Copyright & DMCA

Our position

We respect copyright and expect our users to. Assets here are generated by a model (Retro Diffusion) rather than copied from a library, but generative models can produce output resembling existing work, and users can upload references they had no right to. Both are worth taking seriously.

Preventively: prompts naming recognisable franchises or living artists are refused before generation (see Acceptable Use), and every prompt is retained so a complaint can actually be investigated rather than guessed at.

Designated agent

Notices of claimed infringement should go to our designated agent:

support@pixelite.art

Reporting infringement

To be actionable under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following. Missing pieces will delay us, so please include them the first time:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
3. Identification of the material you say infringes it, with enough detail for us to find it — a direct URL is best.
4. Your address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the owner or authorised to act for them.

Please consider whether the use is actually infringing before sending. Under § 512(f), knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages, including our costs and the affected user's.

What we do when we receive one

1. We acknowledge receipt, normally within two business days.
2. Where the notice is complete and appears valid, we remove or disable access to the material promptly.
3. We notify the user, including a copy of your notice, and explain how to counter-notify.
4. We keep a record. Repeat infringers have their accounts closed.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to support@pixelite.art containing:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material and where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed through mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address and telephone number, and consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for that address (or, if outside the US, any district where we may be found), and that you will accept service from the complainant.

We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. If they do not file a court action within 10 to 14 business days, we may restore the material.

If a generated asset resembles your work

Tell us, and send both images. This is genuinely useful to us: if the model is producing something close enough to your art to be a problem, we want to know which prompt did it, because we can add it to the block list and stop it recurring.

We will remove the asset and, where a prompt is responsible, refuse it going forward. As we say in the Asset Licence, we make no warranty of originality — which is exactly why this route needs to be easy to use.

Repeat infringers

We close the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe, in the circumstances the law requires and where it is otherwise appropriate.