Toskr Copyright / DMCA Policy

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Toskr respects intellectual-property rights and responds to qualifying copyright notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), including 17 U.S.C. §512.

This page explains how to send a copyright notice or counter-notice to Toskr. It is not legal advice.

1. Toskr’s designated DMCA agent

Toskr L.L.C. has registered a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office.

Designated Agent: DMCA Agent
Organization: Toskr L.L.C.
Mailing address: 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801
Telephone: (360) 521-1284
Email: dmca@toskr.io

Please use this contact information for copyright notices and counter-notices. General abuse reports should be sent to abuse@toskr.io.

2. Copyright infringement notices

If you believe material available through a Toskr-hosted service infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to enforce, send a written notice to Toskr’s designated agent.

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), the notice should substantially include:

1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed;
2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by one notice;
3. identification of the material claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, together with information reasonably sufficient to permit Toskr to locate the material;
4. information reasonably sufficient to permit Toskr to contact the complaining party, such as a mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address;
5. a statement that the complaining party has 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 the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

Information that helps Toskr locate Matrix material

Matrix and Federation can make ordinary web-page URLs insufficient to identify material. Where available, please include identifiers such as:

• the Toskr-hosted server or domain;
• Matrix room ID or room alias;
• Matrix user ID;
• Matrix event ID;
• media/content URI or locally hosted media URL;
• approximate timestamp; and
• any other information that identifies where the material resides on a Toskr-controlled system.

Do not send illegal material merely to prove a report if identifiers, hashes, screenshots that are lawful to possess, or other information are sufficient.

If a notice substantially identifies the copyrighted work, the complained-of material, and contact information but is otherwise incomplete, Toskr may contact the sender or take other reasonable steps to obtain a substantially compliant notice.

3. What Toskr may do after receiving a notice

Toskr evaluates the notice and the technical location of the identified material.

Where applicable, Toskr may:

• ask the sender for missing or clarifying information;
• identify the relevant Customer, local user, room, or locally controlled media;
• remove or disable access to material residing on or controlled through Toskr systems;
• notify the affected subscriber or Customer;
• preserve information where law requires it; or
• take account-, room-, or Server-level action where a narrower technical action is not reasonably available.

Toskr does not promise that it can inspect the plaintext of end-to-end encrypted Matrix communications. A notice must still provide information reasonably sufficient for Toskr to identify material or activity on a system Toskr controls.

Matrix Federation may cause copies of events or media to exist on independently operated remote homeservers. A local action by Toskr does not delete or disable copies held by remote homeservers that Toskr does not control.

4. Counter-notices

If material you submitted was removed or disabled following a copyright notice and you believe that action resulted from mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notice to Toskr’s designated agent.

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3), a counter-notice should substantially include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the material that was removed or to which access was 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;
4. your name, address, and telephone number; and
5. a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States Federal District Court as provided by 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original infringement notice or that person’s agent.

If you are outside the United States, the jurisdiction statement required by §512(g)(3) generally concerns the federal judicial district in which the service provider may be found. You should obtain legal advice if you are unsure what statement applies to you.

5. What happens after a counter-notice

If Toskr receives a substantially compliant counter-notice, Toskr may provide a copy to the person who submitted the original copyright notice and inform that person that Toskr intends to restore the material or cease disabling access.

Where 17 U.S.C. §512(g) applies, Toskr generally intends to restore eligible material not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receiving a compliant counter-notice unless, before restoration, Toskr’s designated agent receives notice that the claimant has commenced a qualifying legal proceeding seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity, or another legal rule independently prevents restoration.

A qualifying proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board may also affect restoration when applicable law gives that proceeding that effect.

Toskr may decline restoration where an independent reason under the Terms, Acceptable Use Policy, law, or a separate court/order requirement requires the material or account to remain restricted.

6. Repeat infringers

Toskr maintains and reasonably implements a policy for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of Customers or End Users who are repeat copyright infringers.

Toskr does not use a mechanical rule that treats every allegation as proven infringement. When determining whether termination is appropriate, Toskr may consider substantially compliant notices, counter-notices, known judicial or Copyright Claims Board outcomes, the reliability and pattern of complaints, the subscriber’s response, technical facts, and evidence that the notice process is being abused.

A Customer that repeatedly fails to address substantiated infringement on its Toskr-hosted Server may have users restricted, rooms or locally controlled media disabled, the Server suspended, or the Service terminated.

7. Misrepresentations

The DMCA provides potential liability for a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification. See 17 U.S.C. §512(f).

Do not submit a DMCA notice or counter-notice unless you have a good-faith basis for the required statements.

8. Other intellectual-property complaints

This DMCA process is designed for U.S. copyright claims. Complaints involving trademarks, impersonation, privacy, non-consensual intimate imagery, or other abuse should ordinarily be sent to abuse@toskr.io unless a different Toskr policy provides a dedicated channel.

9. Changes and current agent information

Toskr will keep the designated-agent information on this page consistent with its current U.S. Copyright Office designation and will update the public information when the designation changes.

The Copyright Office designation must also be renewed or updated as required by applicable registration rules.