Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last Updated: February 4, 2026

California Today operates as a local news aggregator serving the California community. Our platform uses automated technology and artificial intelligence to discover, summarize, and curate local news stories.

Our mission is to provide users with a streamlined overview of regional events while directing traffic back to the original content creators.

• Fair Use and Attribution

  We respect the intellectual property rights of journalists and publishers. Our system is designed to provide only short summaries or "snippets" of news stories, which we believe falls under the "Fair Use" doctrine (17 U.S. Code § 107). Every summary on our site includes a clear, direct link to the original source.

• DMCA Notice (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)

  If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content hosted on our website infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").

  To be effective, the notification must be in writing and include the following:

  A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

  Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.

  Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g., the specific URL of the page).

  Your contact information, including address, telephone number, and an email address.

  A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

  A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

• Contact Information

  Please send all copyright-related inquiries and DMCA notices to:

  Email: [email protected]

  Subject: DMCA Takedown Request

• Our Response Procedure

  Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material. We also reserve the right to terminate access for any user or automated process that is determined to be a repeat infringer.