DMCA Copyright Policy

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Connecting Odds respects copyright and expects members to do the same. Members post profiles, articles, images, resumes and company content, and sometimes that content belongs to someone else. This page explains how rights holders can ask us to remove material under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), how members can respond, and what happens next. Rights holders outside the U.S. can use the same process.

Before you file

Copyright covers creative works such as text, photos, graphics and video. It does not cover names, facts or ideas. For a brand or logo problem, email legal@connectingodds.com instead.
If someone is pretending to be you or your company, use the Report option or our Acceptable Use process. It is usually faster.
Job listings we show from public employer career sites link back to the original posting. If you are the employer and want a listing changed or removed, email legal@connectingodds.com.
Consider whether the use may be fair use, such as a short quote in commentary. Filing a notice you know is false can make you liable for damages under § 512(f).

How to send a copyright notice

Email our copyright contact at dmca@connectingodds.com with the subject "DMCA notice". To be valid, the notice must include:

A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for them.
Identification of the copyrighted work, or a representative list if several works are involved.
The exact Connecting Odds URL of each item you want removed, so we can find it.
Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent or the law.
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.

Incomplete notices slow things down. We will tell you what is missing.

What we do with a notice

We confirm receipt and check that the notice is complete.
If it is, we remove or disable access to the material, usually within 2 business days.
We tell the member who posted it, and send them a copy of the notice with your personal contact details removed except where the law requires sharing them.
We record the notice against the member's account for our repeat-infringer policy.

Counter-notice: if your content was removed

If you believe your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to dmca@connectingodds.com with the subject "DMCA counter-notice". It must include:

Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the removed material and the URL where it appeared before removal.
A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
Your name, address and telephone number.
A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the U.S., any judicial district in which Connecting Odds may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

We forward a valid counter-notice to the person who filed the original notice. If they do not tell us within 10 to 14 business days that they have filed a court action to stop the infringement, we may restore the material.

Repeat infringers

We track valid notices per account. Notices later withdrawn, or overturned by a successful counter-notice, do not count.

First valid notice: content removed and a warning sent.
Second within 12 months: content removed and posting or uploading may be restricted.
Third within 12 months: the account is terminated in appropriate circumstances.

We may act sooner for clear, deliberate or large-scale infringement.

Questions

For anything other than a notice or counter-notice, email legal@connectingodds.com. We are not able to give legal advice about whether a particular use infringes.