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Copyright & DMCA Notice

How to report a copyright problem on coogame.org: our own writing, the COO game embedded from coo.mx, screenshots, and what a takedown notice needs.

Two different things live on this site

When people send a copyright complaint here, it is usually about one of two things, and they have very different answers.

Our own text. The guides, descriptions and FAQ answers on coogame.org were written for this site. You are welcome to quote a short passage with a link back. Republishing a whole page, or reusing this site's layout and styling for a copy of it, is not allowed.

The game itself. COO was made by Yegor Sak and is published on its official page at coo.mx. We do not host it, mirror it or modify it: the page you play on here is an embed that loads the game from its own address. Everything inside it — artwork, code, music, the COO name and logo — belongs to its creator.

If you are the rights holder

You do not need a lawyer or a formal notice to have the embed removed. Write to hello@coogame.org from any address, say that you own the game and want the embed taken down, and we will remove it. We aim to act within 48 hours of reading the message.

We would rather take a game down than argue about it.

Screenshots and quoted facts

This site shows screenshots of gameplay, and describes what the game does, for the purpose of explaining the game to people who want to play it. Screenshots are used in that descriptive context, unedited apart from scaling, and are not offered as our own artwork.

The name COO is used descriptively — to say which game this site is about. We are not affiliated with the developer, we do not sell anything, and we do not claim the name as a brand of ours.

What a formal notice should contain

If you want to send a notice that carries legal weight under the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512), include the following six things. A message missing them can still be acted on, but we may have to ask you to resend it properly.

  1. Identification of the work you say has been infringed — the game, the artwork, the text, or the registration number if there is one.
  2. The exact address on this site where the material appears. A link is best. Please do not send only a screenshot of a search result.
  3. Your contact details — name, address, telephone and email, so we can reach you.
  4. A statement of good faith belief that the use you are complaining about is not authorised by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
  5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or are authorised to act for them.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Send it to hello@coogame.org. Because this site does not host user-uploaded content, in most cases the fastest route is simply asking us to remove or change the page, which we will do without requiring any of the above.

Counter-notice

If we remove something because of a notice and you believe the removal was a mistake, write to the same address with the page address, the reason you are entitled to use the material, an address where you can be served, and a statement that you consent to a court's jurisdiction. We will pass it on to the person who filed the notice.

Comments

The comment areas on this site hold reader comments. If a comment contains text or a link you own and want removed, tell us the page address and which comment; we remove comments that infringe without needing a formal notice.

Repeats

We keep a record of notices. Someone who repeatedly posts infringing material in comments loses the ability to comment.

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