Copyright

Students can publish class plans and share assignments on Marathon. If something published here is yours and shouldn't be, this is how to get it taken down.

Last updated 30 September 2026

Reporting infringement

Send a notice to our designated agent at hojin@marathonstudent.com with the subject line “Copyright notice.” To be effective, U.S. law asks that your notice include all of the following:

Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
Identification of the material you want removed, specific enough that we can actually find it — a link to the page is ideal.
Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
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 your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.

What we do about it

We review notices promptly and remove or disable access to material that appears to infringe. We tell the user whose content it was, and pass on your notice so they can respond.

If we took down your work by mistake

You can send a counter-notice to the same address. Include your signature, identification of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification, and your name, address and telephone number, together with your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, if you are outside the United States, any district in which we may be found).

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringers

Accounts that repeatedly infringe other people’s copyright are terminated. We keep a record of notices for this purpose.

A note on syllabi

Uploading your own syllabus to build your own plan is private to your account and is not publication. What is published is what you deliberately make public — a class plan on Discover, for example, which shows assignment titles and dates rather than the syllabus document itself. If you are an instructor and you would rather your course not appear that way, email us and we will sort it out; you should not need to file a formal notice.

Designated agent

Misrepresenting that material is infringing can make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. If you are unsure whether something is infringing, it is worth talking to a lawyer first.