TrotterMap

Copyright — DMCA procedure

Last updated: 1 September 2026

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Public TrotterMap maps may display photos published by their authors. If one of them reproduces a work in which you hold rights, here is how to ask for its removal. This page covers requests based on the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act; for any other infringement, use the report form, which also handles French and European copyright.

1. Designated agent

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), an agent is designated to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement, and has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office since 1 September 2026.

  • Designated agent: Thanh Pham
  • Organisation: thanhphm
  • Address: 25 allée des Commerces, 77200 Torcy, France
  • Telephone: +33 1 62 29 09 80
  • Email: contact@thanhphm.fr

This designation appears in the DMCA Designated Agent Directory of the U.S. Copyright Office, where it is publicly searchable under the name “thanhphm”, as well as under TrotterMap, GlobeMapper, trottermap.fr and thanhphm.fr.

2. Where to send a notification

By email to contact@thanhphm.fr, with “DMCA” in the subject line, or through the Report content form, choosing the reason “this content infringes my rights”.

Postal address: Thanh Pham, 25 allée des Commerces, 77200 Torcy, France.

3. What the notification must contain

An incomplete notification cannot be processed. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), it must include:

  • your signature (electronic accepted);
  • identification of the copyrighted work;
  • the exact address of the disputed content on TrotterMap, precise enough to locate it;
  • your contact details: name, address, telephone, email;
  • a statement that you believe in good faith that the disputed use is not authorised by the rights holder or by law;
  • a statement that the information provided is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, you are the rights holder or their agent.

Notifications written in English are accepted.

4. What happens next

  • You receive an acknowledgement of receipt.
  • If the notification is well-founded, the content is removed from public sharing without delay.
  • The person who published it is informed, with the reasons for the decision and the means to contest it.

5. Counter-notice

If your content has been removed and you consider the request unfounded — you are its author, the use is lawful, or the content was misidentified — write to contact@thanhphm.fr giving the address of the removed content, the reasons for your objection, your contact details and a statement under penalty of perjury. The content may then be restored.

6. Repeat infringers

An account behind repeated copyright infringements has its public sharing disabled, and the account itself suspended if it continues. Moderation decisions are kept: that is what distinguishes an isolated mistake from a repeat offence.

7. Abuse of the procedure

A knowingly inaccurate notification exposes its author to liability, including for the costs incurred by the person targeted (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)). This procedure exists to have an infringement removed, not to make content you dislike disappear.