Last updated: March 2026
refraktd (refraktd.com) respects intellectual property rights and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This page explains how to report copyright infringement and how we handle those reports.
What refraktd Hosts
refraktd is primarily a link aggregator. Users submit URLs to news articles published elsewhere on the internet. We do not host the articles themselves. What we do host is the following: article metadata retrieved from submitted URLs (title and short excerpt), brand logos for the outlets we link to (used for nominative attribution alongside each linked article), user-written comments, and user account information.
If your concern is about an article that refraktd links to, please contact the publisher of that article directly. We can remove the link from our platform, but we have no control over the source content.
Designated DMCA Agent
Our designated agent for receiving DMCA notices is:
7H Ventures LLC
DMCA Agent
Email: [email protected]
How to File a Takedown Notice
If you believe content hosted on refraktd infringes your copyright, send a written notice to [email protected] that includes all of the following:
- 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. If multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list is acceptable.
- Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it. A direct URL to the content on refraktd is ideal.
- Your contact information: name, mailing address, phone 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 that the information in your notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Incomplete notices may not be acted upon. If your notice meets the requirements above, we will review it and respond in a reasonable timeframe.
Counter-Notification
If we remove content in response to a DMCA notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or that you have the right to use the content, you can send a counter-notification to [email protected]. Your counter-notification must include:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared on refraktd before removal.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, address, phone number, and email address.
- A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in the district where you live (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district where refraktd may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original takedown notice.
If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the removed content after notifying the original complainant, unless they inform us that they have filed a court action.
A Note on Article Metadata and Fair Use
When a user submits a news article URL to refraktd, our platform automatically fetches and stores basic metadata from that URL: the article title and a short excerpt (typically 1-3 sentences). We do not display photographs, screenshots, or any other imagery taken from the source article. Each article on refraktd is visually presented with the brand logo of the outlet that published it, these logos are hosted on our own infrastructure and are used solely as nominative attribution to identify the source.
This is consistent with how search engines, social media platforms, and news aggregators have long operated. Titles and brief excerpts are widely understood to be available for fair use under 17 U.S.C. Section 107, given that our use is transformative in nature (enabling community bias ratings and cross-outlet comparison), uses only a minimal portion of the original work, and does not substitute for or compete with the original publication. Users are directed to the publisher's own website to read the full article.
Outlet brand logos are used in the nominative-fair-use sense, to identify the source of a linked article, not to imply endorsement or affiliation. If you represent an outlet and would prefer that we use a different version of your logo, or no logo at all, contact us at [email protected] and we will accommodate the request.
If you have concerns, please contact us at [email protected].