Legal
DMCA & Copyright Policy
Last updated: September 19, 2026
JAV.CHAT respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. This page explains what JAV.CHAT is, how to send us a copyright infringement notice, and how we respond to one.
1. What JAV.CHAT is
JAV.CHAT is a metadata catalogue and discovery index for Japanese Adult Video releases. We publish release codes, titles, cover images, performer and studio information, and links supplied to us by third-party content feed providers and their affiliate programmes.
JAV.CHAT does not host, store, upload, stream, transcode or serve any video files. Playback, where offered, takes place on the third-party platform that owns and operates the relevant stream. Cover artwork and thumbnails are delivered from, or proxied from, the feed provider that supplied them.
This means that in most cases the fastest route to removal of an actual video file is a notice sent to the platform that hosts it. We will nonetheless act on every properly made notice we receive in respect of material appearing on JAV.CHAT.
2. Designated contact for copyright notices
Copyright notices concerning JAV.CHAT must be submitted through the notice form at the bottom of this page. This is our designated channel and it reaches the operator of the site directly. Every submission is logged with a reference number that is shown to you on screen when you submit.
Please read before you send. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. If you are unsure whether the material you are reporting is infringing, or whether its use is authorised by law or by the rights holder, you should seek legal advice first.
3. What a valid notice must contain
To comply with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following. The form below collects each of these elements:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or of a person authorised to act on the owner's behalf.
- 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, with the exact URL or URLs on jav.chat where it appears, in enough detail for us to locate it.
- Contact information for you: full name, mailing address, telephone number where available, and an email address.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the owner's behalf.
Notices that omit the URLs, or that identify the whole site rather than specific pages, cannot be actioned and will be returned to you with a request for the missing detail.
4. How we respond
- We aim to acknowledge every complete notice within 2 business days.
- Material that is the subject of a valid notice is removed or disabled expeditiously, normally within 5 business days of the acknowledgement.
- Where the material originates from a third-party feed provider, we remove it from JAV.CHAT and additionally forward your notice to that provider.
- We notify the supplying provider of the removal and record it against our repeat infringer log.
5. Counter-notification
If you believe material of yours was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification through the same form by selecting the counter-notice option. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) it must include your signature, identification of the removed material 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 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 district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, of any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who gave the original notice.
If we receive a valid counter-notification we may restore the removed material in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days, unless we first receive notice that the original complainant has filed an action seeking a court order.
6. Repeat infringers
We maintain a record of notices received. Feed providers, submitters and accounts that are the subject of repeated, valid infringement notices are disconnected: the provider's feed is disabled and its catalogue entries are purged from JAV.CHAT in their entirety.
7. Trademark and other complaints
Trademark complaints, right-of-publicity complaints, and requests concerning personal data may also be submitted through the form below — choose the matching subject. For requests to remove personal data see also our Privacy Policy; for matters concerning depictions of performers see our 18 U.S.C. 2257 statement.