Takedowns: copyright and private information

Where to ask depends on where the thing lives. OSCR holds some things itself; the code of the GitHub side lives on GitHub.

1. What OSCR holds

A paper's record, the copies of its authors' scripts, one repository's or one file's copies, its tracing map

Ask on the removal page, from the paper's page ("Request removal"): say who you are (an author, the rights holder, a person named), what to remove and why, with evidence.

What people wrote in OSCR: research issues and comments, profiles, star lists, commit statuses

Use the "Report" link beside it, and choose "a copyright or licence infringement" or "private information". A copyright notice needs an account (so that you can be answered in the site, without email), and says which work of yours it copies and where it is.

2. Code on GitHub

A repository shown by OSCR lives in its owner's GitHub account, and only GitHub can take it down: send your notice to GitHub, following GitHub's guide (at the source, because GitHub holds the code). Report the repository here too, with the reason "copyright": while GitHub decides, the owner may hide it from OSCR's pages, and OSCR's own copies of its scripts go with the removal page above.

3. Private information

Someone's address, telephone, health or identity documents published without consent are hidden as soon as the owner reads the report; a report for private information may be sent without an account. In a paper's record, use the removal page with the reason "personal data".

4. Counter-notice and restoration

When something of yours is hidden after a copyright notice, your page "What of mine is hidden" offers a counter-notice: say why the content is yours to publish, or was removed by mistake, and confirm that you believe so in good faith and that what you say is accurate. The owner then restores it, unless the claimant shows within 14 days that they have taken the matter to court. [The owner: confirm this delay and the procedure under the law that applies.] Any other decision may be appealed once, the same way.

5. Public notices

Each decision is published on the notices, redacted. A notice says what kind of thing was removed, why, when, and whether it was restored. It does not include the removed words, who asked, or private information.