Copyright Policy

Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement 

Himalaya takes claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from this website or application infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials from the website or application by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) ("DMCA"), the written notice (the "DMCA Notice") must include the following:


The copyright owner’s name, address, telephone number, and email address

Your name, address, telephone number, and email address (if different from the copyright owner)

Your physical or electronic signature.

Identification of the copyrighted work in sufficient detail you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the website or application, a representative list of such works.

Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material.

A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate.

A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.


Our designated copyright agent to receive DMCA Notices is:


copyright@himalaya.com

Himalaya Media, Inc.

368 Clementina Ave.

San Francisco CA 94103


If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the website or application is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.



Counter Notification Procedures

If you believe that material you posted on this website or application was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter notification with us (a "Counter Notice") by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include the following:


Your physical or electronic signature.

An identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.

Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).

A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.

A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the website or application may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the website or application with the complaint at issue.


Our designated agent to receive Counter Notices is:


copyright@himalaya.com

Himalaya Media, Inc.

368 Clementina Ave.

San Francisco CA 94103



The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.



Repeat Infringers

It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. Termination of accounts will be handled in accordance with our Terms of Use. 



Non-Copyrighted Content

The foregoing process applies to copyright only. If you discover any Content that you believe to be in violation of your trademark rights, please report this to us by email at support@Himalaya.com. In all other cases, if you discover Content that infringes or violates any of your other rights, which you believe is defamatory, pornographic, obscene, racist or otherwise liable to cause widespread offense, or which constitutes impersonation, abuse, spam or otherwise violates the Himalaya Terms of Use or applicable law, please report this to us at support@Himalaya.com.