Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last updated: October 9, 2026

1. Copyright notice

© Alden Pierce. All rights reserved. Every photograph, video and text published on www.aldenpierce.com is an original work protected by copyright from the moment of its creation, under Article 6 of the Law on Intellectual Property of Vietnam, the Berne Convention (to which Vietnam, the United States and 180+ other countries are parties) and the U.S. Copyright Act. Copyright protection does not depend on registration.

Registration. Copyright registration application filed — pending official review. Registration status does not affect the existence of copyright, which arises automatically upon creation of each work.

2. How we identify our works

Each work published on this Website is assigned a unique Work ID (for example AP-2026-000123) shown directly beneath it, together with the copyright owner and the date it was first published here. Each work has a public record page at www.aldenpierce.com/work/<number> showing its Work ID, author, first-publication date and the SHA-256 fingerprint of the original file kept by the owner. Published copies contain a visible © watermark and embedded IPTC copyright metadata. We keep the original, full-resolution files and an audit log of every upload and publication.

3. No licence without written permission

No content may be copied, downloaded, re-uploaded, edited or redistributed without our prior written licence. Removing or altering watermarks, Work IDs or copyright metadata is prohibited (17 U.S.C. § 1202). See our Terms of Use.

4. If you find our work used without permission

Please tell us via the infringement report form with the link where you saw it. We will take action, including sending DMCA takedown notices to the hosting provider or platform concerned.

5. DMCA notice: if you believe content on this Website infringes your copyright

We respect the intellectual property of others and respond to notices that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). To be effective, your written notice must include:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to locate it on this Website (such as the exact URL and Work ID);
  4. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address;
  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 notice 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.

Send notices to our designated agent:

Designated copyright agent: Alden Pierce
Online: https://www.aldenpierce.com/report

On receiving a valid notice we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the material identified and, where applicable, notify the person who provided it.

6. Counter-notice

If you believe material was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) containing: (1) your physical or electronic signature; (2) identification of the material removed and the location where it appeared before removal; (3) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; (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 your address is located (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which the service provider may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice. You can use the counter-notice form. Material may be restored 10 to 14 business days after a valid counter-notice unless the complaining party informs us that it has filed a court action.

7. Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

8. Repeat infringers

Where this Website allows third-party submissions, we will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the access of users who are repeat infringers.

9. Vietnam

For infringement occurring in Vietnam, the copyright owner may request the infringer to stop, apologise and compensate, and may file a complaint with the competent authorities or bring a civil action under the Law on Intellectual Property and its implementing decrees. Requests to remove infringing content online may also be sent to the relevant platform or authority.

10. Contact

Alden Pierce
Online form: https://www.aldenpierce.com/report