Creator & Copyright Policy

Last updated November 6, 2026

Published at dinnershelf.com/creators.

Recipes start with creators. This policy explains how Dinner Shelf credits your work, how to fix a credit, remove a recipe, stop future imports or claim a creator page, and how to send a copyright notice.

1. How Dinner Shelf uses creators' recipes

Users save recipes for themselves. A user shares a post or page with Dinner Shelf and we turn it into a recipe in their personal library. We do not bulk-scrape platforms.
Every recipe keeps its credit. We show the creator's name or handle and a link to the original post. Users cannot remove or change the credit.
One record per post. If many users save the same post, we keep one recipe record. That means a credit fix or removal applies everywhere at once.
Discover. Our team features recipes in curated collections. We feature recipes from public posts, always with the creator's credit and a link to the original post. Any creator can ask us to remove a recipe or opt out of Discover and imports at any time (see section 2).
Photos and videos. We do not copy creators' videos. In Discover we show the creator's own thumbnail from the post, linked to the original post.

2. What you can ask us to do

Request	What happens	Typical time
Fix a credit	We change the creator name and link on the recipe record, so every user who saved it sees the correct credit	Within 72 hours of verification
Remove a recipe	The recipe is removed from Discover and search, and new imports of that post are blocked	Within 72 hours of verification
Stop all imports	We block imports from your account across platforms and remove your recipes from Discover	Within 72 hours of verification
Claim a creator page	We create a page with your recipes and a link to your site or profile	Within 5 business days

Copies that users saved before a removal are replaced in their libraries by a note: "Removed at the creator's request". The ingredients, steps, nutrition and photo are deleted from the copy; the title, your credit and the link to the original post stay.

3. How to send a request

In the app: on any recipe, tap ••• → "Is this your recipe?"
On the web: dinnershelf.com/creators/request
By email: creators@dinnershelf.com

Include the link to the original post, your handle or website, and the Dinner Shelf recipe link or ID if you have it.

Verifying it's you. To protect creators from fake requests, we ask you to prove you control the account or site: post a short code in your bio or send it to us by direct message from that account, or write from an email address on your website's domain. We do not remove recipes on unverified requests, but we may hide a recipe while we check.

4. Copyright notices (DMCA)

If you believe content on Dinner Shelf infringes your copyright, you can send a notice to our designated agent:

Dameli Aimbetova, Dinner Shelf, 4815 Eldorado Mews, Vancouver, BC V5R 0B2, Canada, dmca@dinnershelf.com.

Your notice must include:

Your physical or electronic signature.
A description of the copyrighted work.
The Dinner Shelf link or recipe ID of the material, and enough detail for us to find it.
Your name, address, phone number and email.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.

Counter-notice. If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice with: your signature; the removed material and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification; your name, address and phone number; and consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, outside the US, any judicial district where we may be found) and to accept service from the person who sent the notice. We may restore the material 10 to 14 business days later unless the notifier tells us they have filed a court action.

False claims. Knowingly misrepresenting that material infringes, or that it was removed by mistake, can make you liable for damages.

Repeat infringers. We close the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe others' rights, in appropriate circumstances.

5. Notices under other laws

You can report content you believe is illegal under the law of the United States or Canada using the same channels. Tell us which law applies and why. We will review the notice, act on it without undue delay and tell you and the affected user what we decided and why. You can ask us to review our decision.

6. Trademarks and other rights

For trademark, privacy or other rights issues, write to legal@dinnershelf.com with the same details as above.

7. Contact

creators@dinnershelf.com · Dameli Aimbetova, doing business as Dinner Shelf, 4815 Eldorado Mews, Vancouver, BC V5R 0B2, Canada.