section requires the removal of material that is not infringing, that is used with permission, or that is covered by an applicable exception. If a review concludes that the material does not appear to infringe, or that the notice is incomplete or unfounded, the material will remain available, and the notifier will be told why, where it is practical to do so.

If your notice is incomplete

An incomplete notice is not automatically ignored, but it cannot always be acted on immediately. If the work is not identified, the page is not specified, or the required statements are missing, we may reply to ask for the missing information. Please respond to such a request as fully as you can, because a notice that remains incomplete after follow-up may not lead to removal. If you realise after sending a notice that you made a mistake, such as naming the wrong page, please send a correction through the Contact page and refer to your original message, so that the two can be matched.

Please also note that sending repeated notices about the same material, after it has already been reviewed and a decision has been given, will not necessarily lead to a different outcome unless new information is provided. If you have new evidence, such as proof of ownership that was not available before, or a court order, please include it with your new message and explain what has changed.

Counter-notices

If material has been removed or disabled as a result of a notice, the person responsible for that material may submit a counter-notice. A counter-notice is a formal response stating that the material was removed by mistake, or because it was misidentified. It is the mechanism by which a person whose material has been taken down can ask for it to be restored.

A counter-notice should be sent by email to MoodGallery@info.com, or via the Contact page, with a clear subject line such as "DMCA counter-notice". It should contain the following elements:

• Identification of the removed material. Identify the material that was removed or disabled, and give its former location on moodgallery.app, such as the full URL of the page and a description of where the material appeared on that page. This allows the material to be located and, if appropriate, restored.
• A good-faith statement. Include a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification. As with a takedown notice, this is a serious statement about your honest belief, not a statement that you merely disagree with the removal.
• Your contact information. Provide your name, address, and telephone number, or equivalent contact information that allows you to be reached about the counter-notice. This information may be shared with the original notifier, so that they can decide whether to take further action.
• Consent to jurisdiction. Include a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or, if your address is outside the United States, to the jurisdiction of any federal court in which the site operator may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice, or from that person's agent. This statement is expressed in general terms, as set out in the DMCA itself, and this page does not name a specific court or jurisdiction for the site operator.
• A physical or electronic signature. Include your physical or electronic signature. As with a takedown notice, typing your full name at the end of a counter-notice that contains the statements above will be treated as your electronic signature for this purpose.

When a valid counter-notice is received, it will be reviewed for completeness, and a copy may be provided to the person who submitted the original takedown notice. That person may then decide whether to seek a court order to restrain the restoration of the material. If no notice of such court action is received within the applicable waiting period, the material may be restored. If court action is notified, the material will normally remain unavailable while that action is pending. The site does not decide the underlying dispute; the counter-notice process exists to give both sides a fair opportunity to be heard, and to allow a court to decide if the matter cannot be resolved between the parties.

As with takedown notices, a counter-notice that is missing key information may be returned for completion, which will delay any restoration. If you submit a counter-notice, please make sure your contact details are current, because the original notifier may need to reach you, and because restoration can depend on being able to confirm that no court action has been filed.

Repeat-infringer policy

MoodGallery does not operate user accounts and does not allow visitors to publish material on the public pages of the site, so the classic repeat-infringer situation, in which an account holder repeatedly uploads infringing material, does not arise here in the usual way. Nevertheless, the principle behind a repeat-infringer policy still applies: if a person repeatedly submits material to the site, or repeatedly causes infringing material to appear on the site, and that material is repeatedly removed following valid notices, further submissions from that person may be refused, and any account or submission facility available to them may be terminated.

Equally, if a person repeatedly submits takedown notices that are found to be unfounded, incomplete after follow-up, or based on material they do not own, those notices will be treated with increasing caution, and the notifier may be asked to provide stronger evidence of ownership before further action is taken. The aim of this approach is to keep the process fair in both directions: genuine copyright owners should be able to get infringing material removed, and people whose lawful material is wrongly targeted should not be repeatedly disrupted by unfounded claims.

Decisions under this section are made on the basis of the notices received, the material reviewed, and the history of previous decisions. They are not made on the basis of personal dislike, commercial competition, or the subject matter of the material, except insofar as that subject matter is relevant to the copyright question itself.

Misrepresentation warning

Anyone who knowingly misrepresents, in a takedown notice or a counter-notice, that material is infringing, or that material was removed by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, under the DMCA. This is a further reason to check the facts carefully before sending either kind of notice, and to include only statements that you believe to be true. If you are unsure about ownership, permission, or the scope of an exception, consider seeking independent legal advice first.

This warning applies equally to both sides of the process. A copyright owner who sends a notice they know to be false, and a person who sends a counter-notice they know to be false, both risk liability. Honest mistakes, made in good faith after reasonable checking, are a different matter from deliberate misrepresentation, but the line between them depends on the facts of each case, and it is not for this site to decide that question finally.

Questions about this policy

If you have a general question about this policy, or about how a notice or counter-notice is handled, you may ask by email at MoodGallery@info.com or through the Contact page. Please note that general questions are not the same as formal notices: if you wish to report specific infringing material, please submit a notice containing the six elements listed above, rather than a general enquiry, so that it can be reviewed as a notice.

For questions about how personal information submitted with a notice is handled, please see the Privacy Policy. For the general rules that apply to using this site, please see the Terms of Service. For background on the site itself, please see the About page. This DMCA policy should be read together with those pages, and if there is any conflict between this page and the Terms of Service on a question of site use, the Terms of Service will normally prevail, except on the specific notice-and-takedown process described here.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the law, in the way the site is operated, or in the submission channel. The updated version will be published on this page with a new date. If you have already submitted a notice or counter-notice, the version in force at the time of your submission will normally be the version applied to it, unless the change is required by law. Please check this page from time to time if you are involved in an ongoing matter.

Thank you for helping to keep MoodGallery a place where original work is respected, and where creators, readers, and visitors can share and reflect in good faith. If you believe your work has been used without permission, the steps on this page are the way to raise it, and they will be treated seriously and fairly.