Copyright and DMCA Policy

Effective date: August 9, 2026

Vusi Studios Inc. (“Vusi Studios,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects intellectual-property rights and expects users of the Dot mobile application, Dot Community Library, website, and related services (collectively, the **“Services”**) to do the same. This policy explains how copyright owners may report allegedly infringing material, how users may respond, and how Vusi Studios addresses repeat infringement.

This process is for copyright complaints. For trademark, privacy, impersonation, safety, or other complaints, use the in-App reporting tools or contact support@vusistudios.com.

1. Before submitting a copyright notice

Only a copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the copyright owner should submit a copyright notice. Consider whether the material is licensed or whether an exception or limitation—such as fair use, fair dealing, or another lawful use—may apply. A notice or counter-notice is a legal communication. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation may result in liability under applicable law, including 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

2. United States DMCA designated agent

Notices and counter-notices under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) must be sent to our designated agent:

Designated Agent: Copyright Manager  
Service Provider: Vusi Studios Inc.  
Address: 1805 Hunters Run Drive, Ottawa, K1C 6X3, Canada  
Telephone: 613-784-9905  
Email: admin@vusistudios.com  
Registration Number: DMCA-1077867

The information above must match Vusi Studios’ active designation in the U.S. Copyright Office’s public DMCA Designated Agent Directory. Sending a complaint elsewhere may delay processing.

3. DMCA notice of claimed infringement

To submit a DMCA notice, send a written communication to the designated agent containing substantially all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature, if you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If the notice covers multiple works on the Services, you may provide a representative list.
3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it. Please provide the direct Community Library link, animation title, uploader username, and any other unique identifier available. General statements that material exists somewhere in the Services may be insufficient.
4. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address so we can contact you.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the complained-of manner is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Please use the subject line: “DMCA Copyright Notice – Dot.”

4. What happens after a DMCA notice

When we receive a notice that substantially complies with the DMCA, we may act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the identified material. We will take reasonable steps to notify the user who supplied the material and may provide that user with a copy of the notice, including the claimant’s contact information. We may also send the notice to transparency, recordkeeping, legal, or service providers where permitted by law.

Removing or disabling material is not a determination that infringement occurred. We may contact the claimant for missing information or decline to act on a notice that is incomplete, fraudulent, abusive, or does not concern copyright.

5. DMCA counter-notification

If your material was removed or disabled because of a DMCA notice and you believe that removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, you may send our designated agent a written counter-notification containing substantially all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal or disabling.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the United States Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Vusi Studios may be found.
6. A statement that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original DMCA notice or that person’s agent.

Please use the subject line: “DMCA Counter-Notification – Dot.”

Submitting a counter-notification may cause your contact information to be disclosed to the person who submitted the original notice. If you do not want to disclose your personal contact information directly, you may wish to have an authorized agent or lawyer submit the counter-notification for you.

6. Restoration after a counter-notification

If we receive a counter-notification that substantially complies with the DMCA, we will promptly provide a copy to the person who submitted the original notice and inform that person that we may restore the material. We may restore the material or cease disabling access not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receiving the counter-notification unless our designated agent first receives notice that the original claimant has filed a court action seeking to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material.

Restoration remains subject to the Dot End User License Agreement and Community Content Terms. Content may remain unavailable for a separate violation of those terms, a safety concern, another legal obligation, or a technical reason.

7. Canadian notices of claimed infringement

Because Vusi Studios is based in Canada, a copyright owner may also send a written notice of claimed infringement intended to comply with sections 41.25 and 41.26 of Canada’s Copyright Act. A Canadian notice should:

• state the claimant’s name and address and provide information that allows us to communicate with the claimant;
• identify the copyrighted work or other subject matter;
• state the claimant’s interest or right in that work or subject matter;
• specify the location data for the electronic location to which the claim relates, such as the direct Community Library link and unique animation identifier;
• specify the claimed infringement; and
• specify the date and time of the claimed infringement.

A Canadian notice must not contain an offer to settle, a request or demand for payment or personal information, or a link to such an offer, request, or demand.

Where Canada’s notice-and-notice requirements apply, we may forward a compliant notice electronically to the relevant user and inform the claimant whether it was forwarded or why forwarding was not possible. We may retain records that allow the user to be identified for six months after receiving the notice or, if the claimant starts infringement proceedings and notifies us before that six-month period ends, for one year after receiving the notice. A Canadian notice does not by itself prove infringement. Separately, under our terms and applicable law, we may restrict or remove material while we review a complaint.

Canadian notices may be sent to the agent listed in Section 2 with the subject line: “Canadian Copyright Notice – Dot.”

8. Repeat-infringer policy

Vusi Studios has adopted and reasonably implements a policy providing for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users who are repeat infringers. Depending on the circumstances, we may remove content, issue warnings, restrict uploading or downloading, suspend accounts, terminate accounts, prevent a person from creating another account, or take other appropriate action.

We consider factors such as the number, timing, severity, and apparent validity of complaints; counter-notifications; retractions; court decisions; whether notices concern the same material or rights holder; and evidence of bad faith or abuse. We may terminate immediately for serious or deliberate infringement and are not required to wait for any fixed number of complaints. We also accommodate and do not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works to the extent required by applicable law.

9. Retractions and resolved disputes

A claimant who wishes to retract a copyright notice should send a written retraction from the same email address used for the original notice, identify the material and notice being retracted, and clearly state that the complaint is withdrawn. A retraction does not guarantee restoration if the material violates another policy or law.

If the parties resolve a dispute directly, they should notify us in writing. Vusi Studios is not a party to disputes between users and rights holders and is not required to adjudicate ownership.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in law, the Services, or our procedures. The revised policy will be posted with an updated effective date. The version in effect when we receive a notice will generally govern our processing of that notice, subject to applicable law.

11. Contact

For general questions about this policy that are not formal notices or counter-notices, contact support@vusistudios.com. Formal DMCA notices and counter-notices must be sent to the designated agent in Section 2.