Rights and Reporting

Effective date: Effective date

If a file or link on Project RAG infringes your copyright, your personal information, your reputation or other rights, or if it is illegal, tell us using this page. You do not need to be a member.

1. What you can report

Type	Examples	How it is handled
Copyright and other rights	Your writing, photos or software uploaded without permission	Article 103 of the Korean Copyright Act (section 4)
Personal information, privacy, defamation	A file with your phone number or ID card; a file attacking you	Temporary measure under Article 44-2 of the Network Act (section 5)
Illegal sexual content, child sexual abuse material	Sexual images filmed or spread without consent	Automatic hold on public files, then blocked and deleted on confirmation (section 6)
External links and video links	A link or video that points to infringing or illegal content	Same rules as files; the link address is hidden when a report is upheld (section 7)
Malicious files	Files that cause harm when run; programs disguised as documents	Restricted after checking
Other illegal information	Material encouraging crime, etc.	Restricted after checking
Spam and other problems (members only)	Advertising-only files, meaningless references	Reviewed by the Operator

2. Where to report

Under Article 103(4) of the Copyright Act, the person who receives requests to stop copying and transmission is: LEGAL REVIEW

Recipient: WOO KWANG WAN (우광완, the Operator)
Email: contact@proj.run
Email subject: [Rights report] type - address of the file

You can report in three ways:

Report form: the form at the bottom of this page. Enter the version ID (starting with v_) or paste the file page address. Non-members also enter an email address where we can reach them, and pass a short automatic bot check (Cloudflare Turnstile).
Report button: signed-in members can use the "Report" button on any file page.
Email: write to contact@proj.run.

contact@proj.run is also our single point of contact for users and authorities. We answer in English or Korean. To prevent abuse, one network group can send a limited number of reports per day without signing in. If the form says to try later, email us instead.

3. What to include

If something is missing, handling may be delayed or we may ask you for more.

You: your name (for an organisation, its name and a contact person), an email address where we can reach you, and a phone number (optional).
If you act for someone else: a letter of authority from the rights holder.
The target: the file page address or the version ID shown on the file page. If there are several, list them all.
The right infringed: what work or information is infringed, and how.
Proof of rights (for copyright reports): for example, a copy of a copyright registration, the address where you first published the work, or the original file, showing that you hold the rights.
Statement: "The information in this report is true. I understand that if I report without a lawful right, I am liable for the resulting harm."
Signature: typing your name is enough.

The report statement can be up to 4,000 characters. Do not include personal information that is not needed (such as a national ID number).

4. Copyright reports

LEGAL REVIEW The steps and time limits below follow Article 103 of the Copyright Act and its Enforcement Decree.

Acknowledgement: when we receive a report, we confirm receipt. If something is missing, we ask you to complete it.
Stopping copying and transmission: if the report meets the requirements, we block viewing and downloading of that version without delay.
Notice: we tell the reporter and the owner of the workspace that we stopped it. The owner is told the target, the ground and the effect, and how to respond (section 9). The reporter's contact details are not disclosed unless strictly needed for the restore procedure. LEGAL REVIEW
Request to restore: if the member who posted the file believes they have a lawful right, they can ask for it to be restored by writing to contact@proj.run or using the contest link in the notice, with one of the following:
material showing that they hold the rights;
material showing that the rights holder gave permission (such as a contract);
material showing that the copyright term has ended;
other material showing that the use is lawful.
Restoring: if the restore request meets the requirements, we tell the reporter the planned restore date (at least 7 and at most 14 days after we received the request) and restore it on that date. However, we do not restore it if, before then, the reporter tells us they have started a lawsuit or similar action against the member who posted it. LEGAL REVIEW
Record: we keep a record from receipt to completion.

5. Personal information and defamation (temporary measure)

LEGAL REVIEW This follows Article 44-2 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.

If you report that your rights are infringed by an invasion of privacy or by defamation, and the infringement is clear, we delete that version or restrict its visibility.
If it is hard to decide at once, or a dispute is expected, we hide it for up to 30 days (a temporary measure).
We tell the reporter and the owner of the workspace.
The member who posted it can ask for it to be put back during the temporary measure. If the Operator finds it hard to decide, we may ask the Korea Communications Standards Commission to review it.
If no request to put it back is made by the end of the temporary measure, we may delete it.

6. Illegal sexual content and child sexual abuse material

When a version in a public workspace is reported as illegal content, it is put on hold automatically (it cannot be viewed or downloaded) until the Operator reviews it. LEGAL REVIEW
On confirmation, we block viewing and downloading and delete it. This applies whether or not the reporter is a member, and whether the material is in a public or private workspace.
The SHA-256 fingerprint of confirmed material is added to a blocklist, so the same file cannot be uploaded or forked into a public workspace again, and links that state the same fingerprint are refused.
To protect victims and support investigations, we keep records to the extent needed, and report to or cooperate with investigative agencies as the law requires. We never move or spread the material.
The member who posted it is suspended at once.
If you are a victim, you can also get help from: [VERIFY: check contacts again just before publication]
Korea: Digital Sex Crime Victim Support Center (Korea Women's Human Rights Institute) 02-735-8994; Korea Communications Standards Commission 1377; Police 112, cyber crime reports at ecrm.police.go.kr
Outside Korea: the hotline in your country listed by INHOPE (www.inhope.org), or, in the United States, NCMEC (report.cybertip.org)

7. External links and video links

You can report an external link file or a video link file in the same way as any other file. Give the file page address or the version ID, not only the destination address.
Project RAG does not store the content behind a link. When a report is upheld, we hide the link address itself (not just the file record), so it can no longer be opened from Project RAG. LEGAL REVIEW
To have the content itself removed from the other website or from YouTube or Vimeo, you also need to contact that website or provider.

8. Scope of action

Action applies to the reported version. Other versions of the same file and forks made by other members are checked separately. If the same content is in several places, list them all.
A report alone does not hide a file or lower it in search. Content is restricted only after the Operator checks and acts. The exception is the automatic hold for illegal-content reports on public files (section 6).
Copies that others have already downloaded cannot be recalled.

9. Notice to the owner and right to contest

When we restrict, hold or delete content, the owner of the affected workspace receives a notice on the Service and by email (if a notification address is saved). It states the target, the reason and ground, whether the action was automatic, the effect, and how to contest. The reporter's identity is not disclosed.
The owner can contest each decision once, within 30 days of the notice, with the link in the notice or by writing to contact@proj.run. A contest reopens the case. We review it again and tell both the owner and the reporter the result. LEGAL REVIEW
For copyright reports, a contest is handled as a request to restore under section 4.

10. Repeat infringement

A member who has had three or more confirmed actions for copyright infringement, illegal material or malicious files within the last 12 months may have public posting restricted, and may be suspended if it continues (Terms Article 22). LEGAL REVIEW

11. False reports

Anyone who causes harm to another person by asking for removal or restoration without a lawful right must compensate that harm (Article 103(6) of the Copyright Act). If the same person repeatedly makes groundless reports, we may limit the reports we accept from them.

12. How we handle reporters' information

Member reports: we keep the reporter's member ID, the report and the handling record. If the reporter leaves, the report stays for handling, but the reporter is no longer shown.
Non-member reports: name, email address (stored encrypted), contact details, letter of authority, proof of rights and the report are used only for handling, and are destroyed 3 years after handling ends. LEGAL REVIEW
The bot check on the form is done by Cloudflare Turnstile. It processes information your browser sends for the check, under Cloudflare's terms.
The owner of the reported content is never told who reported it.
Details are in the Privacy Policy.

13. Language

This page is published in English and Korean with the same content. You can report in either language. Prevailing version — same rule as Terms Article 3 LEGAL REVIEW