DMCA Copyright Policy

Effective date: July 25, 2026 Last updated: July 25, 2026

Truffnet, Inc. ("Truffnet, Inc.," "we," "us," or "our") operates Ink Drake (the "Service"), a service for building and sharing tier lists of book series and for receiving book and series recommendations. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same.

This policy explains how we respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and how you can submit a notice or counter-notification. It is part of, and incorporated into, our Terms of Service.

1. The Ink Drake catalog

Ink Drake maintains a catalog of book series and related bibliographic metadata — titles, authors, narrators, publication details, ratings, and cover art — drawn from public and third-party sources. This information is used to help users identify and rank the series they read.

If you are a rights holder (or authorized to act for one) and believe that catalog material, user-submitted content, or any other material on the Service infringes your copyright, you may request its removal by sending a notice as described below.

2. Reporting alleged copyright infringement

To report material you believe infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our Designated Copyright Agent (see Section 5). To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it (for example, the URL or a description of where it appears on the Service);
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
5. 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
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

You may send your notice by email to dmca@inkdrake.com or by mail to the address in Section 5. Email is the fastest way to reach us.

3. Our response

Upon receiving a valid notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice. We may also notify the user who provided the material and give them a copy of the notice. We reserve the right, in our discretion, to remove or disable access to material we believe may be infringing, with or without notice.

4. Counter-notification

If you believe that material of yours that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have authorization from the copyright owner, the owner's agent, or the law to post and use it, you may send a written counter-notification to our Designated Copyright Agent. To be effective, your counter-notification must include substantially the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature;
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled;
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 of the material to be removed or disabled;
4. Your name, mailing address, and telephone number; and
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or an agent of that person.

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the removed material in 10 to 14 business days unless the original complaining party notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

5. Designated Copyright Agent

Notices and counter-notifications should be sent to our Designated Copyright Agent:

Ink Drake (Truffnet, Inc.)
Attn: DMCA Agent
765 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94103
dmca@inkdrake.com

Please note that this contact is for copyright notices only. Unrelated inquiries sent to this address may not receive a response.

6. Repeat infringers

We have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, the accounts or access of users who are determined to be repeat infringers of copyright.

7. Misrepresentations

Under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Please do not make false claims.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

9. Contact us

For questions about this policy, contact us at dmca@inkdrake.com or at the mailing address in Section 5.