DMCA

Guidelines for Copyright Compliance under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Welcome to our website (the ‘Site’). We respect the intellectual property rights of others as we expect others to respect our rights. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c), a copyright owner or their agent may submit a removal notice via our listed DMCA Agent below. As an Internet service provider, we have the right to claim immunity from such infringement claims under the DMCA’s ‘safe harbor’ provisions. To file a good faith infringement claim, you must provide a notice containing the following information:

Infringement Notification – Claim

1. Physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner (or someone authorized to act on behalf of the owner);
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
3. Identification of the infringing material to be removed and reasonably sufficient information to allow the service provider to locate the material. [Please provide the URL of the specific page to help us identify the allegedly offending work];
4. Reasonably sufficient information to allow the service provider to contact the complaining party, including name, physical address, email address, phone number, and fax number;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright agent; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Title 17 USC §512(f) provides for civil penalties, including costs and attorney’s fees, against anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents information in a notice of infringement under 17 USC §512(c)(3).

Send all removal notifications through our Contact page. Please send via email for prompt attention.

Please note that we may share the identity and information of any copyright infringement claim we receive with the alleged violator. By submitting a claim, you understand, agree, and consent that your identity and claim may be disclosed to the alleged violator.

Counter-Notification – Material Restoration

If you have received a notice of material removal due to a copyright infringement claim, you may provide us with a counter-notification in an attempt to restore the material in question on the website. Such notification must be sent in writing to our DMCA Agent and must substantially contain the following elements under Section 17 USC §512(g)(3):

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. A description of the material that was removed and the original location of the material before it was removed.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled due to error or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court in which your address is located (or if you are outside of the United States, that you consent to the jurisdiction of any judicial district in which the service provider may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person or company who provided the original infringement notice.

Submit the counter-notification through our Contact page. Email is highly recommended.

Repeat Infringement Policy

We take copyright infringement very seriously. In accordance with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s repeat infringement policy, we maintain a list of DMCA notifications from copyright holders and make a good faith effort to identify any repeat offenders. Those who violate our internal repeat infringement policy will have their accounts terminated.

Changes

We reserve the right to modify the content of this page and our DMCA request handling policy at any time for any reason. We encourage you to check this policy frequently for any updates.