Effective date: April 23, 2026
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Pelican Studios, Inc. (“Patio,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Patio app, website (www.patio.app), and related services (collectively, the “Services”) to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and other applicable laws, we have adopted the policy below regarding claims of copyright infringement.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to (1) remove or disable access to material that we believe in good faith to be infringing, (2) notify affected users, and (3) terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.
Your use of the Services is governed by our Terms of Service, which incorporate this Copyright Dispute Policy by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined here have the meanings given to them in the Terms of Service.
If you believe that content available on or through the Services infringes a copyright that you own or are authorized to act on behalf of, please send a written notice of claimed infringement (a “DMCA Notice”) to our Designated Copyright Agent, whose contact information is listed at the end of this Policy.
Your DMCA Notice must include all of the following:
(a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that is allegedly infringed;
(b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of such works;
(c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or disabled, including information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (for example, a direct URL, post ID, username, or screenshot);
(d) Your contact information, including your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
(e) 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; and
(f) A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
Important: Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. If you are not sure whether material infringes your copyright, we recommend consulting an attorney before submitting a DMCA Notice.
Upon receipt of a DMCA Notice that substantially complies with the requirements above, we may, in our discretion:
(g) Remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice;
(h) Notify the user who posted the material that it has been removed or disabled and provide that user with a copy of the DMCA Notice (which may include your contact information); and
(i) Take additional action as we deem appropriate, including applying a strike to the user’s account under our repeat-infringer policy (see Section 5).