COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
Effective date: [September 14, 2026]
OUR POSITION
Plain version: Beach Office exists because Caribbean creative work has been used without permission or payment for a long time. We take infringement seriously in both directions, claims against content on our platform, and misuse of the work our contributors trust us with.
Beach Office, LLC ("Beach Office," "we," "us") operates a licensing marketplace for photography, video, audio, typography, graphics, and textures created by Caribbean contributors. Every asset on the platform is submitted under a Contributor Agreement in which the contributor represents that they own or control the rights necessary to license it. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect the same from our contributors and licensees.
This policy explains how to report content on Beach Office that you believe infringes your rights, how contributors can respond to a claim, what happens to repeat infringers, and how to report unauthorized use of Beach Office assets.
REPORTING CONTENT ON BEACH OFFICE THAT INFRINGES YOUR RIGHTS
Plain version: If you think something on our platform is yours, tell us. Give us enough to find it and verify your claim, and we'll act quickly.
Beach Office complies with the notice-and-takedown provisions of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and will honor valid claims of infringement from rights holders in any jurisdiction.
To submit a claim, send a written notice to our designated agent (Section 7) that includes:
A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, or if multiple works are covered by one notice, a representative list.
Identification of the material on Beach Office you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — the asset ID, URL, or file name.
Your contact information: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
Notices that do not substantially comply with these requirements may not be acted on. Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing exposes you to liability for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).
WHAT WE DO WHEN WE RECEIVE A CLAIM
We take the asset down while we look into it, tell the contributor, hold any money tied to it, and give the contributor a chance to respond.
On receipt of a valid notice, we will promptly remove or disable access to the identified material and notify the contributor who submitted it. Licensing revenue attributable to the disputed asset will be held pending resolution. We may also notify licensees who have licensed the disputed asset where we consider it necessary to protect them.
Removal is not a finding that infringement occurred. It is a protective step while the claim is assessed.
CONTRIBUTOR COUNTER-NOTICE
If you're the contributor and the claim is wrong, you can push back formally. We'll restore the work unless the claimant takes it to court.
If you are a contributor and believe your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to our designated agent that includes:
Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
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 outside the United States, any judicial district in which Beach Office may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.
On receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original claimant. If the claimant does not notify us within ten business days that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the contributor's activity, we will restore the material within ten to fourteen business days of receiving the counter-notice.
REPEAT INFRINGERS AND CONTRIBUTOR CONSEQUENCES
One substantiated claim means a review. A second means you're off the platform. Being the authenticated source means we can't carry the risk.
Beach Office maintains a strict repeat-infringer policy. A contributor who is the subject of one substantiated infringement claim will have their account and full catalogue reviewed. A contributor who is the subject of a second substantiated claim, or who submitted material they knew or should have known they did not have the right to license, will have their account terminated, their catalogue removed, and unpaid revenue attributable to infringing material forfeited. Beach Office reserves the right to terminate an account after a single claim where the circumstances warrant, and to recover from the contributor any losses, refunds, or liabilities arising from infringing material under the Contributor Agreement.
We also reserve the right to remove any content, at any time and without a formal notice, if we have reason to believe it infringes third-party rights, includes individuals or private property without required releases, or otherwise violates our terms.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF BEACH OFFICE ASSETS
If you see work from this platform being used without a license, or you're a contributor and you've spotted your own work somewhere it shouldn't be, tell us. This is the reason we exist.
All assets on Beach Office are protected by copyright and licensed under the Beach Office License Terms. Use outside the scope of a license, or without a license, is infringement. This includes downloading previews or watermarked files for use in finished work, sharing licensed files with third parties, using assets in ways the license excludes, and reproducing Beach Office typefaces without a font license.
If you become aware of unauthorized use, report it to staff@beachoffice.com with the asset (ID, file name, or a screenshot), where you saw it used, and any information about who is using it. Contributors who identify unauthorized use of their own work should report it the same way; we will handle enforcement so the contributor does not have to.
Beach Office [and/or its affiliated IP-holding entity — Aliya: confirm standing under the Portfolio License Agreement] will investigate reports and may issue takedown notices, demand licensing fees, pursue legal remedies, and report infringement to platform operators and payment providers. We treat unauthorized use of Caribbean creative work as the problem this platform was built to solve, and we act on it.
DESIGNATED AGENT
Notices under Sections 2 and 4 should be sent to:
Beach Office, LLC
Attn: Copyright Agent
931 Monroe Rd.
Suite 102-403
Atlanta, GA 30308
staff@beachoffice.co
[Aliya: register designated agent with the US Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Directory before September 14. The directory listing must match this section exactly.]
This contact is for copyright notices only. Privacy requests go to privacy@beachoffice.com; general support inquiries sent to this address may not receive a response.
TRADEMARKS
BEACH OFFICE, the Beach Office wordmark, and related marks are trademarks of Beach Office and its affiliates and may not be used without written permission. Licensing an asset does not grant any right to use Beach Office marks.
CHANGES
We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date above reflects the current version.