DMCA

Last updated: 14 November 2026

Teach Tee sells original printed designs for teachers, and we expect the same respect for creative work that we ask for our own. This page explains what to do if you believe something on teachtee.shop copies your copyrighted work: what to send, where to send it, and what happens after. It also explains what you can do if something of yours was taken down by mistake. Copyright is only one kind of right. For trademarks, logos, names and other concerns, see our Intellectual Property Policy.

1. What this page covers

This page covers material that appears on teachtee.shop. In practice that means:

• our printed designs, such as the number line, tally mark and name plate artwork on tees, sweatshirts, totes and tumblers;
• product pictures and preview images;
• illustrations on the homepage and category pages, such as the hallway of grade doors;
• product descriptions, guides and policy text;
• reviews and review photos left by verified buyers.

Teach Tee is a single store. There are no third-party sellers here and nobody else can list products. Every design in the shop was put there by us, so a notice about a product reaches the people who can actually take it down.

The process below follows the notice-and-takedown approach of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). We use the same process for notices from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and anywhere else, because it is clear and fair to both sides.

2. Before you send a notice

A short check saves time for everyone. Copyright protects a particular piece of creative expression: a drawing, a lettering layout, a photograph, a paragraph of text. It does not protect an idea, a theme or a common phrase. Classrooms share a lot of common ground, and many designers independently draw the same everyday things.

This table is general information, not legal advice. If you are unsure whether your work is protected or whether ours is too close, consider speaking to a lawyer before sending a formal notice, because section 7 explains that a knowingly false notice can have consequences. If you simply want to ask us a question about a design, you can do that informally at the same email address and we will answer.

3. What a complete copyright notice contains

To be effective, your written notice needs all six of the following:

1. A signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or of a person authorised to act for the owner. Typing your full name at the end of an email counts as an electronic signature.
2. The work that was copied. Identify the copyrighted work you believe was infringed. A link to where you published it, a registration number if you have one, or an attached copy all help.
3. The material on our site. Identify what you believe infringes it and give the exact address of each page, for example the full link to the product page. “Your 100th day shirt” is not enough if several products fit that description.
4. Your contact details. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address, so we and, where relevant, the other party can reach you.
5. A good-faith statement. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
6. An accuracy statement. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.

A notice that misses one of these is not ignored. We write back and ask for the missing part. But the review starts properly once the notice is complete, so including everything the first time is the faster path.

4. Where to send it

Email is quickest: support@teachtee.shop, with the subject line “Copyright notice” so it is recognised straight away. You may attach images or documents that show your original work. Please do not send passwords, card numbers or anything unrelated to the notice.

If you prefer post, write to:

Teach Tee
Copyright notices
2109 Crown View Way
Oceanside, CA 92056
US

We have no telephone line, so notices cannot be given by phone. We have not listed a designated-agent registration on this page; the email and postal address above are the contact points for copyright matters, and notices sent to either are read by the people responsible for the site.

5. What we do when a notice arrives

Here is the sequence, step by step:

1. We confirm receipt. Emailed notices get a first reply within 24 hours on business days.
2. We check that the notice is complete. If one of the six elements is missing, we ask for it.
3. We compare the works. We look at your original and at the material on our site, along with our own design records.
4. We act. If the notice is valid, we remove the material or disable access to it. For a product, that means the listing comes down. For a picture or text, it is removed or replaced.
5. We tell you the outcome by email, including what was removed.

We do not publish a fixed number of days for the review itself, because some comparisons are simple and others need a careful look at dates and drafts. We will keep you informed and will not leave a complete notice unanswered.

If the material was a review or review photo left by a customer, we tell that customer it was removed and why. We may share a copy of the notice with them, with your contact details withheld where the law allows.

If we conclude that the material does not infringe, for example because the only overlap is a common classroom idea, we write back and explain our reasoning. You remain free to pursue the matter in other ways.

6. Counter-notification: if your content was removed by mistake

This section is for a customer whose review text or review photo was taken down after a notice, and who believes the removal was an error or a case of mistaken identity. You may send a counter-notification to the same email or postal address. It must include:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. a description of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal;
3. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material was removed because of a mistake or misidentification;
4. your name, postal address and telephone number;
5. a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where your address is located, or, if you live outside the United States, for a district in which Teach Tee may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

When we receive a valid counter-notification we forward it to the person who sent the original notice. Under the statute, the material may be restored between 10 and 14 business days later, unless that person tells us they have filed a court action about it.

7. False or misleading notices

The takedown process works because both sides sign statements they stand behind. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a notice or a counter-notification may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please do not use a copyright notice to remove a competing design that merely shares a theme with yours, or to settle a disagreement about something other than copyright.

8. Repeat infringement

Customers can add content to the site only through reviews. If a customer repeatedly posts material that infringes someone’s copyright, we remove the content and may close that customer’s account. On our own side, if a valid notice shows that one of our designs came too close to someone else’s work, we remove it and review how it came to be listed.

9. If someone is copying Teach Tee

It happens the other way round too. If you see our designs or product pictures on another website or marketplace, we are grateful to hear about it. Send the link to support@teachtee.shop. You do not need to do anything formal. A teacher who notices her team’s 100th day shirt being sold by a stranger’s shop can simply forward the link and we take it from there.

A sample notice you can adapt

You do not need legal wording. A notice that works can be as plain as this, written in your own words: “I am the illustrator of the drawing shown at the link below, first published on my own site in March. The product at this teachtee.shop address reproduces it. I believe in good faith that this use is not authorised by me, my agent or the law. The information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, I am the owner of the copyright. My name, postal address, phone number and email are as follows.” Add the two links, your details and your typed name as a signature, and all six elements are covered.

10. What this page does not cover

• Trademarks, logos and names: see the Intellectual Property Policy.
• Order problems such as a wrong grade line, a late parcel or a return: see the Help Center.
• Privacy requests, for example asking what personal data we hold: see the Privacy Policy.
• Text you typed for a personalised item: you are responsible for having the right to use it, as our Terms of Service explain.

11. Contact

Copyright notices and counter-notifications go to support@teachtee.shop or by post to Teach Tee, 2109 Crown View Way, Oceanside, CA 92056, US. For anything else, our Contact Us page shows what to include so one reply is enough. We answer email within 24 hours on business days.