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Operating doctrine

The Bureau Standard

The Bureau Standard is our operating doctrine — the conditions under which we file, decline, correct and report.

  1. 01. Identity Standard

    Every filing is submitted from our canonical domain, takedownbureau.com, and signed by a named individual at Takedown Bureau. We do not file through third-party mailboxes or unrelated domains.

  2. 02. Authorization Standard

    We do not submit a request on behalf of a copyright owner until written authorization is on file and covers the relevant works.

  3. 03. Evidence Standard

    We do not file until the claimed original work is identifiable and the available evidence supports the claim being made.

  4. 04. Copyright Exception Review

    Potential copyright exceptions, including fair use, are considered before submission. Matters that remain materially uncertain are not filed.

  5. 05. Human Review

    A person at Takedown Bureau reviews the evidence, the authorization and the relevant context of every filing before it is submitted. We do not send fully automated requests.

  6. 06. Filing Accuracy

    When we confirm an error in one of our filings, we correct or retract it promptly and record the correction in the case file.

  7. 07. Retraction Standard

    Retractions and corrections are issued through the same canonical filing identity as the original request — copyright@takedownbureau.com — and follow the relevant platform’s own retraction process. Where a retraction is appropriate and we are authorized to act on the matter, we do not charge the uploader for it.

  8. 08. Conflict Standard

    We ask each client to tell us whether another agent has been instructed on the same works, and we avoid filing where duplicate representation would create conflicting claims on the same matter.

  9. 09. Transparency & Corrections

    Public reporting follows a published counting methodology. If a published figure is wrong, we correct it and record the revision with a date.

  10. 10. Responsible Filing

    We do not knowingly submit a matter based on fabricated ownership, fake or forged authorization, or evidence we know to be false. We do not file to suppress lawful criticism merely because it is unfavorable, or to use a copyright process for a commercial dispute that is not about copying.

    These are Takedown Bureau’s own operating standards. They are not a statement of what any law or platform requires of a filer.

The four public pledges on our About page summarize this doctrine.

How we screen for copyright exceptions → Situations where we decline to file → The reviewer summary of this standard →