Report illegal content

Use this form to tell us about content on Glotsmith that you believe is unlawful — for example it infringes copyright, is defamatory, or otherwise breaks the law. We confirm every report we receive, review it in a timely, diligent, and non-arbitrary way, and tell you our decision and the main reasons for it where we are required to.

Everything marked with an asterisk is required. If you are reporting copyright infringement, the extra fields exist because the law requires them in a takedown notice — an incomplete notice is one we may not be able to act on.

What are you reporting?

Copyright infringementSomeone has uploaded or shared a work you own the rights to, or that you are authorised to act for.Something else unlawfulFor example defamation, a privacy violation, or other illegal content.

Where is the content?

Share link or address

Paste the full link you were looking at. If you only have the code from the end of a share link, that works too.

How much of it are you reporting?

Specific files or passages on the pageThe whole page

What kind of item is it?

The name shown above it

Copy the file name exactly as it appears on the page — it is how we find the right file.

Why do you believe it is unlawful?

Explain your reasons

Be as specific as you can. This is the part we act on, so a clear explanation is worth more than a long one.

The work you say has been infringed

Identify the work

For example the title, author, edition, and ISBN, or a link to where the work is published.

What is your relationship to the work?

I own the rights to itI am authorised to act for the rights owner

About you

Your full name

Your email address

We send the acknowledgment here, and use it if we need to ask you anything.

If your report concerns certain serious offences and you need to leave your name and email out, write to contact@glotsmith.com instead of using this form.

Organisation you represent

Your postal address

A copyright takedown notice must include this by law.

Your phone number

Your declaration

By sending this notice you declare that:

the information in this report is accurate and complete, and you give it in good faith;
you believe in good faith that the use of the material described is not authorised by the rights owner, its agent, or the law; and
under penalty of perjury, this information is accurate and you are the rights owner or are authorised to act on the rights owner's behalf.

I declare all of the above.

Type your full name to sign this notice

The law requires a copyright takedown notice to be signed. Typing your name here has the same effect as signing it by hand.

We may pass your report on to the person who uploaded the content, including the information you have written in it and who you are. In some countries we are required to.

Please only report content you genuinely believe is unlawful. Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages.

Read the full process