DMCA / takedowns

Draft — last updated 2026-05-12.

If a paste contains material you hold the copyright to and you want it removed, send a notice to dmca@pste.dev. We respond to legitimate claims promptly.

What to include

  1. The full URL of the paste, including the pste.dev domain. We can't act on ambiguous descriptions.
  2. A description of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed. A URL to the original is ideal.
  3. Your contact information — name, email, and (if applicable) the rights-holder you represent.
  4. A statement, made in good faith, that you believe the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights-holder or authorized to act on their behalf.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

What happens next

  • We will acknowledge the notice within a reasonable time, typically a few business days.
  • If the claim is valid on its face, we will remove or disable access to the paste.
  • If the paste author left contact information, we'll forward a copy of the notice and invite a counter-notice. Many anonymous pastes have no author contact; in that case the takedown is simply executed.
  • We may add the SHA-256 hash of the removed paste to our content blocklist to prevent re-upload. This does not apply to end-to-end encrypted pastes (we never see the plaintext).

Counter-notices

If you believe a paste was removed in error, you may send a counter-notice to the same address with the URL, your contact information, a statement under penalty of perjury that the removal was a mistake or misidentification, and your consent to jurisdiction in the relevant venue. We will forward valid counter-notices to the original claimant.

Bad-faith claims

DMCA notices are sworn statements. Misrepresentation may make you liable to the alleged infringer and to us for damages. We will refuse repeat bad-faith filers.

Non-DMCA takedowns

For non-copyright issues — phishing, malware, doxxing, leaked secrets — use the report button on the paste page or email abuse@pste.dev. See the terms for what we will and won't host.