counternotice

Answering legal document

A counternotice is a formal response to a legal notice, asserting an opposing claim or challenging the original notice's validity.

The term appears most often in copyright disputes: when content is removed from a website following a takedown notice, the person who posted it may file a counternotice claiming the right to use the material.

She filed a counternotice disputing the copyright claim.

rebuttal

dispute

Verbal clash over differences

counterargument · challenge · counterclaim · defense · counterstatement · rejoinder · repudiation · contradiction · invalidation · response

DMCA

takedown

Forced grounding maneuver

platform · good-faith · subscriber · hosting · reinstatement · expeditious · putback · qualifying

legal

filing

Storing documents systematically

defendant · litigation · subpoena · injunction · testimony · deposition · discovery · complaint · allegation · evidence

Opposites
initiating vs. responding communication

counternoticenotice

Become aware of

takedown notice · complaint · claim · cease and desist · filing

challenging vs. accepting

counternoticeacceptance

Consent to receive

acquiescence · compliance · acknowledgment · concession · withdrawal

Family

counter, notice, count, counted, counting, counts, counters, countered, countering

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