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Saypedia Takedown Policy

Effective [TERM TO BE CONFIRMED: launch date].

Saypedia records how names and words are said. Most entries are of places, things and public figures and stay up. This policy says what we remove and how to ask.

What we remove

  1. A private individual's name. Saypedia covers public figures only. If an entry names a private person, we remove it.
  2. A public figure who asks. A public figure, or someone authorized to act for them, may ask for their name to be taken down. We remove it once we have confirmed who is asking.
  3. A safety risk. An entry or note used to harass, threaten or locate someone. We hide it as soon as we see the request and decide afterwards.
  4. Personal information. Contact details or other personal information in a note, verdict or recording.
  5. Copyright. Material copied without permission, under the notice and counter-notice process below.
  6. Unlawful content.

We do not remove a correct pronunciation of a place, a word, a substance or a brand because someone dislikes it. A brand or place that wants its official pronunciation shown can ask to be verified and propose it.

How to ask

Email [TERM TO BE CONFIRMED: Saypedia contact email], or use the Report link on the term's page. Include:

  • the term's page address,
  • which of the reasons above applies,
  • who you are and, if you act for someone else, your authority to do so,
  • how to reach you.

What happens

  • We acknowledge within 2 business days and decide within 10 business days. Safety requests are hidden at once while we review.
  • A removed term is taken off the site, the API and all future dumps. Copies in earlier dumps, already shared under CC BY-SA 4.0, are outside our control.
  • We keep a private record of the request and decision. Your contact details are never published or put in a dump.
  • If we decline, we tell you why.

Copyright notices

Send a notice to our designated agent, [TERM TO BE CONFIRMED: DMCA designated agent name and address, registered with the U.S. Copyright Office], with: the work you say is infringed, the Saypedia material and its page address, your contact details, a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized, a statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner, and your signature.

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice with the same details and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or Harris County, Texas, if you are outside the United States). We restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the claimant tells us they have filed suit.

We close the accounts of repeat infringers.