The Site respects the
intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the
same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual
property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the
Site’s Copyright Agent the following information:
- an electronic or physical
signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of the copyright or other intellectual property
interest;
- description of the
copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim
has been infringed;
- a description of where the
material that you claim is infringing is located on a Site;
- your address, telephone
number, and email address;
- a statement by you that you
have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- a statement by you, made
under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your
Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or
intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the
copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
You may send your Notice of
Claimed Infringement to:
Please do not send other inquires
or information to our Designated Agent.
The Site implements the following
"notice and takedown" procedure upon receipt of any
notification of claimed copyright infringement. The Site
reserves the right at any time to disable access to, or remove
any material or activity accessible on or from any Site or any
Materials claimed to be infringing or based on facts or
circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent. It is
the firm policy of the Site to terminate the account of repeat
copyright infringers, when appropriate, and the Site will act
expeditiously to remove access to all material that infringes on
another’s copyright, according to the procedure set forth in
17 U.S.C. §512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").
The Site’s DMCA Notice Procedures are set forth in the
preceding paragraph. If the notice does not comply with
Paragraph 19 and §512 of the DMCA, but does comply with three
requirements for identifying sites that are infringing according
to §512 of the DMCA, the Site shall attempt to contact or take
other reasonable steps to contact the complaining party to help
that party comply with the notice requirements. When the
Designated Agent receives a valid notice, the Site will
expeditiously remove and/or disable access to the infringing
material and shall notify the affected user. Then, the affected
user may submit a counter-notification to the Designated Agent
containing a statement made under penalty of perjury that the
user has a good faith belief that the material was removed
because of misidentification of the material. After the
Designated Agent receives the counter-notification, it will
replace the material at issue within 10-14 days after receipt of
the counter-notification unless the Designated Agent receives
notice that a court action has been filed by the complaining
party seeking an injunction against the infringing activity. The
Site reserves the right to modify, alter or add to this policy,
and all users should regularly check back to these Terms and
Conditions to stay current on any such changes.
Note, this notice does not
constitute any admission that U.S. law is applicable to specific
allegations of copyright infringement or any attornment to the
laws or jurisdiction of the U.S. However, as a matter of policy,
we believe the DMCA provides a useful framework for resolving
copyright issues, and therefore advise that upon receipt of a
properly filed complaint satisfying the requirements of the DMCA,
we will remove or block access to the allegedly infringing
material. If a customer or user believes in good faith that a
notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed, such
person may submit a counter notice to us. We will not be a party
to disputes over alleged copyright infringement.
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