Content policy

Disallowed contents

The following types of content are not allowed to be shared on pixeldrain. They will be removed when reported.

  • Copyright violation: Works which are shared without permission from the copyright holder. For copyright reports we need a formal DMCA takedown request originating from the copyright holder or a representative. See the chapter E-Mail reporting rules below. When sending a copyright infringement notice to our abuse address, please state clearly that it is a copyright infringement notice so that we can properly detect the type of report. Using words like ‘theft’ or ‘stolen’ won’t work because piracy is not theft.
  • Abuse of minors: Videos, images or audio fragments depicting abuse or inappropriate touching of minors will be removed and reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when found.
  • Zoophilia: Videos, images or audio depicting abuse or inappropriate touching of animals.
  • Terrorism: Videos, images or audio fragments which promote and glorify acts of terrorism.
  • Gore: Graphic and shocking videos or images depicting severe harm to humans (or animals). I will clarify that I am not strictly against shocking content, and it is also not illegal in most places. When a shocking video goes viral it often ends up in the wrong places and it can cause mental issues for unsuspecting viewers. For that reason I will remove it when it gets reported.
  • Malware and computer viruses: Software designed to cause harm to computer systems.
  • Doxing: Posting private information about an individual or organisation. This includes publicly sharing private photos, videos or documents. Shaming and extortion are not accepted.
  • Revenge porn: The distribution of sexually explicit images or videos of individuals without their consent

Violating these rules will result in your IP address being banned from uploading to pixeldrain.

If you have found content which falls in any of these categories on pixeldrain please report it with the report button on the download page or by sending an e-mail. When reporting links through e-mail pay attention to the rules described below.

E-Mail reporting rules

Due to the large number of abuse reports pixeldrain receives every day we were forced to automate the process. Messages sent to abuse@pixeldrain.com are automatically scanned for pixeldrain links and processed. The first report we receive from a sender is manually reviewed. If the report is approved then your e-mail address will be added to our whitelist and all following messages are processed automatically. For this to work efficiently we have to set some requirements on the mails we receive:

  • Messages are categorized based on their contents. Make sure the report contains a description of the type of content and that it mentions one of the abuse categories listed above. The abuse mailbox only accepts reports written in English.
  • Do not add attachments to your e-mail reports. Only the e-mail body is checked for download links. The message scanning system will not check your attachments and download links within the files are not detected.
  • Do not obfuscate the pixeldrain links. The reported download links need to be complete and valid.
  • The e-mail must include a Message-ID header. The Message-ID is used to reference messages in our system, mails without a Message-ID are not processed.
  • The abuse system uses e-mail addresses for authenctication so we need to be wary of message spoofing. To combat this we require both DKIM and SPF validation before we can accept e-mails. If either of these checks fail we assume the message was spoofed and it goes straight to the spambox.
  • Only send abuse reports to abuse@pixeldrain.com. Messages sent to any other e-mail address are ignored.
  • Do not repeatedly send reports about files which have already been removed in the past. We will block your e-mail address if this happens.

If your abuse report is rejected for one of the above reasons then you will receive a reply with instructions on how to fix it.

Disclaimer

Fornaxian Technologies cannot be held liable for any illegal or copyrighted material that’s uploaded by the users of this application under the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act ยง 512(c) in the USA and the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 Article 14 in the EU.