Copyright & DMCA

VidPickr is a download tool. We do not host video files. When you ask VidPickr to download a video, our server looks up the available formats from the source platform and mints a short-lived signed token; the bytes themselves stream directly from the source platform’s CDN through the user’s browser to the user’s own disk. Nothing about a particular video is stored, cached, or indexed on our side beyond the few seconds the metadata lookup takes.

That said, we take copyright complaints seriously and we cooperate with rights holders. If you believe content accessible through VidPickr infringes your copyright, the procedure below is how to tell us.

We accept takedown notices that follow the requirements of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) and equivalent procedures under EU and Turkish law. Send your notice to dmca@vidpickr.com with the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or someone authorised to act on their behalf.
• A clear identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed (title, URL on your platform, registration number if any).
• The specific URL on the source platform that you want blocked from being saved through VidPickr (a YouTube video URL, for example), together with the URL on vidpickr.com that you believe surfaces it (e.g. vidpickr.com/download/youtube/…).
• Your contact information — full name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement made in good faith that the use you are reporting is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.

Incomplete notices may be rejected. Misrepresentations made in a takedown notice can carry legal consequences under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) and equivalent statutes.

When we receive a complete and good-faith takedown notice, we will, within a reasonable time:

• Block the specific source URL from being processed by VidPickr’s metadata and download endpoints, so no further save attempts succeed for it.
• Acknowledge receipt of the notice to the email address you provided.
• Keep a record of the notice for our internal repeat- infringer policy (described below).

Because we do not store videos, there is generally nothing for us to delete — the action is prospective: future requests for the URL stop working.

If a URL you are connected to was blocked and you believe the takedown was the result of a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to dmca@vidpickr.com including:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the URL that was blocked.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the URL was blocked due to a mistake or misidentification.
• Your full name, postal address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a court in your place of residence (or, if outside the United States, of the courts of Istanbul, Türkiye), and that you will accept service of process from the party who filed the original notice.

On receipt of a complete counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complainant. If the complainant does not file a court action within ten business days, we may restore access to the URL.

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. Because most use of VidPickr is anonymous — there is no account required for the free tier — the practical effect of this policy is that the URLs themselves get blocklisted and, where we can identify a pattern of abuse from the same paying account, that account is suspended.

We push back on takedown notices that look automated, over-broad, or sent in bad faith (for example, a notice demanding the removal of a video the sender does not own, or a notice covering an entire platform rather than a specific work). 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) imposes liability for knowingly material misrepresentations in a takedown notice, and we will defend our users against clearly abusive use of this process.

VidPickr is operated from outside the United States and is not currently registered as a designated DMCA agent with the U.S. Copyright Office. We honour DMCA-formatted notices voluntarily because the procedure is the clearest way for rights holders to reach us; we are also responsive to comparable processes under EU regulation (DSA Article 16) and Turkish copyright law.

All copyright correspondence: dmca@vidpickr.com.