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Copyright / IP Takedown Policy

Last updated 7 June 2026

CosBuild respects intellectual property rights and expects creators to do the same. This policy explains how copyright owners, trademark owners, rights holders, or their authorised representatives can report content on CosBuild that they believe infringes their rights or creates a misleading impression of official affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.

CosBuild hosts independent, fan-made educational cosplay tutorials. Creators may reference characters, franchises, brands, official products, and supplier links, but they must not upload stolen content, pirated files, counterfeit product links, misleading official branding, or third-party materials they do not have permission to use.

1. What this policy covers

You can use this policy to report concerns involving:

  • copyright infringement;
  • trademark infringement;
  • misleading use of official names, logos, branding, or artwork;
  • counterfeit or pirated product links;
  • unauthorised use of official media, game assets, artwork, files, patterns, logos, badges, emblems, or similar materials;
  • content falsely presented as official, licensed, sponsored, approved, or endorsed.

This policy is not for general customer support, refund requests, or creator payout issues. For those, contact support@cosbuild.com.

2. How to submit a takedown request

If you believe content on CosBuild infringes your rights or violates this policy, please email ip@cosbuild.com.

Your notice should include:

  1. Your name and contact details — your full legal name, company name if applicable, email address, and postal address.
  2. Your authority to act — whether you are the rights owner or authorised to act on behalf of the rights owner.
  3. The work, brand, or rights at issue — the copyrighted work, trademark, character/franchise branding, logo, artwork, product, or other rights you believe are being infringed or misused.
  4. The CosBuild content you are reporting — the exact CosBuild URL(s) or enough detail for us to locate the content.
  5. What you believe is wrong — a brief explanation of why the content infringes your rights, uses official material without permission, links to counterfeit or pirated products, or falsely suggests official affiliation, sponsorship, approval, or endorsement.
  6. Good-faith statement — include this or a substantially similar statement:

    I have a good-faith belief that the use of the material described in this notice is not authorised by the rights owner, its agent, or the law.

  7. Accuracy and authority statement — include this or a substantially similar statement:

    I confirm that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am the rights owner or authorised to act on behalf of the rights owner.

  8. Signature — your physical or electronic signature. Typing your full legal name is acceptable as an electronic signature.

3. What happens after we receive a request

After receiving a takedown request, CosBuild may:

  • review the reported content;
  • temporarily disable access while we review the issue;
  • ask you for more information;
  • notify the creator who uploaded the content;
  • remove, restrict, or edit the content;
  • disable access to downloadable files, images, links, or specific tutorial sections;
  • suspend or terminate repeat or serious violators;
  • take no action if the request is incomplete, unsupported, abusive, or does not appear to involve a valid rights issue.

We aim to review takedown requests within 5–10 business days, but urgent or serious issues may be handled faster.

4. Creator response

If CosBuild removes or restricts a creator's content after a takedown request, we may notify the creator and give them an opportunity to respond.

A creator response should include:

  • the creator's full name and account email;
  • the URL or title of the removed/restricted content;
  • an explanation of why the creator believes the content was removed by mistake or is authorised;
  • any supporting evidence, such as proof of ownership, permission, licence, original creation, or lawful use;
  • a statement that the information provided is accurate.

CosBuild may, but is not required to, restore content after reviewing a creator response. CosBuild may keep content removed or restricted if we believe doing so is necessary for legal, safety, rights-holder, payment-provider, or platform-policy reasons.

5. Repeat infringers and serious violations

CosBuild may suspend or terminate creator accounts, remove tutorials, or restrict access where a creator repeatedly or seriously violates intellectual property rights or platform rules.

Examples of serious violations include:

  • uploading stolen tutorials, photos, videos, files, patterns, or templates;
  • uploading official artwork, logos, game assets, ripped files, scans, badges, emblems, or similar materials without permission;
  • linking to counterfeit, pirated, unsafe, or misleading products;
  • presenting a tutorial as official, licensed, sponsored, approved, or endorsed without written permission;
  • ignoring prior warnings or takedown actions.

6. False, abusive, or incomplete notices

Please only submit takedown requests in good faith.

CosBuild may reject notices that are incomplete, abusive, misleading, or not related to a genuine rights issue. If you knowingly submit false or misleading claims, you may be responsible for harm caused to CosBuild, creators, buyers, or other affected parties.

7. No legal advice

CosBuild cannot provide legal advice or decide complex disputes between rights holders and creators. If you are unsure whether content infringes your rights, whether your use is lawful, or whether an exception applies, you should seek independent legal advice.

8. Contact

For copyright, trademark, counterfeit, or other IP-related takedown requests, contact ip@cosbuild.com.

For general support, contact support@cosbuild.com.

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