Repeat Infringer Policy

Effective Date: 2026

Last Updated: 2026

This Repeat Infringer Policy explains how Playflick™ Media .ltd handles users, creators, accounts, channels, advertisers, or other parties who repeatedly infringe copyright, trademarks, privacy rights, platform rules, or other legal rights on Playflick.com.

Playflick respects the rights of copyright owners, creators, artists, filmmakers, musicians, studios, publishers, brands, and other rights holders. We expect users to upload and share only content they own, created, licensed, or have permission to use.

This policy should be read together with our Terms of Service, Copyright & Takedown Policy, Community Guidelines, Acceptable Use Policy, Online Safety Policy, Paid Content Terms, Creator Monetisation Terms, and Refund Policy.

1. Who We Are

Operator: Playflick™ Media .ltd

Website: https://playflick.com

Business Address:
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom

Rights Contact Email: hello@playflick.com

2. Purpose of This Policy

This policy exists to protect rights holders, users, creators, advertisers, and Playflick from repeated infringement and repeated abuse of the platform.

It helps Playflick decide when to warn, restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts that repeatedly upload, share, monetise, advertise, or distribute content that infringes rights or breaches our rules.

3. What Counts as Infringement?

Infringement may include using someone else’s protected material or rights without permission or a lawful basis.

Examples may include:

Uploading movies without permission
Uploading TV shows without permission
Uploading sports broadcasts without permission
Uploading music videos without permission
Using copyrighted music without permission
Uploading trailers, clips, or scenes without permission
Using copyrighted thumbnails, posters, artwork, or images without permission
Uploading pirated, leaked, bootleg, or cam-rip content
Re-uploading content previously removed for copyright reasons
Impersonating a creator, brand, company, or public figure
Using trademarks, logos, or brand names in a misleading or infringing way
Sharing private images, videos, or personal data without permission
Selling or monetising content you do not own or have rights to use

4. What Is a Repeat Infringer?

A repeat infringer is a user, creator, channel, account, advertiser, or other party that repeatedly infringes rights or repeatedly causes valid complaints, removals, restrictions, or enforcement actions.

Playflick may treat an account as a repeat infringer where it:

Receives multiple valid copyright complaints
Receives multiple valid trademark complaints
Receives multiple valid privacy or publicity rights complaints
Repeatedly uploads content that is removed for infringement
Repeatedly re-uploads removed or disabled content
Uses multiple accounts to avoid enforcement
Operates channels mainly dedicated to infringing content
Monetises infringing content
Sells access to infringing content
Uses advertising to promote infringing content or counterfeit goods
Ignores copyright warnings or takedown notices
Provides false rights information or fake licences

Playflick may also consider serious single violations when deciding whether to restrict or terminate an account.

5. How Playflick Reviews Repeat Infringement

Playflick may consider several factors when reviewing repeat infringement.

These may include:

The number of valid complaints received
The seriousness of each complaint
The type of content involved
Whether the user re-uploaded removed content
Whether the user monetised or sold infringing content
Whether the account appears dedicated to infringement
Whether the user provided evidence of rights
Whether the complaints appear valid, abusive, fraudulent, or mistaken
Whether the user has previously been warned
Whether the user used multiple accounts to evade enforcement
Whether there is legal, payment, safety, or reputational risk

Playflick may act at its discretion based on the available information.

6. Enforcement Actions

If Playflick determines that a user or account is a repeat infringer, we may take enforcement action.

Actions may include:

Removing content
Disabling access to content
Restricting content visibility
Age-restricting or limiting content where appropriate
Demonetising content
Withholding or reversing creator earnings
Refunding buyers or subscribers where appropriate
Disabling paid content features
Disabling upload access
Disabling livestreaming access
Disabling advertising access
Removing fake or invalid engagement connected to infringing content
Issuing warnings
Suspending accounts
Permanently terminating accounts
Blocking users from creating new accounts
Preserving evidence
Cooperating with rights holders, courts, regulators, payment providers, hosting providers, or law enforcement where appropriate or required

7. Immediate Termination for Serious Infringement

Playflick may terminate or restrict an account immediately, even without multiple prior complaints, where the infringement is serious.

Serious infringement may include:

Uploading large volumes of pirated content
Operating a piracy-focused channel
Selling or renting infringing content
Monetising infringing content at scale
Re-uploading content after removal
Using fake licences or false ownership claims
Using multiple accounts to avoid enforcement
Promoting counterfeit goods
Impersonating official rights holders, creators, brands, or Playflick staff
Creating legal or payment-provider risk for Playflick

8. Re-Uploading Removed Content

You must not re-upload content that Playflick has removed or disabled for copyright, trademark, privacy, legal, safety, or policy reasons unless the issue has been resolved and Playflick has given permission.

Re-uploading removed content may result in immediate suspension, termination, loss of monetisation, or other enforcement action.

9. Monetisation and Repeat Infringement

Creators must not earn money from content they do not own or have permission to monetise.

If a monetised account repeatedly infringes rights, Playflick may:

Disable monetisation
Withhold unpaid earnings
Reverse earnings linked to infringing content
Refund affected buyers or subscribers where appropriate
Disable paid videos or rentals
Disable channel subscriptions
Block future monetisation access
Terminate the account

Playflick may also deduct refunds, chargebacks, rights-holder claims, payment-provider reversals, or fraud-related adjustments from creator earnings.

10. Advertising and Repeat Infringement

Advertisers must not promote infringing, pirated, counterfeit, misleading, or unauthorised content.

If an advertiser repeatedly breaches rights or promotes infringing content, Playflick may:

Reject ads
Remove ads
Suspend campaigns
Freeze advertising credits
Refuse refunds where policy violations occurred
Disable advertising access
Suspend or terminate the advertiser account
Report activity to relevant parties where appropriate

11. Counter-Notices and Disputes

If your content was removed because of a copyright complaint and you believe the removal was a mistake, you may submit a counter-notice under our Copyright & Takedown Policy.

Playflick may consider counter-notices, evidence of rights, licences, permissions, public-domain claims, fair dealing or fair use arguments, and other relevant information when reviewing repeat infringement.

Submitting a false, misleading, abusive, or bad-faith counter-notice may result in account enforcement.

12. False or Abusive Complaints

Playflick may reject copyright, trademark, privacy, or rights complaints that appear false, fraudulent, abusive, incomplete, mistaken, or submitted in bad faith.

Users or organisations that repeatedly submit abusive complaints may be restricted from using our complaint process.

Playflick may restore content or remove complaint records where we determine that a complaint was invalid or abusive.

13. Multiple Accounts and Evasion

Users must not create or use multiple accounts to avoid copyright enforcement, takedown notices, account restrictions, monetisation restrictions, upload bans, or repeat infringer rules.

If Playflick believes accounts are connected, we may apply enforcement across those accounts.

This may include suspending or terminating related accounts, channels, advertiser profiles, creator accounts, or monetisation access.

14. Records and Evidence

Playflick may keep records of infringement complaints, takedown notices, counter-notices, moderation actions, removed content, account restrictions, rights-holder communications, and repeat infringer decisions.

These records may be used for:

Copyright enforcement
Repeat infringer review
Dispute resolution
Legal compliance
Fraud prevention
Payment and refund decisions
Creator monetisation enforcement
Platform safety and integrity

Our handling of personal data is explained in our Privacy Policy.

15. No Legal Advice

Playflick does not provide legal advice.

If you are unsure whether you have rights to upload, share, use, monetise, advertise, or sell content, you should seek independent legal advice before using the content on Playflick.

16. Appeals

If your account, content, monetisation, or advertising access is restricted under this policy, you may contact us to request a review.

Send appeals to:

Email: hello@playflick.com

Please include:

Your account email
Your username or channel name
The affected content URL, if relevant
The enforcement action you are appealing
Why you believe the decision was incorrect
Any licences, permissions, ownership documents, correspondence, or supporting evidence

Playflick may accept, reject, or partially uphold appeals depending on the circumstances.

17. Changes to This Repeat Infringer Policy

We may update this Repeat Infringer Policy from time to time.

Changes may reflect legal requirements, platform features, rights-holder processes, payment-provider requirements, monetisation rules, enforcement practices, or operational needs.

Your continued use of Playflick after changes become effective means you agree to follow the updated policy.

18. Contact Us

For copyright, trademark, repeat infringer, rights-holder, counter-notice, or enforcement questions, contact:

Playflick™ Media .ltd
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom

Email: hello@playflick.com
Website: https://playflick.com

Please note that if you are under 18, you won't be able to access this site.