Copyright & DMCA policy

Broidry respects intellectual-property rights and expects every shop to do the same. We follow the notice-and-takedown process of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): rights holders can tell us about infringing content, we remove it promptly, and shops can push back if they believe the notice was wrong.

If your work is being infringed

Send us a notice that includes all of the following:

• Identification of the copyrighted work you own.
• The URL(s) on broidry.com where the infringing material appears.
• Your name, address, email, and phone number.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorized by the rights owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are (or are authorized to act for) the rights owner.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Send notices via the report form (choose “copyright” in your message) or to our designated copyright agent (contact details are provided on request and filed with the U.S. Copyright Office).

What we do with a valid notice

• We remove or disable access to the identified material promptly.
• We tell the shop what was removed and why, and record a strike on the account.
• Repeat infringers are terminated. Multiple valid notices against the same shop end the account.

If your content was removed (counter-notice)

If you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice with: identification of the removed material and where it appeared, your contact details, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe the removal was a mistake, and consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in your district (or Wisconsin, if outside the US). If the original claimant doesn't file a court action within 14 business days, we may restore the material.

A plain-words note for embroiderers

The most common trouble isn't piracy — it's licensing confusion. Buying a digitized design file usually gives you a license to stitch it, and that license says whether you may sell the finished items. Team logos, cartoon characters, and brand marks are almost never yours to sell without permission, even when a customer asks for them and supplies the artwork. When a customer sends you a logo, they are telling you they have the right to use it — your terms with Broidry make them responsible for that claim, but a takedown still removes the listing first and sorts it out after.