DMCA & Removal Policy

refind respects the intellectual property rights of content creators. If you believe that material available on refind infringes your copyright, you may submit a takedown notice as described below.

refind processes publicly available YouTube content and generates AI-derived summaries. It does not host or redistribute video files.

If you are a creator and simply want your channel removed from refind, you do not need to send a formal notice. Use our contact form, choose “Copyright”, and include your channel URL and a way for us to confirm you control the channel. We will remove the channel and take steps to keep it from being added again.

Submit your notice via our contact form. Please include the following information, as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

1. Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed (e.g. the YouTube video URL or channel name).
2. Identification of the infringing material on refind, including the specific URL(s) where it appears.
3. Your contact information — name, email address, and optionally a phone number so we can reach you.
4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
6. Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name is acceptable as an electronic signature).

When we receive a complete takedown notice, or an opt-out request we have verified comes from the channel's owner, we will:

• Promptly remove or disable access to the affected content on refind's public pages.
• Delete the affected transcripts and search data from our live systems within 30 days. We keep a record of the request so we can honour it and handle any counter-notification. Residual copies may persist for a limited period before they are overwritten.

Search engines update their results on their own schedule, so copies they have already indexed may remain visible until they next recrawl. Once content is removed from refind, you can ask a search engine to refresh its results using its own removal or outdated-content tools.

If your notice is incomplete, we may contact you for clarification before taking action.

If you believe material was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification via our contact form containing:

• Identification of the material that was removed and its former location on refind.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and phone number.
• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, any judicial district where refind may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

We will forward a valid counter-notification, including your contact details, to the person who submitted the original notice. Unless they tell us they have filed a court action, we may restore the material 10 to 14 business days after we forward it.

Registration of a designated DMCA agent with the U.S. Copyright Office is pending. In the interim, all takedown notices should be submitted via our contact form. This page will be updated once registration is complete.

refind has adopted, and applies in appropriate circumstances, a policy of terminating the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of copyright.