DMCA Takedown Notice
To: DMCA Agent
Hugging Face, Inc.
From:
[REDACTED], Drugs.com
Date: June 23, 2025
Subject: DMCA Takedown Notice – Unauthorized Use of Drugs.com Content on Hugging Face
Dear DMCA Agent,
This communication constitutes a formal notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).
I am submitting this notice on behalf of Drugs.com, the legal copyright holder of the content in question.
Infringing Material:
The following materials hosted on Hugging Face’s platform contain, reproduce, or are derived from copyrighted content originally published on Drugs.com, without authorization:
- https://huggingface.co/datasets/HoangHa/drugscom
- https://huggingface.co/datasets/Zakia/drugscom_reviews
- These materials include copyrighted drug information and user-generated reviews originally collected and maintained by Drugs.com. This content was previously removed from UCI’s repository, without delay at our request, and is NOT licensed for redistribution in ANY form.
Copyrighted Work:
The original content is hosted at: https://www.drugs.com
This includes proprietary drug descriptions, clinical data, and user-generated content, all protected under U.S. and international copyright law.
Legal Grounds:
The presence of this data on Hugging Face is a clear violation of our Terms of Service and constitutes unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material.
Additionally, it presents risks under privacy, healthcare communication, and content regulation laws due to the medical nature of the material.
Action Requested:
We hereby demand that Hugging Face:
- Immediately remove all infringing materials listed above.
- Implement preventative measures (automated or manual) to block future uploads of similar content.
- Confirm in writing that these actions have been taken within seven (7) days of receipt of this notice.
Good Faith and Authority:
I have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
I affirm, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright.
Signature: