SPHERING³ — DMCA COPYRIGHT POLICY

Version 5.0 · Effective September 16, 2026

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST

When you mint an artifact with us, the record is permanent. Neither you, nor SPHERING³ LLC, nor a court has a mechanism to delete it. This policy explains what that means when someone claims a minted artifact infringes their copyright: we stop serving and listing the item through the systems we operate, and we will, but the underlying permanent record sits on networks operated by third parties, and no party holds a means of erasing it. We say this plainly because a copyright owner reading this page deserves to know exactly what a notice to us achieves and what it does not.

1 · Who we are and what this policy covers

This policy is published by SPHERING³ LLC, a Florida limited liability company, 6000 Peninsular Avenue T37, Key West, Florida 33040, United States (“we”, “us”).

It applies to the Services as defined in our General Terms and Conditions — our websites, applications, interfaces, manifests, indexes and search surfaces, and the minting and archival services we provide through them. It supplements the General Terms and Conditions and the Terms of Service. Where this policy and those documents address the same subject, this policy governs copyright complaints and counter-notifications; those documents govern everything else.

2 · Our posture: we are a conduit, not a judge

We do not review artifacts for copyright status before they are minted, and we do not adjudicate ownership disputes. When we receive a notice, we check it for facial compliance with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) and act on the access we operate. We do not decide who is right.

3 · Designated agent for copyright notices

Send copyright notices to our designated agent:

SPHERING³ LLC — Designated Copyright Agent Robert Mick, Managing Member, SPHERING³ LLC 6000 Peninsular Avenue T37 Key West, Florida 33040, United States Telephone: +1 305-504-7401 Email: dmca@sphering3.com The designated agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Directory (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2)).

Notices sent to any other address may not be effective.

4 · What a notice must contain

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), a notification of claimed infringement 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, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of those works;
3. identification of the material claimed to be infringing, together with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it within the Services — for a minted artifact, the artifact identifier or the URL at which it is served;
4. information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, including a name, address, telephone number and, if available, an 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; and
6. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

A notice that does not substantially include this information may not be effective, and we may ask you to complete it before we act.

5 · What we do when we receive a valid notice

On receipt of a notice that substantially complies with Section 4, we act expeditiously to disable access to the identified material through the systems we operate. In practice this is usually within a few business days; that is an indication, not a promise.

Minted artifacts are recorded on permanent networks operated by third parties. SPHERING³ LLC holds no administrative control over those networks and has no mechanism to delete, alter or destroy records on them. Our response is therefore implemented at the access layer:

• delisting the item from our CoFA core manifests;
• removing the item from our indexes and search surfaces;
• disabling discovery and retrieval of the item through our websites, applications, APIs and interfaces; and
• where appropriate, restricting the associated account.

None of these steps deletes, alters or destroys the underlying permanent record. The item may remain technically retrievable by anyone who holds its identifier and queries the permanent network directly. Our response is delisting and disabling access through our systems — not destruction.

We will make reasonable efforts to notify the account holder that the material was delisted and why.

6 · Counter-notification

If your material was delisted because of a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the designated agent in Section 3. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) it must include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the material that was delisted and the location at which it appeared before it was delisted;
3. a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was delisted as a result of mistake or misidentification;
4. your name, address and telephone number;
5. 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 your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which SPHERING³ LLC may be found; and
6. a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or an agent of that person.

On receipt of a compliant counter-notification we will promptly provide a copy to the person who sent the original notice and inform them that we will restore access in ten (10) business days. We will restore access through our systems not less than ten and not more than fourteen business days after receiving the counter-notification, unless the original complainant first notifies us that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringement.

Restoration concerns discoverability and retrieval through our systems only. The underlying permanent record was never changed and is not changed by restoration.

7 · Repeat infringers

In appropriate circumstances we may terminate the accounts and access privileges of users we determine, in our discretion, to be repeat infringers. Termination may include closing the account, disabling access to the Services, and refusing replacement accounts. This policy operates on access through our systems; it does not purport to alter any permanent record.

8 · Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by the copyright owner or its licensee, or by us.

9 · Cooperation with lawful process

We may cooperate with copyright owners, courts, governmental authorities and law enforcement in response to valid legal process, including preserving records, confirming what has been delisted, and taking additional access-control measures a court requires. Nothing in this policy obliges us to represent that a permanent record has been destroyed when it has not.

10 · Scope and legal uncertainty

This policy describes the access-control measures available to SPHERING³ LLC. The application of 17 U.S.C. § 512 to material recorded on permanent decentralized networks is not fully settled. We do not represent that delisting preserves safe-harbour protection in every case. We will evaluate each notice, counter-notification and instrument of legal process on the facts and the law as they stand.

11 · Other jurisdictions

If you are in the European Union, the United Kingdom or another jurisdiction with its own notice-and-action regime, you may submit a notice under that regime to the same designated agent. We will handle it under the applicable law and, where that law affords a longer period to challenge our decision, that longer period applies.

12 · Governing law and venue

This policy is governed by the laws of the State of Florida and the federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to Section 6, disputes arising under it are resolved in the state and federal courts located in Monroe County, Florida. We do not require arbitration.

13 · Changes

We may update this policy. The version and effective date at the top of this page are authoritative. Material changes are posted before they take effect.

14 · Contact

Copyright notices and counter-notifications: dmca@sphering3.com or the postal address in Section 3. All other legal matters: legal@sphering3.com.