DMCA / Takedown Policy
WhaleGPT respects the intellectual property rights, publicity rights and personality rights of others. If you believe that material accessible on or through the WhaleGPT service infringes your copyright, trademark, right of publicity or other protected right, please send a notice using the form below. We review every notice and act within 7 business days.
1. Scope
This policy applies to claims regarding:
- Copyright infringement (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512; EU Directive 2001/29/EC).
- Trademark infringement and dilution.
- Right of publicity / personality rights (use of a name, image, likeness, voice or biography).
- Defamation, false-light or other reputational claims.
- Editorial-removal requests by an identified subject or their authorised agent.
2. Editorial use of names and likenesses (context)
WhaleGPT publishes educational content that discusses public investors, funds and firms using publicly available information (shareholder letters, interviews, regulatory filings, books). This editorial use is made in reliance on fair-use, fair-dealing, right-of-quotation and right-to-report principles applicable in most jurisdictions, with no claim of affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement. We remove or edit content promptly where a valid claim is made.
3. What your notice must contain
To be actionable, your notice must include all of the following. Incomplete notices delay processing.
- Your full legal name and, if applicable, the entity you represent.
- A working contact email.
- The specific URL(s) and a description of the material you believe to be infringing or otherwise objectionable.
- Identification of the right relied on (copyright registration, trademark, personality right) and your relationship to it (owner, exclusive licensee, authorised agent).
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorised to act on behalf of the rightsholder.
- Your signature (typed name is sufficient when submitted via the form).
4. Counter-notice
If we remove or disable access to material in response to a notice, we will, where we have contact information for the affected user, notify them and give them an opportunity to send a counter-notice. A counter-notice must include the same identification elements as the original notice plus a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
5. Repeat infringers
Accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers will be terminated in accordance with our Terms of Service.
6. Designated agent
Notices may be submitted via the form below. Postal correspondence regarding formal DMCA notices will be acknowledged once a registered office is publicly listed (see Imprint). Until then, the form is the designated channel and submissions are time-stamped and logged.
7. Misuse
Knowingly false or bad-faith notices are unlawful in many jurisdictions and may result in liability for damages and legal costs, including under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).