Copyright and DMCA policy

Occasio lets people make greeting cards from their own photos and words and share them by private link. We respect the rights of creators. If you believe a card on Occasio uses your copyrighted work without permission, this page explains how to tell us and what happens next.

1. Send us a notice

Under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), a notice of claimed infringement should include all of the following:

1. Your signature, physical or electronic, as the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for the owner.
2. The work you say has been infringed. If several works are covered, a representative list is fine.
3. The material you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it. For Occasio this is the card link, for example https://occasio-greetings.vercel.app/c/abcd1234.
4. Your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.

Send the notice to the address in the next section. If you are on a card page, the Copyright link at the bottom opens this page with the card reference ready to copy.

2. Where to send it

See "Designated agent" below. Notices that do not contain the items above may not be actionable, and we may ask you for more detail.

3. What we do

When we receive a complete notice we act quickly: we disable the card link so the material can no longer be viewed, we tell the person who made the card (when we can reach them) that it was removed and why, and we keep a record of the notice.

4. Counter-notice

If you made a card that was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can send us a counter-notice containing:

1. Your signature.
2. The material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed because of a mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your address (or, outside the US, for the district where we are located) and will accept service from the person who sent the original notice.

We forward a counter-notice to the person who complained. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days.

5. Repeat infringers

We will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright. In practice, an account that is the subject of three valid notices that were not successfully counter-noticed is closed, its cards are disabled, and further links from it may be refused. Cards made without an account are disabled, and we may block further use of the same sender details.

6. Misrepresentation

Sending a notice or counter-notice you know is false can make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)). Please only send a notice if you are sure.

7. Other problems with a card

For anything that is not a copyright claim (harassment, impersonation, explicit or illegal content), use Report this card at the bottom of the card, or email us. We remove cards that break our Terms of Service.