Copyright & takedowns

Last updated: October 12, 2026.

The Globe credits every picture it runs. A photograph used under a Creative Commons license carries the photographer’s name and the license, and links to both the license and the page the photograph came from. Pictures the Globe makes itself say so in their credit, such as “Photo illustration: The LA Globe”. If you think we have used your work without permission, or credited it wrongly, tell us and we will look at it quickly.

A wrong or missing credit

If a picture is yours and the credit is wrong, write to editor@thelaglobe.com with “Photo credit” in the subject line. Send the link to our page and tell us what the credit should say. We fix credits as corrections.

Reporting infringement

Send us a written notice. Under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), your notice needs all of these:

Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for the owner.
The work you say was copied. A link to the original is best.
Where it appears on our site: the web address of each page, so we can find it.
How to reach you: your mailing address, phone number and email.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or are authorized to act for the owner.

A notice missing one of these may not be valid. Please be accurate: under the same law, someone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing can be liable for damages.

Where to send it

By email: editor@thelaglobe.com, with “Copyright” in the subject line.

Designated agent: registration with the U.S. Copyright Office in progress.

What happens next

We review every notice. When a notice is valid, we remove the material or disable access to it. If a reader posted it (a comment, for example) and we have a way to reach them, we tell them. Some notices concern a use that copyright law allows, such as a short quotation in news reporting or commentary. When we believe a use is lawful, we tell you why.

If something you posted was removed

If we removed something you posted and you believe it was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice to the same address. It needs:

Your physical or electronic signature.
What was removed, and where it appeared before it was removed.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or because it was misidentified.
Your name, address and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where your address is (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district where The LA Globe LLC may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the notice, or that person’s agent.

When a valid counter-notice arrives, we send a copy to the person who sent the notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have gone to court to keep the material down, we put it back 10 to 14 business days after we received your counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

If a reader sends us other people’s work again and again without permission, we stop publishing what they send and close their reader account.

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