DMCA Policy & Copyright Notice

catholicdaily.co respects the intellectual property rights of authors, translators, publishers, and liturgical commissions in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512.

Many foundational works hosted on our platform—including the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible (1899 Challoner Revision), the Clementine Vulgate, George Leo Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Strong's Hebrew and Greek Lexicons, and historical ecumenical creeds—are in the public domain. Where copyrighted translations, liturgical reflections, or reference materials are featured, they are presented for non-commercial personal devotion, catechesis, and scholarly reference with full attribution to their respective copyright holders.

If you are a copyright owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of one, and believe in good faith that any content accessible on catholicdaily.co infringes upon your copyright, you may submit a written Notice of Alleged Infringement pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). To be effective under the DMCA, your written notification must include all of the following elements:

1. Identification of the Copyrighted Work: A clear description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works on our site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
2. Identification of the Infringing Material: Specific identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, including the exact URL(s) on catholicdaily.co where the material is located.
3. Contact Information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, including your full legal name, organization (if applicable), mailing address, telephone number, and a valid email address.
4. Good-Faith Statement: A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. Accuracy & Authority Statement: A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
6. Signature: A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

If you believe that material you posted or contributed to catholicdaily.co was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification (including fair use or public domain status), you may file a written counter-notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). Your counter-notification must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the exact URL or location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
• Your full name, mailing address, 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 your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable intellectual property laws, catholicdaily.co has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, user accounts or access privileges of individuals who are deemed to be repeat infringers.

All DMCA takedown notices, counter-notifications, and copyright attribution inquiries should be sent to our Designated Copyright Agent with the subject line “DMCA Takedown Notice — catholicdaily.co”: