DMCA

Effective Date: December 21, 2025

Darkside (www.darkside.report) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement.¹

1. Designated Agent Information

The following individual is the Designated Agent to receive notification of claimed infringement for this website:

• Name: John Conner
• Email: darkside.report@darkside.report]

2. Filing a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content hosted on Darkside infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our Designated Agent with the following information in writing:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (e.g., a link to the original work or a description).
2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g., the specific URL on darkside.report).
3. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address.
4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.⁴
6. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.⁵

Please send this notice to the email listed above. Note: Failure to include all of the above information may result in a delay or the rejection of your request.

3. Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification to our Designated Agent. This must include:

• Identification of the material that was removed.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and telephone number.
• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if outside the U.S., for any judicial district in which Darkside may be found).
• Your physical or electronic signature.

4. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Darkside has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at Darkside’s sole discretion, users or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers.

5. Disclaimer regarding Journalistic "Fair Use"

Darkside is a journalism platform. We frequently use excerpts of documents, images, and video under the Fair Use doctrine (17 U.S.C. § 107) for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. We will evaluate all DMCA notices in the context of Fair Use before removing content.