You own what you make. We only ever get the permission we need to display it. If someone publishes your work here without permission, this page is how you get it taken down.
1 Who owns what
Everything you upload or write - posts, articles, photographs, product images, logos, descriptions, reviews and comments - remains yours.
We take a limited licence to store, back up, re-encode and display it, purely so the service can show it to the people you published it to. That licence is set out in full in section 5 of the Terms of Service.
The platform itself - our name, logo, design and software - is ours.
2 What you must not publish
- · Images, text, music or video you did not create and do not have a licence for
- · Stock photography used outside its licence terms
- · Product photographs taken from another seller's listing
- · Another business's logo, trade name or trade dress
- · Articles copied from elsewhere, in whole or substantially
- · Content generated by rewriting someone else's work to disguise its origin
"I found it online" is not a licence. Nor is crediting the author, unless the licence says it is.
3 Blogs and articles
Articles you publish are yours. They are public, indexed by search engines, and may be shown in excerpt on feeds, category pages and previews when someone shares the link.
You can edit or delete an article at any time. Deleting removes it from the platform; search engines and third-party caches take their own time to catch up, and that part is outside our control.
Plagiarised articles are removed on report, and repeat offenders lose the ability to publish.
4 Reporting an infringement
Use the copyright form. It collects everything a valid notice needs, and it does not require an account.
File a copyright complaintA notice must include:
- Your name and a working email address
- Who the rights holder is, if that is not you
- The exact address of the content you are complaining about
- A description of the work you say has been copied
- An explanation of why the use infringes your rights
- A statement, made in good faith, that you believe the use is not authorised and that the information you have given is accurate
Notices that leave out the declaration cannot be acted on. Deliberately false notices are themselves unlawful in most jurisdictions, and we keep a record of them.
You can also write to copyright@boothpost.com, but the form is faster because nothing is missing from it.
5 What happens next
1. We acknowledge it
You get a confirmation with a reference.
2. We review it
A person checks that the notice is complete and looks at the content. Usually within two working days.
3. We act if it is justified
The content is hidden or removed. Where the claim is unclear, we may restrict it while we look further.
4. We tell the uploader
They are told what was removed and on what basis, though not who you are unless you ask us to say.
5. They may respond
If they believe the notice was mistaken, they can appeal. If their response is credible we may restore the content and put you both in touch.
Accounts that attract repeated, upheld copyright complaints are terminated.
6 If you are the one accused
You will find the decision under Settings → Moderation, with the reason attached.
If you hold a licence, created the work yourself, or the use is covered by an exception such as quotation or fair dealing, appeal and say so. Attach whatever evidence you have. We would much rather restore content that should never have come down.
7 Search engines
Public profiles, listings, posts and articles are indexable by search engines by default - being found is the point of the platform.
You can hide your business profile from search from your profile settings. Signed-in-only areas, account pages and this platform's administrative pages are never indexed.