Copyright & Content Takedown Process

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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

The takedown process covers infringing or prohibited content on the website and through products and services

The page is titled "Copyright & Content Takedown Process" and asks the reader to "follow the procedures below to request a takedown of any infringing or prohibited content appearing on our website or through our products and services". The scope named is therefore the company's website and what comes through its products and services, for both infringing and merely prohibited content; the document itself lists no surface it excludes.

Details
Who
Anyone requesting a takedown
What it does
request a takedown of content
What it covers
infringing or prohibited content appearing on the website or through products and services

Supporting quotations

Copyright & Content Takedown Process
Please follow the procedures below to request a takedown of any infringing or prohibited content appearing on our website or through our products and services.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Covers content "appearing on our website or through our products and services"; the document names no excluded surface.
  • Covers both infringing content and "prohibited" content, a category the page does not define.

Not stated here

  • The document does not say who may file a claim; each notice section states its own authorization or good-faith requirement.
  • What counts as "prohibited" content is not defined here, and no linked policy defining it is supplied.

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Content & IP Rights · Company practice

A claim missing required information may be ineffective or simply delayed

The filing section says "Failure to provide the required information may make your claim ineffective and/or action may be delayed until your submission is complete." Both consequences are permissive ("may"), and the stated delay runs only until the submission is complete; the document does not say a deficient claim is refused or that the filer is told.

Details
Condition
Failure to provide the required information
What it does
claim may be ineffective and/or action may be delayed

Supporting quotations

Failure to provide the required information may make your claim ineffective and/or action may be delayed until your submission is complete.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Both consequences are permissive: the claim "may" be ineffective and action "may" be delayed.
  • The stated delay lasts "until your submission is complete".

Not stated here

  • The document does not say whether a deficient claim is rejected, how the filer learns it was ineffective, or whether the company requests the missing items.

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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

Claims should go to a designated Copyright Agent by email or registered mail to San Jose

"All claims should be sent to our designated Copyright Agent at [copyright@roku.com](mailto:copyright@roku.com), or by registered mail to Roku, Inc., Attn: Copyright Agent, 1701 Junction Court, Suite #100, San Jose, CA 95112 USA." One agent address serves both email and mail, it applies to "all claims", and the wording is "should" rather than an exclusive-channel requirement.

Details
Who
Claimant
What it does
send claim to the designated Copyright Agent by email or registered mail
Where
United States mailing address (San Jose, California)

Supporting quotations

All claims should be sent to our designated Copyright Agent at copyright@roku.com, or by registered mail to Roku, Inc., Attn: Copyright Agent, 1701 Junction Court, Suite #100, San Jose, CA 95112 USA.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to "All claims", including both copyright and other-rights notices.
  • Filing is expressed as "should", not as the only permitted route.
  • The postal route is "registered mail" to a San Jose, California address.

Not stated here

  • The document states no filing route for the linked forms (for example whether they are submitted online); those forms are separate documents not supplied here.

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Content & IP Rights · Company practice

After a proper notice the company may remove the content, forward the claim, or warn the provider

"Upon receipt of a proper notice of a claim, we will either:" and then three alternatives follow, although the lead-in says "either". It may "Remove or disable access to the content that is alleged to be infringing or prohibited (if the content is under our control)"; it may "Forward the claim to the channel and/or content provider who is providing the allegedly infringing or prohibited content, along with your contact information, for their resolution"; or it may "Notify the channel and/or content provider that we will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing or prohibited content, unless the channel and/or content provider promptly removes the content or responds with a counternotice." Removal therefore depends on control, the second route hands the filer's contact details to the provider, and the third gives the provider an undefined "promptly" window to remove the content or file a counternotice.

Details
Condition
Upon receipt of a proper notice of a claim
What it does
remove or disable access to the content
Who
channel and/or content provider
Exception
content must be under the company's control
When
provider must remove "promptly" (undefined)

Supporting quotations

Upon receipt of a proper notice of a claim, we will either:
Remove or disable access to the content that is alleged to be infringing or prohibited (if the content is under our control)
Forward the claim to the channel and/or content provider who is providing the allegedly infringing or prohibited content, along with your contact information, for their resolution
Notify the channel and/or content provider that we will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing or prohibited content, unless the channel and/or content provider promptly removes the content or responds with a counternotice.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • All three follow only "a proper notice of a claim"; an incomplete claim may not trigger any of them.
  • Removal or disabling is available "(if the content is under our control)".
  • Forwarding carries the filer's contact information to the channel and/or content provider.
  • Under the third route the provider avoiding removal by acting "promptly" is required only to remove the content "or" respond with a counternotice; "promptly" is not defined.

Not stated here

  • The document says nothing about which of the three routes is chosen, in what order, or within what period.
  • What happens to content not under the company's control, beyond forwarding it to the provider, is not stated.

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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

Claims about other rights or prohibited content need a reasoned description, timing and contact details

A separate notice applies "If you believe in good faith that any content appearing on our website or through our products or services infringes other proprietary rights or contains prohibited or illegal content". It asks for three items: "A detailed description of the infringing or prohibited material or activity including why it is infringing or prohibited"; "A detailed description specifying the date, time, and location (such as the channel, show, or website) of the material that you claim is infringing or prohibited (as applicable)"; and "Your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address." Unlike the copyright notice, this notice requires no statement under penalty of perjury and no proof of authorization by a rights owner, but it does require the filer to explain why the material is infringing or prohibited.

Details
Who
Anyone with a good-faith belief about infringing or prohibited content
What it does
provide the three listed items
What it covers
infringing or prohibited material or activity
Condition
good faith belief that other proprietary rights are infringed or the content is prohibited or illegal

Supporting quotations

Notice of Alleged Infringement of Other Rights or Prohibited Content If you believe in good faith that any content appearing on our website or through our products or services infringes other proprietary rights or contains prohibited or illegal content, please provide us with the following information:
A detailed description of the infringing or prohibited material or activity including why it is infringing or prohibited;
A detailed description specifying the date, time, and location (such as the channel, show, or website) of the material that you claim is infringing or prohibited (as applicable); and
Your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Trigger is a good-faith belief about content "on our website or through our products or services" that "infringes other proprietary rights or contains prohibited or illegal content".
  • The description must include "why it is infringing or prohibited".
  • Date, time and location are required "(as applicable)".
  • No statement under penalty of perjury and no owner-authorization statement is required for this kind of claim.

Not stated here

  • "prohibited or illegal content" and "other proprietary rights" are not defined in this document; no linked policy defining them is supplied here.

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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

An optional prohibited-content notice form is offered, and it must be completed in full

"For your convenience, you can use this form of [Notice of Infringing or Prohibited Content](https://docs.roku.com/doc/noticeofinfringingorprohibitedcontent/en-us) to file a claim. Please note that this notice must be completed in full for it to be effective." As with the copyright form, using it is a convenience while completing it fully is a condition of effectiveness.

Details
What it covers
Notice of Infringing or Prohibited Content form
Condition
must be completed in full to be effective

Supporting quotations

For your convenience, you can use this form of Notice of Infringing or Prohibited Content to file a claim. Please note that this notice must be completed in full for it to be effective.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Using the form is optional: "For your convenience, you can use this form".
  • "this notice must be completed in full for it to be effective".

Not stated here

  • The linked form's own contents are not part of this document and are not read into this analysis.

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Content & IP Rights · User right or choice

A person targeted by a claim may send a counternotice on request, with no stated deadline

"Counternotices to Alleged Claims If you believe that a claim has been improperly submitted against you, you may submit a counternotice, and provide us with the following information:" The route is open to anyone who believes a claim was improperly submitted against them, including content providers, and the document states it permissively rather than as a required step.

Details
Who
Person against whom a claim was submitted
What it does
may submit a counternotice
Condition
belief that the claim was improperly submitted

Supporting quotations

Counternotices to Alleged Claims If you believe that a claim has been improperly submitted against you, you may submit a counternotice, and provide us with the following information:

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Available "If you believe that a claim has been improperly submitted against you"; the page does not require the counternotice filer to be a rights owner.
  • Filing is permissive: "you may submit a counternotice".

Not stated here

  • No deadline for filing a counternotice is stated, and no countdown tied to the removal date is given beyond the 10 business day period in the counternotice outcome.

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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

An optional counternotice form is offered, and it must be completed in full

"For your convenience, you can use this form of [Counter Notice of Alleged Copyright Infringement](https://docs.roku.com/doc/counternoticeofalledgedcopyrightinfringement/en-us) to provide your counternotice. Please note that this notice must be completed in full for it to be effective." Using the form is a convenience; completeness is a condition of effectiveness.

Details
What it covers
Counter Notice of Alleged Copyright Infringement form
Condition
must be completed in full to be effective

Supporting quotations

For your convenience, you can use this form of Counter Notice of Alleged Copyright Infringement to provide your counternotice. Please note that this notice must be completed in full for it to be effective.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Using the form is optional: "For your convenience, you can use this form".
  • "this notice must be completed in full for it to be effective".

Not stated here

  • The linked form's own contents are not part of this document and are not read into this analysis.

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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

After a proper counternotice the complainant receives a copy and has 10 business days to report a filed court action

"Upon receipt of a proper notice of a counternotice, we will provide the complainant with a copy of your counternotice, and will remove the content or cease enabling access to it, unless, within 10 business days, the complainant provides notice to our copyright agent that the complainant has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the channel and/or content provider from engaging in such infringing activity." Two steps are plainly stated: the complainant gets a copy of the counternotice, and a notice to the copyright agent about a filed action seeking a court order can change the outcome within 10 business days. The removal wording itself is in tension with that reading, since it makes removal or cessation of access the stated outcome after a counternotice rather than a restoration of the content, and this document nowhere says that content already removed is restored or replaced. The practical outcome of a counternotice is therefore left unknown here; only the copy to the complainant, the 10 business day period and the court-action trigger are quoted as they stand.

Details
Who
complainant who filed the original notice
What it does
provides notice that an action seeking a court order has been filed
What it covers
the content to which access has been disabled
When
within 10 business days
Condition
notice must be provided to the copyright agent

Supporting quotations

Upon receipt of a proper notice of a counternotice, we will provide the complainant with a copy of your counternotice
will remove the content or cease enabling access to it, unless, within 10 business days, the complainant provides notice to our copyright agent that the complainant has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the channel and/or content provider from engaging in such infringing activity.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Triggered by "receipt of a proper notice of a counternotice".
  • The 10 business days run to the complainant giving notice to the copyright agent that an action seeking a court order has been filed; the order described would restrain "the channel and/or content provider", not the counternotice filer.
  • The notice must reach "our copyright agent".

Not stated here

  • Whether the removal wording reverses the usual reinstatement sequence is unresolved: the document contains no step restoring or replacing content already removed, so what happens to that content after a counternotice is not resolved by this text.
  • No period other than the single 10 business day trigger is given, and there is no stated deadline for the company's own action once that period ends.

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