FileCart

Copyright and DMCA notices

Read this before sending us a takedown request. Most of the notices we receive are about things we don't do.

What FileCart is

FileCart is a software directory. A listing is a short description of an app with a link to where its publisher distributes it: the publisher's own website, the App Store, Google Play, the Microsoft Store and so on. We are not an app store or a marketplace. We don't sell software, take payments for it, or offer modified, cracked or repackaged copies.

When you download from a listing, the file comes from the publisher. Where a listing does include a file stored with us, the publisher uploaded it.

Notices we won't act on

Please don't send a takedown notice if your complaint is only that:

  • We mention your product by name or show its logo. Naming a product and showing its icon so people can recognize it is how every directory, review site, news article and search engine works. It doesn't suggest that you endorse us.
  • We link to your official download. A link to your own website or store page sends people to you, not away from you. If the link is correct, nobody is getting your software anywhere but from you.
  • Our description of your app is accurate. If something in a listing is wrong or out of date, tell us and we'll fix it. You don't need a legal notice for that.
  • It's about a trademark. The DMCA covers copyright, not trademarks. A DMCA notice about a trademark isn't a valid DMCA notice.

Automated notices from brand-protection services that describe FileCart as an "app store" or "marketplace", or say that we offer "direct downloads" of software we only link to, fall into this group. We read every notice, but we won't remove an accurate listing because of one.

Notices we will act on

We take real infringement seriously. Contact us if a listing:

  • offers a file that isn't the publisher's official release, such as a cracked, modified or bundled copy;
  • links somewhere other than an official source for the software;
  • copies your copyrighted text, screenshots or other material beyond what's needed to identify your product; or
  • pretends to be you, or is set up to make people think it is the official publisher's page.

How to send a valid notice

Send your notice through our contact page. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), it must include:

  1. a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for them;
  2. the copyrighted work you say is infringed;
  3. the exact FileCart URL of the material, and what on that page infringes;
  4. your name, postal address, phone number and email address;
  5. a statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
  6. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act for the copyright owner.

Notices that are missing any of these, or that don't say what on the page infringes, may not get a response. Knowingly misrepresenting that material infringes can make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

Publishers

If you're the publisher and you'd simply rather not be listed, or you want to take over your listing and keep it up to date yourself, contact us. That's quicker than a legal notice.