Report a teardown

videngineer publishes video teardowns — analysis, commentary and teaching material built from short excerpts of publicly posted videos. Every teardown credits the original work and links to it at the source. We believe this transformative, educational use is fair use; we also respect that every video belongs to whoever made it, and we act on valid notices fast.

First — is this the right form?

A DMCA takedown is for copyright. It fits when:

• You own (or represent the owner of) the video a teardown is built from.
• You did not authorize its use here, and no license or exception covers it.
• You want the analysis of that specific work reviewed or taken down.

It is not the right form for these — reach us at [email protected] instead:

• A factual correction or a mislabeled credit (we'll just fix it).
• A trademark, privacy or defamation concern (different process).
• A general complaint that isn't about a work you hold rights to.

What a valid notice needs

Under the DMCA (17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)), a complete notice includes:

1. The work. Identify the copyrighted video, and enough proof you hold rights to it — a link to the original is usually enough.
2. The URL. The exact videngineer page (or pages) you want reviewed.
3. Contact. Your name, address and email so we can reach you.
4. A good-faith statement that you believe the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law.
5. An accuracy statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are (or represent) the rights holder.
6. Your signature — a physical or electronic signature is fine.

What happens next

We review every valid notice and remove or restrict reported material promptly — usually within 48 hours — and reply to confirm. If we take something down, we tell the affected party and honor the standard counter-notice process: if you posted material we removed and believe it was a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to [email protected], and we'll follow §512(g).

Our fair-use posture

Teardowns are study and commentary: short excerpts, transformed into shot-by-shot analysis, always credited and linked to the source. We think that's squarely fair use — but we'd rather resolve a concern than argue it, so we act on valid notices fast and in good faith. Filing a knowingly false notice can carry liability under §512(f); please only report works you actually hold rights to.