DMCA notice and takedown

Last updated: May 23, 2026

shy-tomato respects copyright. If you believe content on shytomato.com infringes a work you own, this page tells you how to send us a takedown notice and what we will do about it.

shy-tomato displays structured recipe facts (ingredients, steps, times, yields) extracted from the source page. My posture is to surface facts, link the hero image from the publisher with a fallback only for broken hosting, and never republish publisher prose. If you believe a shy-tomato page surfaces material we should not have, send us a notice and we will review.

Designated Agent

Notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") go to our Designated Agent:

DMCA Agent, shy-tomato
shy-tomato
3727 77th Pl SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040
USA
Phone: (206) 910-0666
Email: [email protected]

Service provider: Wescott Sharples (operator of shy-tomato), same address as above.

Our registration in the U.S. Copyright Office's public DMCA Designated Agent Directory: DMCA-1073238 (effective May 23, 2026). You can verify it here: Copyright Office directory entry.

How to send a takedown notice

Email is preferred. Send to [email protected] with "DMCA Notice" in the subject line. Postal mail to the address above also works.

Per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. A description of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed. If there are several works on one page, you can list them together.
  3. A description of the material you say is infringing, and the shy-tomato URL where it appears (e.g. https://shytomato.com/recipes/<slug>).
  4. Your contact information — name, address, phone number, and email.
  5. 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.
  6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and a statement under penalty of perjury that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Notices that are missing any of the six elements are not actionable under the statute. We will reply and ask for the missing piece; we will not remove content on a defective notice.

Typical turnaround on a complete notice is 24 to 48 hours.

What happens after you send a notice

We acknowledge receipt within one business day. If the notice is complete and the content is on shy-tomato, we remove the content from public pages and record the action. If a registered shy-tomato user uploaded or saved the content, we notify that user and pass along your notice so they can file a counter-notice if they choose.

Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). Email [email protected] with "DMCA Counter-Notice" in the subject line and include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed and the URL where it appeared before removal.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your name, address, and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your judicial district (or, if outside the U.S., the Western District of Washington), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we forward it to the original complainant. If they do not notify us within 10 business days that they have filed suit, we restore. We will not restore later than 14 business days after we forward your counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We terminate the accounts of users who are the subject of repeated valid takedown notices.

False notices

Sending a misrepresentation in a DMCA notice or counter-notice can make you liable for damages, including costs and attorney's fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Send a notice only if you mean it.