Last updated:
\nProud Vet Tee sells original designs, and we take copyright seriously in both directions: we protect our own artwork, and we act quickly when someone tells us that something on our site uses their work without permission. This page explains how to send a copyright notice about content on proudvettee.com, what information a notice needs, what we do when we receive one, and how a person whose content was removed can respond. For trademark, design-right and other intellectual property questions, see our Intellectual Property Policy.
\nThis process covers any material published on proudvettee.com: product designs and their digital previews, photographs, product descriptions, page text, graphics and any content customers submit, such as review text and photos. It follows the notice-and-takedown procedure of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). We apply the same practical process to notices that rely on similar laws in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
\nProud Vet Tee is a single store that sells its own designs; there are no third-party sellers on the site. A notice about a product is therefore a notice to us about our own catalogue, and we deal with it directly.
\nMany of our designs use common elements of patriotic and commemorative imagery that nobody owns, such as five-point stars, stripes, plain dog-tag outlines, the word "Veteran" and years of service. Copyright protects a specific creative expression, not an idea, a common symbol or a short phrase. If your concern is about a name, a logo or a slogan used as a brand, it is usually a trademark matter, which our Intellectual Property Policy covers. If you are unsure whether your concern is a copyright one, you may wish to get independent legal advice, or simply write to us informally first; we are glad to talk it through.
\nTo be complete, your notice must contain:
\nSend the notice to support@proudvettee.com with the subject line "Copyright notice", or by post to Proudvettee, 5165 Spring Street, Flowery Branch, GA 30542, United States. Email is much faster. A notice that is missing one of these elements may delay our response, and we will tell you what is missing.
\nIf you submitted content that was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the same address. It must include:
\nWe forward valid counter-notifications to the person who sent the original notice. Unless that person tells us within 10 to 14 business days that they have started court proceedings, we may restore the material.
\nUnder 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. Please make sure your notice or counter-notice is accurate.
\nWe remove content from, and may close the accounts of, customers who repeatedly submit infringing material. Internally, we also review our design process whenever a valid notice is received, so that the same problem does not happen again.
\nOur designs are created for Proud Vet Tee and are not taken from official military artwork, unit insignia or other people’s designs. We deliberately avoid official seals, branch emblems and rank insignia. If you see a Proud Vet Tee design copied onto another website or marketplace, we would be grateful if you let us know at the same email address.
\nIf a design is withdrawn after a valid notice and you have an unprinted order for it, we contact you, offer an alternative design and, if you prefer, cancel the item with a full refund that reaches your original payment method within 7 calendar days. Items already delivered remain yours and are covered as usual by our Returns & Exchanges Policy.
\nAn artist writes that a design on one of our hoodie pages uses an eagle illustration she drew and sells as a print. Her notice includes a link to her original, our product URL, her contact details and the two required statements. We acknowledge it the next business day, compare the two images, find that the drawing matches, withdraw the design the same day and confirm this to her by email. Customers with unprinted orders for that hoodie are offered another design or a full refund.
\nA customer review on a polo page includes a photo that a photographer says he took and published on his own site. We remove the photo from the review, keep the review text, and tell the customer who posted it why the photo was taken down, with a copy of the notice and the photographer’s personal details withheld.
\nSomeone writes that a tee using the words "Proud Veteran" copies their shirt. Short common phrases are generally not protected by copyright, so we explain this, ask whether there is a specific artwork they believe was copied, and point them to our trademark process in case they hold a registered mark. We do not ignore notices like this; we explain our reasoning and keep the conversation open.
\nCopyright law allows some uses of protected material without permission, such as commentary, criticism, news reporting and parody, depending on the circumstances. Before sending a notice, please consider whether the use could be permitted. If we believe a use is permitted, we will explain why in our reply, and you are free to provide more information.
\nWe accept notices from rights holders anywhere. If your country’s law sets out different notice requirements, include the information that law requires as well as the elements in section 3. We aim to respond in the same timeframes whatever the origin of the notice, and we can correspond in English by email.
\nWe keep a record of each notice, counter-notice and the action taken, so that we can show what was done and identify repeat problems. These records are kept securely and handled in line with our Privacy Policy.
\nSome of our pages and designs refer to historical dates, conflicts and commemorations. Facts and dates are not protected by copyright, but the way someone writes about them can be. All our page text is written for Proud Vet Tee. If you believe any of it reproduces your writing, the same notice process applies, and we will rewrite or remove the passage if the notice is valid.
\n| Stage | \nTiming | \n
|---|---|
| Acknowledgement of your notice | \nWithin 1 business day | \n
| Review of a complete notice | \nWithin 5 business days | \n
| Removal or disabling of valid material | \nAs soon as the review confirms it, normally the same day | \n
| Possible restoration after a valid counter-notice | \nAfter 10 to 14 business days, unless court proceedings are started | \n
These timings are targets we hold ourselves to for complete notices. Incomplete notices start the clock again once the missing information arrives, and we always tell you what we are waiting for.
\nFor copyright matters, write to support@proudvettee.com. For general questions, see Contact Us. Our Terms of Service also describe the rules for content on the site.
\n","visible_characters":10122,"meta_description":null,"parent":null,"published_at":"2026-10-04T08:48:08+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-04T08:48:31+00:00"}}