DMCA Copyright Policy

Effective: August 18, 2026

MISTY ISLANDS LTD CO ("Mods Nation," "we," "us") responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512. Contact details for our Designated Agent appear at the end of this policy.

1. Scope of this policy

This policy applies to material stored on Mods Nation at the direction of our users — specifically: photographs uploaded by users, images uploaded for use as decals or logos, the text of articles, journal entries and comments, photographs and text in marketplace listings, and 3D models submitted by users.

A build configuration — the selection and arrangement of catalog parts applied to a vehicle in our configurator — is not itself a work of authorship and is not subject to this policy. The part models in a configuration belong to our catalog and are covered by the paragraph below. Where a claim concerns a build, the material we can act on is the photograph or other user-submitted file attached to it.

This policy does not apply to content created, commissioned, or licensed by Mods Nation itself, including the 3D models, parts data, imagery, and software that make up our own catalog and configurator. That material is not stored at the direction of a user. Notices directed at our own content are referred to legal review and are not subject to the removal procedure described below.

Photoreal renders generated on Mods Nation are produced by us from our own catalog models at a user's request, and are not material stored at the direction of a user. A notice directed at a render is referred to legal review under the paragraph above. If, however, a claim concerns an image a user supplied as an input to a render — a photograph or a logo, for example — that input is user-submitted material and is handled under the procedure in Section 2.

Claims that do not arise under copyright law — including trademark claims, claims relating to the appearance or trade dress of a vehicle, claims about a person's name, likeness, or image, and defamation or business-reputation claims — are not handled under this policy. See Section 8.

2. Reporting alleged copyright infringement

If you believe material stored on Mods Nation at the direction of a user infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to enforce, send a notice to our Designated Agent containing all of the following:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright allegedly infringed;
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of those works;
Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, including the specific URL of each item on Mods Nation you are asking us to remove, in enough detail for us to locate and verify it;
Your contact information, including mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright.

A notice that does not substantially include the elements above does not place us under an obligation to act. We will tell you which elements are missing, and the material will remain in place until we receive a complying notice.

To help us process a valid notice faster, you may also include — these are optional and are not required by law — where the original work is published, its publication date, and its copyright registration number if it is registered.

We do not accept anonymous notices, and we do not act on notices that ask us to remove categories of material rather than identified items. A notice that identifies neither a specific work nor specific URLs cannot be processed.

3. What we do when we receive a complying notice

We remove or disable access to the identified material expeditiously.
We make a reasonable attempt to notify the user who submitted the material, and we provide that user with a copy of your notice, including the contact information you supplied.
We inform that user of their right to submit a counter-notice.

Before you send a notice, understand that it is not confidential. The DMCA requires us to forward your notice, with your identifying and contact information, to the person whose material you are asking us to remove. We may also publish statistics about notices received.

4. Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that material was removed by mistake — is liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner, and by us. We reserve the right to seek recovery under this section and to refer abusive or automated notice campaigns to counsel.

5. Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, or that you are authorized to use it, you may send a counter-notice to our Designated Agent containing all of the following:

Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before it was removed;
A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; and
Your name, address, and telephone number, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal 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 we are located — and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the notice.

Your counter-notice, including your contact information, will be forwarded to the person who submitted the original notice. That is required by law and cannot be waived.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complaining party and inform them that we may restore the material in 10 business days. If that party does not notify us within 10 business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the activity, we may restore the material at our discretion.

6. Repeat infringers

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others. Termination may include removal of the content associated with the account. We maintain internal records of notices and counter-notices for this purpose.

7. Published 3D models

When a user publishes a 3D model on Mods Nation, our User Agreement grants us an irrevocable license to that model. That license does not survive a determination that the user had no right to publish the model in the first place. If we remove a published model in response to a complying notice, the removal takes effect regardless of that license, and the user remains responsible under the User Agreement for any claim arising from the material they submitted.

8. Claims that are not copyright claims

Trademark claims, claims about vehicle trade dress or design rights, claims about a person's name, likeness, or image, privacy claims, and defamation or business-reputation claims are not handled under the DMCA and are not subject to the timelines in this policy. Submit them by email to legal@modsnation.com. We review these claims on their merits and are under no obligation to remove material while a review is pending.

9. Designated Agent

Notices and counter-notices should be sent to our Designated Agent, by email — the fastest route — or by post:

Our Designated Agent is registered with the United States Copyright Office.

Last updated: August 18, 2026