Copyright Infringement Notice Procedure

Last updated: October 14, 2026

Our Commitment

The Freak Circus (https://freakcircus.io/, the "Service") respects the intellectual property rights of others. The games and content made available on the Service are either owned or licensed by The Freak Circus, used with permission, freely distributed by their creators, or embedded from third-party providers. It is our policy to respond promptly to any claim that content made available on the Service infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights ("Infringement") of any person or entity.

If you are a copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit your claim by email to [email protected] with the subject line "Copyright Infringement", and include the information described below under "DMCA Notice & Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims."

We also honor removal requests from verified rights holders who simply prefer that their work not appear on the Service, regardless of whether removal is legally required.

Please note that you may be held accountable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) for misrepresentation or bad-faith claims regarding the alleged infringement of any content made available on or through the Service.

DMCA Notice & Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims

You may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for further detail):

  1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
  2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL of the location where the original work exists or a copy of the copyrighted work.
  3. Identification of the URL or other specific location on the Service where the material that you claim is infringing is located, with enough detail for us to find it.
  4. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Where the material identified in your notice is a game or other content embedded from a third-party provider, we may forward your notice to the relevant provider and/or disable the embedded content on the Service as appropriate. Because embedded content is hosted and controlled by the third party, you may also wish to contact that provider directly.

We aim to process complete and valid notices within 7 working days. Incomplete notices may be returned with a request for the missing information.

Counter-Notice Procedure

If you believe that content you made available on the Service was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to our Copyright Agent at [email protected] with the subject line "DMCA Counter-Notice", including (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)):

  1. Your electronic or physical signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location on the Service where it appeared before removal.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in the district where you reside (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which The Freak Circus may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice or their agent.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we may forward it to the original complainant. If the complainant does not notify us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the removed content.

Repeat Infringers

It is our policy, in appropriate circumstances, to remove content from and refuse further submissions by developers or users who are found to be repeat infringers.

Contact Our Copyright Agent

Email: [email protected]
Subject line: "Copyright Infringement" or "DMCA Counter-Notice"

Please use this address only for copyright and intellectual property matters. For all other questions, visit our Contact page.