Copyright and takedowns
People upload GIFs and images to vibe gifs and add captions. If something here uses your copyrighted work without permission, tell us below and we'll take it down fast.
Our own starter templates are CC0 or public domain (see credits). Everything else was uploaded or linked by a user, who promised they have the right to share it. We follow the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).
Designated agent
Designated agent registration in progress; send notices via the form below.
How a takedown works
- You send a notice with the form below.
- The post is hidden right away while we review it, along with any remixes built on an uploaded GIF. Hidden posts and their files return "not found".
- If the notice holds up, the post stays down and counts against the uploader. If it doesn't, we put the post back. If something is missing from your notice, we may email you to fix it.
What a notice must include
The law (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) asks for six things. The form collects all of them:
- Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full name counts), as the owner or someone authorized to act for the owner.
- The copyrighted work you say is infringed (or a list, if there are several).
- The post that infringes it, with enough detail to find it: the link to the post is best.
- How to reach you: your name and email address.
- A statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.
You don't need a copyright registration to send a notice.
If your post was taken down by mistake: counter-notice
Use the same form and choose "Counter-notice". Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) it must include:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- The post that was removed and where it was (its link).
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, postal address and phone number.
- Your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you're outside the US, any judicial district where vibe gifs may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the notice or their agent.
We send the counter-notice, including your contact details, to the person who sent the notice. Unless they tell us within 10 to 14 business days that they've filed a court action to keep it down, we put the post back.
Repeat infringers
There are no accounts, so we track uploads by browser and by network (a one-way hash of the IP address, never the IP itself). A browser with 2 upheld notices, or a network with 3, on different posts, can no longer upload GIFs or paste GIF links. Our templates stay available.
Be accurate
Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for damages. If you're not sure the use is unauthorized (fair use, for example), check before sending a notice.
For anything that isn't about copyright (hate, harassment, privacy), tap "Report it" on the post instead.