Copyright & takedowns

Most problems here aren't malice — they're a teacher who attached a publisher worksheet without thinking. If your material is on a lesson and you just want it gone, email {{CONTACT_EMAIL}} with a link and say so. We'll usually resolve it the same way a formal notice would, faster and with less paperwork on both sides.

The formal process below exists for when you want the full legal procedure, and it's your right to use it.

If you believe material on Kuricula infringes a copyright you own or represent, send a written notice to {{CONTACT_EMAIL}} including all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the owner or someone authorised to act for them.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed — or, if several works are covered by one notice, a representative list.
3. Identification of the material you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it — a direct link to the lesson is best.
4. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Incomplete notices slow everything down. If yours is missing something, we'll tell you what.

We review notices promptly and remove or disable access to material that appears to infringe. We'll let the teacher who posted it know what was removed and why, and pass along your notice — including your contact details, since they're entitled to respond.

If your material was taken down and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to {{CONTACT_EMAIL}} containing:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the removed material and where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed through mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, plus a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, if outside the United States, any district where we may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.

We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. If they don't file a court action within 10–14 business days, we may restore the material.

We terminate the accounts of people who repeatedly post infringing material. We also reserve the right to remove content and suspend accounts in clear cases without waiting for a formal notice — hosting a commons only works if what's in it can actually be shared.

Knowingly misrepresenting that material is infringing — or that it was wrongly removed — carries liability for damages, including costs and legal fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Please be sure before you file, in either direction.

Publisher worksheets, textbook pages, purchased curricula (including things bought from teacher marketplaces), stock photos, and copyrighted reading passages generally cannot be shared here — you can't license what you don't own, and publishing them puts both you and the site at risk.

Your own materials, work you've been given permission to share, openly licensed resources, and public-domain material are all fine. When in doubt, describe the activity in your own words rather than attaching someone else's file. More detail on the licensing page.

For anything that isn't copyright — student or personal information, harassment, privacy concerns — use the same address, {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}, and say what the problem is. See our privacy policy and terms.