NoteKit is operated by Taweed Establishment. This is our written policy for restricting and closing the accounts of users found to have infringed copyright. It applies to every NoteKit account, free or paid.

Saudi law requires us to have this policy (Article 85(5) of the Implementing Regulation of the Copyright Law issued by Royal Decree No. M/169). It is also our repeat infringer policy under United States law (17 U.S.C. 512(i)). It works together with our Copyright and Takedown Policy and our Terms of Service.

A strike is recorded against an account each time we remove material from it, either because of a copyright notice we accept as valid or because we otherwise learn that the material infringes copyright.

A strike does not count, or stops counting, if:

• the notice is withdrawn;
• the account holder sends a counter-notice and the person who sent the notice does not start proceedings within the period set out in our Copyright and Takedown Policy; or
• we later conclude the notice was mistaken.

A strike counts for 12 months from the date of the removal.

• First strike. We remove the material and email the account holder to explain what we removed, why, and how to send a counter-notice.
• Second strike within 12 months. We remove the material and send a final warning. We may also suspend the account for up to 14 days, during which nobody can sign in to it. The account's other files and kits are kept and are available again when the suspension ends.
• Third strike within 12 months. We close the account. Nobody can sign in to it, all its files and kits are deleted, and the same email address cannot be used to register again.

We close an account without waiting for three strikes in any of these cases:

• a court or the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property has found that its holder infringed copyright through NoteKit;
• the account exists mainly to store material its holder has no right to;
• the account was opened to get around a suspension or closure under this policy.

Before we suspend or close an account, we email the account holder to say what we are doing and why, and how to tell us if they think we are wrong. If they reply within 5 working days with information that changes our view, we reverse or reduce the step.

In the cases listed under "When we close an account at once", or where waiting would let serious infringement continue, we act first and review afterwards.

Removing infringing material is never delayed by this step. It follows the times in our Copyright and Takedown Policy.

If an account closed under this policy had a paid subscription, we cancel it so it does not renew. Your statutory rights, including any right to a refund that the consumer law where you live gives you, are unaffected.

A strike counts against an account for 12 months from the removal. We keep each copyright notice and counter-notice, including the record of which account it concerned and what we removed, for five years after we close it. We keep the record of an account closed under this policy for as long as the closure stands. Our Privacy Policy explains this.

We post any change here with a new date. A change that makes this policy stricter applies only to strikes recorded after the change takes effect. If a change alters your rights or obligations as a NoteKit user, it applies to you only in the way described in "Changes to these terms" in our Terms of Service.

Questions? Email legal@notekit.net.