Copyright

Hi Sous Chef respects the work of photographers, publishers and recipe writers. This page explains how we show photos from websites, and how to ask us to stop showing one.

How we show photos from websites

When someone saves a recipe from a website, its photo is kept with the recipe in their private cookbook. When they share the recipe with someone, the share can show that photo.

  • Every website photo on a share is credited "Photo: site name" and links to the recipe's page on that site.
  • We don't show a website's photo on shares when the page asks not to have its images pinned or indexed (the standard "nopin" and "noimageindex" signals).

Send a copyright notice

If you believe a photo shown on Hi Sous Chef infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)). Your notice must include:

  1. your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for them;
  2. the copyrighted work you believe is infringed;
  3. where the material appears, with enough detail for us to find it: the address on hisouschef.com, or the recipe's source page;
  4. how to contact you: your name and email address;
  5. a statement that you believe in good faith that the use 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 owner or authorized to act for the owner.

Our designated agent

Email: [email protected]

Or use this form

For example, the photo's title and where you published it.
The address(es) on hisouschef.com, or the recipe's source page. One per line.
Type your full name.

What we do with a notice

When we receive a notice with these details, we stop showing the photo on our shared recipe pages, link previews and share emails promptly, normally within one business day. We may stop showing every photo from that page, or from that site. We email you to confirm we have your notice, and we may ask for anything that is missing.

Counter-notice

If we stopped showing a photo on your share and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send our designated agent a counter-notice (17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3)). It must include:

  1. your physical or electronic signature;
  2. the photo we stopped showing and where it appeared before;
  3. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification;
  4. your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice.

We send the counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action, we may show the photo again 10 to 14 business days after we received the counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We terminate the accounts of people who repeatedly upload infringing photos.

Please be accurate

Under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages. If you are unsure whether a use infringes your copyright, consider seeking legal advice first.