The following outlines our process, and
in no wise should be construed as legal
advice.
Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement
For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, and
acted upon by us,
you may file a notification with
our designated agent at the address listed
at our Legal page.
You must provide us the following information when
providing notice of the claimed copyright
infringement:
A physical or electronic signature of a
person authorized to act on behalf of the
copyright owner;
Identification of the copyrighted work
claimed to have been infringed;
Identification of the material that is
claimed to be infringing or to be the
subject of the infringing activity and that
is to be removed or access to which is to
be disabled as well as information
reasonably sufficient to permit us
to locate the material;
Information reasonably sufficient to
permit us to contact the
complaining party, such as an address,
telephone number, and, if available, an
electronic mail address; and
A statement that the complaining
party has a good faith belief that use of
the material in the manner complained
of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or law.
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
owner of an exclusive right that is
allegedly infringed.
(For more details on the information required for
valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).)
You should be aware that, under the DCMA,
claimants who make misrepresentations concerning
copyright infringement may be liable for damages
incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the
material, court costs, and attorney's fees.
Counter-Notification to Claimed Copyright
Infringement
If a notice of copyright infringement has been filed
against you, you may file a counter-notification with
our designated agent at the address listed
at our Legal page.
Such counter-notification must contain the
following information:
A physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the material that has
been removed or to which access has
been disabled and the location at which
the material appeared before it was
removed or access to it was disabled.
A statement under penalty of perjury
that the affiant has a good faith belief
that the material was removed or
disabled as a result of mistake or
misidentification.
Your name, address, and telephone
number, and a statement that you
consent to the jurisdiction of the federal
district court for the federal district in
which you are located, and that you will
accept service of process from the
complainant.
If we receive a valid counter-notification, the
DMCA provides that the removed material will be
restored, or access re-enabled.
Please be advised that U.S. copyright law provides
substantial penalties for a false counter-notice filed
in response to a notice of copyright infringement.
Official Process
We will, of course, abide final order of a Court of competent
jurisdiction.
