Crafters Market respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects everyone who uses the Platform to do the same. This Policy explains what Makers must certify about their Listings, how rights-holders can report infringement, how counter-notices work, and what happens to repeat infringers.
§011. Maker Representations & Warranties
- ▪You represent and warrant that every Listing you publish is your original work or is properly licensed for the use you make of it.
- ▪You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to reproduce, display, and sell all images, descriptions, designs, and other content you upload to your Shop.
- ▪Custom Orders that involve third-party logos, characters, or trademarks may only be produced with the Buyer's explicit written representation that they own or hold a valid license for the underlying rights (and/or that the use is a legitimate personal, non-commercial use under applicable law).
- ▪You agree to indemnify Crafters Market for third-party IP claims arising from your Listings, consistent with the Terms of Service.
§022. Designated DMCA Agent
Crafters Market has registered a Designated DMCA Agent with the U.S. Copyright Office under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512.
Registration Status: Active · Effective 2026-06-30 · Registration Number DMCA-1074892
Send DMCA notices and counter-notices to the registered Designated Agent:
Micheal Williams
Designated DMCA Agent, Crafters Market
1864 North Cutter Place
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
United States
Email: williams342@gmail.com
Phone: (360) 507-6178
To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512, copyright notices and counter-notices must be sent to the registered Designated Agent using the contact information above.
§033. How to Submit a DMCA Notice (Copyright)
- ▪Your DMCA notice must include: (1) your name, physical or electronic signature, and contact information; (2) an identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed; (3) the URL(s) of the allegedly infringing Listing or content on the Platform; (4) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (5) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner; and (6) your physical or electronic signature.
- ▪Incomplete notices may be returned. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a DMCA notice may subject you to liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).
- ▪Upon receipt of a compliant notice, we will remove or disable access to the identified material and notify the Maker who posted it.
§044. Counter-Notice Procedure
- ▪If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or that you have the right to use the material, you may submit a counter-notice to the Designated DMCA Agent.
- ▪Your counter-notice must include: (1) your name, physical or electronic signature, and contact information; (2) identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal; (3) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; and (4) your consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the judicial district in which you reside (or, if outside the United States, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice.
- ▪If the original claimant does not notify us within 10–14 business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the material, we will restore the material.
§055. Repeat-Infringer Policy
- ▪Crafters Market maintains a repeat-infringer policy under 17 U.S.C. § 512(i). Accounts that receive multiple substantiated DMCA notices are subject to escalating enforcement.
- ▪Threshold. Three substantiated DMCA notices against an account within any 12-month window will result in permanent removal of that account from the Platform.
- ▪A substantiated notice is one that was not successfully contested by a valid counter-notice within the statutory window and that was not later withdrawn.
- ▪The threshold above is a floor — Crafters Market may terminate a Maker's account sooner for a single egregious or willful infringement, or for a pattern of infringement across accounts.
§066. Trademark & Other IP Claims
- ▪The DMCA covers copyright only. Trademark takedowns, right-of-publicity claims, and other IP claims are handled through a parallel-but-distinct process. Send trademark or other IP takedown requests to team@craftersmarket.org with (a) the mark or right at issue and its registration details (if any), (b) the URL(s) of the allegedly infringing Listing, (c) a description of the alleged infringement, (d) a good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized, and (e) your signature.
- ▪We will evaluate trademark and other IP takedown requests and remove Listings that we determine are more likely than not infringing, applying the same repeat-infringer principles as for copyright.
§077. Rights-Holder Cooperation
- ▪Crafters Market cooperates with rights-holders and their authorized agents to prevent the Platform from being used for infringement.
- ▪We may share information relevant to a takedown with the counter-noticing Maker, and vice versa, to the extent required by law and the DMCA.
- ▪We may cooperate with law-enforcement and lawful legal process from rights-holders, subject to applicable law and our Privacy Policy.
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Repeat infringers will have their accounts permanently terminated. Making a false DMCA notice or counter-notice can subject you to damages under U.S. federal law.