Copyright and takedown

Last updated 7 November 2026

What's on Hush

Hush writes a new story for each reader and narrates it with a synthetic voice. Readers don't upload anything, but a reader can ask for a story and publish it to the Global list, so a published story could still copy someone else's work. If you think one does, tell us and we'll deal with it.

Sending a notice

Write to [email protected], or use the report form and choose "Something else". Please include:

  1. your name and how to reach you (email, and a postal address if you have one for legal notices);
  2. the work you say is being copied, and that you own it or act for the owner;
  3. where it is on Hush: a link to the story on the Global list, or its title;
  4. what was copied, and why it infringes;
  5. a statement that you believe in good faith the use isn't authorised by the owner, its agent or the law, and that what you've sent is accurate; and
  6. your signature — typing your full name is enough.

This covers what a notice needs under Canada's Copyright Act (sections 41.25 and 41.26) and the United States' Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512).

What we do

A person reviews every notice. Where it's complete and the story appears to infringe, we take the story off the Global list, usually within two business days, and tell its author why. For a notice under Canada's notice-and-notice regime, we also pass it on to the author as the Act requires. Stories kept private to a reader's own library aren't published by us, so there is nothing of ours to take down.

If your story was removed and you believe that was a mistake — the work is yours, you have permission, or the use is fair dealing or fair use — reply to our email, or use the appeal form, saying why. We may share your reply with the person who sent the notice. We may terminate the account of a reader who repeatedly publishes infringing stories (Terms, section 5).

Who to send it to

Hush Erotica, Ontario, Canada. Contact: [email protected].

Knowingly false claims of infringement can make the sender liable for damages.