⚖️ DMCA Policy — SecondBook

Operator / Responsible Party

The 2ndBook service is provided by Ilnur Stybayev, an independent individual developer (not a legal entity). 2ndBook is a non-commercial tool that lets users find and contact each other directly. The operator is not a party to any transaction between users, does not hold, transfer or retain funds, and charges no commission. Any purchase, sale or exchange happens directly between users and outside the operator's responsibility. Data protection contact: support@secondbook.kz.

1. Introduction

SecondBook respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. This policy outlines our procedures for responding to notices of alleged copyright infringement. This document supplements our general Copyright Policy and borrows DMCA's (US) notice structure as a convenient format — this is not a claim that SecondBook has formal DMCA safe harbor status (see Copyright Policy 1.2: the primary applicable law is the Republic of Kazakhstan's).

2. Our Role

SecondBook is a platform for exchanging and selling books between users (both physical and e-books), which also lets users:

• Store and organize their own digital books in a personal library;
• Synchronize content between their own devices;
• Temporarily store files on our servers for cross-device transfer.

We act as an information intermediary: we do not pre-screen every book's legality, and we respond to substantiated complaints from rights holders.

3. Reporting Copyright Infringement

Your notice must include:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work
2. Identification of the infringing material (file fingerprint, name)
3. Your contact information
4. A statement of good faith belief
5. A statement of accuracy under penalty of perjury
6. Your signature

4. Our Response

Upon receiving a valid notice, we will:

• Acknowledge receipt within 2 business days
• Complete an initial assessment within 3-5 business days
• If justified, remove the infringing material within up to 7 business days of receiving the complaint
• Notify the user about the removal

Review is currently done manually by one person (the service operator) — these timeframes are targets, not a guaranteed SLA.

5. Counter-Notification

If you believe your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification with:

• Identification of the removed material
• A statement under penalty of perjury about good faith belief in error
• Consent to jurisdiction of courts in Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Your contact information and signature

6. Repeat Infringers

7. Technical Limitations

• Files on servers are stored temporarily (for device-to-device handoff) or as a cloud copy and are auto-deleted after their retention or a long inactivity period, or upon a rights holder request
• We cannot remove content during P2P transfers between devices
• We cannot remove content stored locally on user devices

8. Contact Information

Last Updated: August 21, 2026