Copyright & DMCA Policy

Outdoors ("Outdoors," "we," "us," or "our") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. This policy explains how to report material on the Service that you believe infringes your copyright, how to dispute a removal, and what happens to accounts that repeatedly infringe.

Much of what appears on Outdoors — photos, reviews, trip notes, and route updates — is submitted by users. We do not review it before it is published, and we act on valid notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512.

1. Reporting Copyright Infringement

If you own the copyright (or are authorized to act for the owner) and believe material on the Service infringes it, send a written notice to our designated agent listed in Section 4.

To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include substantially all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed — or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of them.
• Identification of the material you claim is infringing and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it. A direct URL to the specific page, photo, or review is by far the most useful thing you can give us.
• Your contact information: name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

Incomplete notices delay removal. If your notice is missing required elements, we will tell you what is missing rather than silently ignoring it.

2. What Happens After a Valid Notice

• We remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice.
• We make a good-faith effort to notify the user who posted it, and provide them a copy of your notice — including the contact information it contains.
• We record the notice against the posting account for the purposes of Section 5.
• If the user files a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to you and may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless you notify us that you have filed a court action seeking to restrain the user from infringing.

3. Counter-Notice: Disputing a Removal

If your material was removed and you believe it was a mistake or a misidentification — for example, you own the photo, you have a license, or the use is otherwise lawful — you may send a counter-notice to our designated agent. It must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
• 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.
• Your name, mailing address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Outdoors may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice or their agent.

We forward counter-notices, including the contact information in them, to the party who filed the original notice.

4. Designated Copyright Agent

Send DMCA notices and counter-notices to our designated agent:

• Attn: DMCA Agent, Outdoors
• Email: hello@theoutdoorsapp.com (subject line: "DMCA Notice")
• Contact form: theoutdoorsapp.com/contact

Please use this contact only for copyright matters. General support requests, data-accuracy corrections, and privacy requests sent here will be routed elsewhere and answered more slowly — see the contact page for the right destination.

5. Repeat Infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We evaluate each case on its facts, including the number and substance of notices received, whether any were withdrawn or successfully countered, and whether the account shows a pattern of uploading material it has no rights to.

6. Misrepresentation Carries Liability

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a 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. Do not use this process to remove criticism, competing listings, or content you simply dislike. If you are unsure whether you own the rights to something, consult an attorney before filing.

7. Non-Copyright Complaints

This process is for copyright only. For anything else, use the route that fits:

• Wrong or unsafe location data (a trail, campground, or park listing that is inaccurate): use the "Report an issue" control on that page.
• Trademark, defamation, privacy, or harassment concerns:contact us with details.
• Your personal information: see our Privacy Policy and data deletion instructions.

8. Relationship to Our Terms

This policy supplements our Terms of Service. Nothing here waives any right or defense available to us, and we may remove any content that violates the Terms regardless of whether a DMCA notice has been submitted.