DMCA Copyright Policy

Last updated: April 2026

Esquared Hospitality Ventures LLC d/b/a Slushology respects the intellectual property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and applicable copyright law. If you believe content on Slushology infringes your copyright, please follow the procedure below.

1. Recipes are not copyrightable

Important: under U.S. copyright law (Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices § 312.4), a mere listing of ingredients or contents is not protected by copyright. The substantial literary expression accompanying a recipe — the headnote, the prose description, the personal anecdote, distinctive instructional language, and original photography — IS protected.

Before filing a DMCA notice about a recipe, please confirm that what's been used is the protectable expression (your specific writing, your photo) and not the underlying ingredient list or method.

2. How to file a DMCA takedown notice

Send a notice to [email protected] with the subject line "DMCA Takedown Request" and include all of the following (required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (URL or description).
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing on Slushology, including the URL of the specific page or post.
  4. Your contact information: name, address, telephone number, and email.
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material 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 the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Incomplete notices may not be processed.

3. What we do when we receive a valid notice

We review every valid DMCA notice. If we determine the claim is well-founded:

4. Counter-notices

If you believe content was wrongly removed under a DMCA notice, you may file a counter-notice. Send to [email protected] with subject "DMCA Counter-Notice" and include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of a federal court in the district where you reside (or, if outside the US, in the District of Massachusetts), and that you will accept service of process from the original complainant.

If we receive a valid counter-notice and the original claimant does not file a court action within 10-14 business days, we may restore the content.

5. Repeat infringers

We will terminate the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

6. Designated agent

Esquared Hospitality Ventures LLC d/b/a Slushology accepts DMCA notices via email to [email protected]. A formal agent registration with the U.S. Copyright Office may be filed; until then this address is the designated point of contact.