POLICY OF THE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ACT IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Welcome! We respect the intellectual property rights of others in the same way that we expect others to respect our rights. Pursuant to the Digital Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c), a copyright owner or its agent may submit a takedown notice to us through our DMCA agent listed below. As an Internet service provider, we are entitled to claim immunity from said infringement claims under the DMCA’s safe harbor provisions. To file a bad faith infringement claim with us, you must send us a notice that includes the following information:
Notice of Infringement – Claim
- Physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner (or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner);
- Identification of the copyrighted work, the rights to which are claimed to have been infringed;
- Identification of the infringing material to be removed and sufficient information to permit the service provider to locate the material. [Please submit the URL of the disputed page to help us identify the potentially offensive work];
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, including your name, physical address, email address, telephone number, and fax number;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that the use of the material is unauthorized by the copyright agent; and
- A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
17 USC §512(f) provides for civil damages, including court costs and attorney’s fees, against any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents certain information in a notice of violation under 17 USC §512(c) (3).
Please email for prompt attention.
Please note that we may disclose identity and information in any copyright infringement claim we receive involving an alleged infringer. By submitting a claim, you understand that you accept and agree that your identity and claim may be disclosed to the alleged infringer.
Counter notification – recovery of material
If you have received a notice to remove material due to a claim of copyright infringement, you may send us a counter-notification to attempt to restore the disputed material to the site. Said notice must be in writing to our Digital Age Copyright Agent and must contain substantially the following elements pursuant to 17 USC Section 512(g)(3):
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- A description of the material that was removed and the original location of the material before it was removed.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which the address is located (or, if you are located outside the United States, that you consent to the jurisdiction of any judicial district in which the service provider is located) and that you will accept legal service from the person or company that provided the original notice of infringement.
- Send a counter message via our contact page. Email is strongly recommended.
Repeat Offender Policy
We take copyright infringement very seriously. As required by the DAC’s repeat infringer policy, we maintain a list of DAC notifications from copyright owners and make efforts to identify repeat infringers. Accounts of those who violate our internal repeat infringer policy will be terminated.
Modifications
We reserve the right to change the content of this page and its DMCA policy at any time and for any reason. We encourage you to check this policy from time to time for changes.
