DMCA Notice & Takedown.

DMCA Notice & Takedown

Last updated: May 26, 2026

VTScout respects intellectual-property rights and complies with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). This page explains how to notify us of allegedly infringing content, the information your notice must contain, and our policy for repeat infringers.

Designated Copyright Agent

Send DMCA notices and counter-notices to our designated agent:

VTScout — DMCA Agent
Email: [email protected]

Notices should be submitted by email — this is the fastest and most reliable channel. VTScout responds promptly to properly-formed DMCA notices and processes them as a service provider would under 17 U.S.C. § 512, including the takedown, counter-notice, and repeat-infringer practices described below.

What a DMCA notice must contain

To be effective, a notice must include all of the following (paraphrased from 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A)):

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works).
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with sufficient detail to permit us to locate it — at minimum the URL of the page on vtscout.com.
• Reasonably sufficient contact information so we can contact you: name, postal address, telephone number, and email.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Notices that omit these elements may not trigger our takedown obligations under the safe-harbor framework.

Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. A counter-notice must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
• 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, postal address, telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal district court in Vermont (or, if outside the U.S., any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the original notice-sender.

If we receive a valid counter-notice we will forward it to the original complainant; if they do not file suit within 10–14 business days we may restore the content.

Repeat-infringer policy

VTScout terminates the accounts of users found to be repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. This applies to comment accounts, claimed place listings, and any other reader-facing account on the site.

Fair use & misuse warning

Submitting a DMCA notice that knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing may subject you to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Please consider whether the use at issue may be fair use or otherwise authorized before sending a notice.

For other inquiries

For non-copyright complaints (defamation, privacy, factual errors), please use our Corrections page. For law-enforcement or other legal requests, see Legal Requests.