DMCA Policy

Grin & Print respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects the same of everyone who uses our website. This DMCA Policy explains how copyright owners can tell us about material on grinandprint.com that they believe infringes their copyright, how people whose material is removed can respond, and how we handle repeat infringers. It follows the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, codified at 17 U.S.C. §512.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Our approach to copyright

We are a humor website, and memes are built on remixing culture. That makes us especially careful about copyright. Our own articles, jokes and printables are original work or are used under licence. When we discuss third-party works, we aim to do so within the limits of fair use, as described in our Disclaimer and our guide to meme etiquette and copyright. Despite our care, mistakes can happen, and we want to hear about them.

Please note that memes created with our Meme Maker are generated entirely in the user’s own browser. They are not uploaded to, stored on or published by grinandprint.com. If you find an infringing meme on another website or social network that happens to have been made with our tool, we do not host it and cannot remove it; please contact the website or platform where it appears.

Designated agent

Our designated agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement and counter-notifications is:

Online service providers that wish to benefit from the safe harbors in §512 are required to register a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office through its DMCA Designated Agent Directory and to keep that registration current. Grin & Print designates the contact above for that purpose. Email is the fastest way to reach us, and sending notices by email lets us act on them promptly. Please send only copyright-related notices to this address; other enquiries should go to [email protected].

How to submit a notice of claimed infringement

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that material on grinandprint.com infringes your copyright, you may send us a written notice. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A), a notice must include substantially all of the following elements:

1. Signature. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Typing your full legal name at the end of an email is generally accepted as an electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple works on our site are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works.
3. Identification of the infringing material. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it. The most helpful way to do this is to give the full URL of each page and describe the specific image, text or file concerned.
4. Contact information. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. Good-faith statement. 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.
6. Accuracy and authority statement. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Before you submit a notice, please consider whether the use could be a fair use under 17 U.S.C. §107, for example commentary, criticism, parody or education. Copyright owners are expected to consider fair use before sending a takedown notice.

A notice that does not substantially comply with these requirements may not be effective. If your notice is missing an element, we may contact you to ask for the missing information where you have substantially complied with items 2, 3 and 4.

Example notice

You may use this outline when writing to us:

To the DMCA Agent of Grin & Print: I am the owner (or authorized agent of the owner) of the copyrighted work described as [description of the work and, if available, where it is published]. The material at [full URL(s) on grinandprint.com] infringes that copyright because [brief explanation]. My contact details are [name, postal address, telephone, email]. I 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. The information in this notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Signed: [full legal name], [date].

What happens after we receive a notice

When we receive a notice that substantially complies with §512(c)(3), we will:

1. acknowledge receipt by email;
2. review the notice and, if it is valid, act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material identified;
3. where the material was provided by a third party (for example, a reader-submitted joke or meme we published), take reasonable steps to promptly notify that person that the material has been removed or disabled, and provide them with a copy of the notice so that they can respond;
4. keep a record of the notice and our response.

Where the material is our own editorial content, we will review the claim carefully and, if we agree that it infringes, remove or replace it. Where we believe our use is lawful, for example as fair use, we may contact you to explain our position.

Please be aware that the information in your notice, including your name and contact details, may be forwarded to the person who provided the material. We may also send a copy of notices to third-party services that track takedown requests, with personal contact details redacted.

Counter-notification process

If material you provided to us has been removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice, and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, or that you have the right to use it, you may send a counter-notification to our designated agent at [email protected]. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3), a counter-notification must include:

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 (URL) at which it 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;
4. your name, address and telephone number, and 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, any judicial district in which the service provider may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification or an agent of that person.

When we receive a valid counter-notification, we will promptly send a copy to the person who submitted the original notice and inform them that we will restore the removed material or stop disabling access to it in 10 business days. We will restore the material no fewer than 10 and no more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice, unless our designated agent first receives notice from the original complainant that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringement on our site.

Repeat infringer policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. §512(i), Grin & Print has adopted and reasonably implements a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts and submission privileges of users who are repeat infringers. In practice:

• we keep a record of valid notices relating to material provided by each user or contributor;
• a user or contributor who is the subject of more than one valid notice that is not successfully countered may lose the ability to submit content, and any customer account associated with the infringement may be closed;
• we may act sooner, including after a single notice, where infringement is clear, deliberate or large-scale, such as uploading or redistributing our paid printables or other people’s copyrighted products;
• notices that are withdrawn, or that are successfully countered, will not be counted.

Separately, redistribution or resale of our own digital products in breach of the personal-use licence in our Terms and Conditions may lead to cancellation of the licence and the account concerned.

Misrepresentation under §512(f)

Please make sure your notice or counter-notice is accurate. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by the copyright owner or its licensee, or by the service provider as a result of the misrepresentation. If you are not sure whether material infringes your copyright, or whether a use might be fair use, we suggest that you seek legal advice before contacting us.

Other intellectual property concerns

This policy covers copyright claims under U.S. law. If you have a concern about a trademark, a privacy or publicity right, or a copyright claim under the law of another country, please email [email protected] with as much detail as possible. We will review it in good faith and respond within a reasonable time. Privacy-related requests can also be sent to [email protected], as described in our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this policy

We may update this DMCA Policy from time to time, for example if our designated agent details or the law change. The current version will always be available on this page with its “Last updated” date.