Intellectual Property

When you publish a work, narrate it, broadcast a reading of it, or upload a cover, you are stating that you own the rights or have permission. Public-domain material is fine. Someone else's book is not, and neither is a cover image you found.

Reading a copyrighted book aloud in a live session is a public performance. A host is responsible for holding that right, or for reading only an excerpt where the law permits it. A recording published to the club Archive carries the same obligation as the live session did.

Send a notice to readerxo Support. To be actionable it must identify the work you own, identify the material on readerxo you say infringes it with a link, give your contact details, state that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized, state under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them, and carry your signature.

A complete notice results in the material being removed or access to it disabled, and the member being notified with a copy of the notice.

A member who believes the removal was a mistake or a misidentification may send a counter-notice with the same completeness: the material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that the removal was a mistake or misidentification, consent to jurisdiction, and a signature. readerxo may restore the material after the statutory waiting period unless the original reporter files suit.

Accounts that accumulate repeated valid copyright notices are terminated. Publishing, hosting, and payout privileges end with the account.

Knowingly filing a false notice carries liability under the law. Using a notice to silence a review, a criticism, or a competitor is a violation of these policies in its own right.

Quotation, criticism, commentary, teaching, and scholarship may be lawful without permission. readerxo does not decide fair use for you. If your use depends on it, be prepared to defend it in your counter-notice.