ExpeditionSpot

Copyright and takedown

Last updated: October 7, 2026

This page explains whose content is on ExpeditionSpot, how the river guides are written, and how to ask us to take down something that copies your work.

What people post

Photos, videos, posts, notes, chat messages and guide suggestions belong to the people who made them. By posting, they give us the license described in our Terms of Use to show it in the Service, and they promise it is theirs to share. Scout videos are YouTube's, played by YouTube's own player: we link to them and do not copy or host them.

How the river guides are written

The river guides in ExpeditionSpot are our own writing, improved by edits from people who run the rivers. Facts about a river (the names of rapids and camps, their miles, sides and classes, distances and access points) are gathered from public sources such as U.S. government agencies, from published river maps and guides, and from people who have been there, and are then said in our own words. We do not copy text from guidebooks, websites or map products, and we turn down suggested edits that do. We keep a record of where each river's facts come from.

Pictures

The rivers' pictures come from Wikimedia Commons. Most are in the public domain; the rest are used under their Creative Commons licenses, and every one is credited, with its license and a link to its source, in the app under Settings, Photo credits. The pictures on our website's front page are all in the public domain.

Reporting a copy of your work

If you believe something on ExpeditionSpot copies your work without permission, email clay@lootsnap.com with the subject "Copyright notice" and:

  1. the work you believe is copied (a title, or a link to it);
  2. where it is in ExpeditionSpot: the river, trip or page and enough detail for us to find it (a link, a screenshot, a rapid's name);
  3. your name, postal address, phone number and email address;
  4. a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by you, your agent or the law;
  5. a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you own the work or may act for its owner; and
  6. your physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is enough).

We remove or disable what the notice identifies, tell the person who posted it, and send them a copy of the notice. Knowingly misrepresenting that something infringes can make you liable for damages.

If your post was taken down

If something of yours was removed and you believe that was a mistake, or that you had the right to post it, email us with: what was removed and where it was; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification; your name, address and phone number; your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, outside the United States, any district where we may be found) and to accept service from the person who sent the notice; and your signature. We forward it to them, and unless they tell us they have gone to court, we may put the content back in 10 to 14 business days.

Repeat infringement

We close the accounts of people who repeatedly post work that is not theirs.

Contact

Clay Crosland, publisher of ExpeditionSpot. Email: clay@lootsnap.com