DMCA Policy

SEER respects the intellectual-property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 (“DMCA”). This page explains how to send a copyright takedown notice to SEER, how to file a counter-notification, and how we handle repeated infringers. It applies to the SEER mobile application, the seerscriptures.comwebsite, and related services (together, the “Services”) operated by SEER — Jordan Bales, a sole proprietor in Utah, USA (“we,” “us”).

1. Designated agent for copyright notices

All DMCA notices and counter-notifications should be sent to our designated agent registered with the U.S. Copyright Office:

Email is the fastest channel and is preferred. Notices sent only to other addresses may be delayed.

2. How to submit a takedown notice

If you are a copyright owner (or authorized to act on behalf of one) and you believe that material made available through the Services infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent that contains all of the following, per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list is acceptable.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing — with enough detail to let us locate it. A direct link, a screen reference inside the SEER app, or a clear description of where the material appears is required.
4. Your contact information: full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Notices that omit any of the required elements may be returned for completion. Notices that materially misrepresent that material is infringing may subject the sender to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

3. What happens after we receive a valid notice

• We acknowledge receipt by email, typically within two business days.
• We review the notice for the elements listed above. If anything required is missing, we will write back to ask for it.
• On a facially valid notice, we expeditiously remove or disable access to the material identified, in the affected part of the Services.
• If the material was uploaded or selected by a SEER user, we notify that user that the material has been removed in response to a DMCA notice and provide a copy of the notice so they can decide whether to file a counter-notification.
• We log the notice, the action taken, and the date in our internal copyright records.

4. Counter-notification

If you are a SEER user and your material was removed in response to a DMCA notice you believe was mistaken or misidentified, you may submit a counter-notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) to the designated agent above. A counter-notification must contain:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the federal judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, the United States District Court for the District of Utah), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice, or that person’s agent.

On receipt of a facially valid counter-notification we forward a copy to the original notice-sender and inform them that we will restore the removed material in 10 to 14 business days unless they file a court action seeking a restraining order against the alleged infringer. If the original notice-sender does not file an action within that window, we restore the material.

Counter-notifications that materially misrepresent that material was removed by mistake or misidentification may subject the sender to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

5. Repeat-infringer policy

We will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of copyright, consistent with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i). A repeat infringer is a user who has been the subject of multiple DMCA takedown notices that were not contested or for which the user’s counter-notification did not result in restoration of the material. We evaluate each notice on its own facts and reserve discretion in implementing this policy.

6. User-uploaded content (Custom Library)

SEER offers a “Custom Library” feature that lets you import your own texts into your personal in-app library. Custom-imported texts are stored only on your device, in a local SQLite database that is not synced to our servers and is not visible to other users or to us. We do not monitor, scan, or review the contents of a user’s custom library, and we have no way to inspect what any particular user has imported.

You are responsible for the content you import into your custom library. You may only import material that you own, that is in the public domain, that is properly licensed to you for personal use, or that you otherwise have a legal right to copy. You may not use the Custom Library to reproduce copyrighted material without permission, and you are solely responsible for any copyright infringement that results from your imports.

Because custom-imported texts live only on the user’s device, a DMCA notice targeting that material should be directed to the user (whose contact information we do not control or share absent legal process) rather than to SEER. If a notice is sent to us about Custom Library material, we will inform the sender that the material is not stored on or accessible to SEER and is held by the user on the user’s own device.

7. No monitoring obligation

Nothing in this policy obligates SEER to affirmatively monitor user content for infringement. We respond to specific, properly-formed notices when they are received. 17 U.S.C. § 512(m).

8. Good-faith reliance on user accuracy

When a SEER user supplies text or other content (for example, by importing a custom corpus, posting in Seer Circle, or providing material to ABEL Intelligence), we rely on the user’s representations that the user has the right to use that content. If you become aware that a user has uploaded material in violation of someone’s copyright, the procedure in section 2 is the correct way to bring that to our attention.

9. Trademarks and other intellectual-property claims

This page covers copyright matters only. For trademark infringement, right-of-publicity, or other intellectual-property claims, email legal@seerscriptures.com with the same level of specificity required by section 2 above.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Effective” date above reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be posted in the app or on this page before they take effect.

11. Contact

For all copyright matters: email legal@seerscriptures.com or write to our designated agent at the postal address in section 1.