Copyright & takedown

Hanko respects intellectual property and responds to valid notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. §512) and equivalent processes in the UK/EU. Hanko hosts user-contributed content (comments and community submissions) and presents factual catalogue information; if you believe material on Hanko infringes your copyright, you can ask us to remove it using the process below.

Reporting infringement

Send a written notice to our designated agent at dmca@hanko.live. To be valid, your notice must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list, if multiple).
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — ideally the exact URL(s) on hanko.live.
4. Your contact information: name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised 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 authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Sending a notice: email it to dmca@hanko.live. We review valid notices and act on them expeditiously.

A warning about false notices: knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing (or that it was removed by mistake) can make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, under 17 U.S.C. §512(f). Don't send a notice unless you genuinely hold, or act for the holder of, the rights concerned.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to dmca@hanko.live including: your signature; identification of the removed material and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification; and your name, address, phone number, and consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court. If we receive a valid counter-notice and the original complainant does not file a court action, we will restore the material in 10–14 business days.

Repeat infringers

Hanko will, in appropriate circumstances, disable or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. Contribution privileges and accounts may be revoked in line with our Terms.

UK & EU notices

If you are outside the United States, the same process applies. Send your notice to dmca@hanko.live with enough detail to identify the work and the infringing material; we act on valid notices expeditiously, consistent with UK hosting-provider obligations.

Facts vs. expression

Much of Hanko's catalogue is factual information (titles, dates, episode counts, identifiers), which is not protected by copyright. Descriptions and our taxonomy are Hanko's own original work. See Credits & data sources for the open datasets we build on.