TrailCircuit

Copyright and DMCA

Last updated November 2, 2026

Our content and others'

Articles, photos, illustrations and the site's design are © Rited Studio or our licensors, unless marked otherwise. Park outlines, trails and amenities are © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Some national park fees and pet rules come from the NPS Data API. Comments, reviews and other posts belong to the people who wrote them.

We respect other people's rights and expect our users to do the same.

Reporting infringement

If you believe something on TrailCircuit infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to act for, send a notice through the contact form and choose "Copyright notice". Under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), your notice must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is enough).
  2. A description of the copyrighted work you say is infringed.
  3. The address of the page where the material appears, and enough detail for us to find it.
  4. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
  5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

We'll remove or disable the material promptly when a notice is complete, and let the person who posted it know. Knowingly misrepresenting that material infringes can make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

Counter-notices

If something you posted was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice through the same form. It must include your signature, a description of what was removed and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification, and your name, address and telephone number, with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the US, any district where we may be found) and will accept service from the person who sent the original notice. We'll forward it to that person. Unless they tell us within 10 to 14 business days that they've filed a court action, we may restore the material.

Repeat infringers

We close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright, where appropriate.

Other concerns

For a trademark concern, or an error in one of our articles, use the contact form as well.