Copyright and Takedowns

Who owns what

HARRY POTTER and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J.K. Rowling.

The Harry Potter Trading Card Game's card artwork, card text, and card design are © Wizards of the Coast and/or Warner Bros., as printed on each card. Wizards of the Coast is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC.

eBay is a trademark of eBay Inc. PSA and CGC are trademarks of their respective owners. Every other name and mark mentioned on this site belongs to its owner and appears only to identify it.

Vault 713 Archive is an independent, non-commercial reference site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these companies, and nothing on it should be read as saying otherwise.

Why card images and text appear here

This site documents a trading card game that was discontinued in 2003. To tell one printing of a card from another, such as a foil from a regular print, or one language from another, or one illustration from an alternate one, you have to be able to see the card. That is the purpose of the images and text here: identification, research, historical documentation, and commentary.

The site carries no advertising, sells nothing, and doesn't compete with the cards or any current product. Images are shown at a limited size, are credited where the source asks, and link to the cards' own database pages. I believe this is a fair and transparent use. Whether any particular use is a fair use is for a court to decide, and I would much rather talk to you than argue about it.

What this site claims

The site claims copyright only in its own original material: its articles and other writing, its compilation and organization of the card data, its design, and its code. It does not claim the cards, the artwork, the card text, the characters, or the names and marks above, and nothing here gives you any right in them.

If you own something here and want it removed

Email contact@vault713archive.com with the subject line “Copyright notice.” To be handled as a formal notice under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), it should include:

• a description of the copyrighted work you say is infringed;
• the exact address (URL) of the page or image on this site, so it can be found;
• your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for the owner;
• your physical or electronic signature.

What happens next

A complete notice is acted on promptly, and the material is usually taken down while we sort out any questions. Notices from outside the United States, and requests that are less formal than the list above, are welcome and are handled the same way. You don't need a lawyer to write to me.

Please be accurate. Knowingly sending a false notice can make the sender liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

If your submission was removed by mistake

If something you sent in was removed after a notice and you believe that was a mistake, email the address above with the subject line "Counter-notice." Include the address where the material appeared, your name, address, and telephone number, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district and will accept service of the original complainant's notice. The material may be restored in 10 to 14 business days unless the complainant tells me they've filed a court action.

Repeat infringement

Contributors whose submissions are repeatedly found to infringe someone's rights will have their future submissions declined.

Credit, corrections, and other concerns

If you contributed a scan or information and want it credited, credited differently, or taken down, tell me and it will be done. If you have a concern that isn't about copyright, such as an error, a privacy concern, or a trademark question, write to the same address and I'll respond.