DMCA Copyright Policy

Last updated: April 7, 2026

AXIS TECHNOLOGIES LLC (d/b/a MealSwipe) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Services to do the same. This DMCA Copyright Policy explains how copyright owners can notify us of alleged infringement and how users whose content has been removed can contest that removal. It also explains our policy regarding repeat infringers.

This Policy is part of and incorporated by reference into the Terms of Service. Terms capitalized but not defined here have the meaning given to them in the Terms of Service.

1. Designated Agent under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2)

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, the Company has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement concerning content hosted on the Services. The designated agent's contact information is:

The Company's designated agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory at dmca.copyright.gov. The directory registration is renewed every three years as required by 37 C.F.R. § 201.38(c).

2. How to file a notice of claimed infringement

If you are a copyright owner (or authorized to act on behalf of one) and you believe that content on the Services infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notice of claimed infringement to the designated agent listed above. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following elements:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (including, if possible, the URL or other location of the specific post, photo, or Contribution).
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address at which you may be contacted.
5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

3. Our response to a valid notice

Upon receipt of a notice that substantially complies with the requirements above, the Company will:

• Promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing content;
• Notify the user who posted the content that the content has been removed and provide a copy of the notice we received (with the claimant's personal contact information redacted where appropriate);
• Record the takedown and associate it with the posting user's account for purposes of our repeat infringer policy.

If a notice does not substantially comply with the statutory requirements, we may contact the sender to request a corrected notice, or we may decline to act on the notice until the deficiencies are corrected. We are not obligated to remove content in response to a deficient notice.

4. Counter-notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)

If you are a user whose content has been removed from the Services as a result of a DMCA takedown notice, and you believe in good faith that the content was removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification to our designated agent. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), your counter-notification must include all of the following elements:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located (or, if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the Company may be found, specifically the District of New Jersey), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original takedown notice or an agent of that person.

Send counter-notifications to the designated agent at the address or email listed in Section 1 above.

What happens after we receive a valid counter-notification: We will forward a copy of the counter-notification to the party who submitted the original takedown notice. Unless that party files an action seeking a court order against you within 10 business days, we will restore the content (or cease disabling access to it) within 10 to 14 business days after receiving your counter-notification, as provided by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(2)(C).

5. Repeat infringer policy under 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)

In accordance with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A), the Company has adopted and reasonably implements a policy that provides for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of copyright.

What counts as a strike. Each separate instance in which the Company removes or disables access to content in response to a valid DMCA takedown notice counts as one infringement strike against the user who posted the content, unless the user successfully submits a counter-notification that results in the content being restored.

Thresholds and consequences. We evaluate repeat infringement on a case-by-case basis, considering factors including the total number of strikes, the time period over which they occurred, the willfulness of the conduct, and whether the user has otherwise complied with our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. As a general guideline:

• First strike: Content is removed and the user receives a warning.
• Second strike within 12 months: Content is removed and the user's ability to post may be temporarily suspended.
• Third strike within 12 months, or any strike for clearly willful infringement: The user's account is permanently terminated.

In severe or obviously willful cases — such as a user who is systematically uploading material they know they do not own — we reserve the right to terminate the account immediately without waiting for additional strikes.

6. Good-faith moderation — Section 230 safe harbor

Separate from the DMCA safe harbor, any decision we make to remove, restore, or take no action on user-generated content is protected by 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(2), which immunizes interactive computer service providers from liability for good-faith moderation of material they consider objectionable. Nothing in this DMCA Policy is intended to waive that independent statutory protection.

7. Not legal advice

The descriptions of the DMCA and other statutes in this Policy are provided for your convenience and do not constitute legal advice. If you have questions about whether content infringes copyright, whether you have a valid claim, or whether you should file a counter-notification, consult a licensed attorney.

8. Contact

All DMCA notices and counter-notifications must be sent to the designated agent at the address in Section 1. Notices sent to other addresses or email accounts may not be processed within the statutory timeframe.

For questions about this DMCA Policy that are not takedown notices, please email [email protected].

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