To be effective, a
Notification of Claimed Infringement must meet the following
requirements:
- It must be a written
communication;
- It must be sent to the
designated agent identified above;
- It must include the following:
- A physical or electronic
signature of a person (“Complaining Party”) authorized to
act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is
claimed to be infringed;
- Identification of the
copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if
multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are
covered by a single notification, a representative list of
such works at that site;
- Identification of the
material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the
subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or
access to which is to be disabled, and information
reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to
locate the material;
- Information reasonably
sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the
Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number,
and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the
complaining party may be contacted;
- 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 the law; and
- 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.
When a Complaining Party provides a
Notification of Claimed Infringement in compliance with the above
rules, the Service Provider will do the following:
- Expeditiously remove or disable
access to the material that is claimed to be infringing; and
- Take reasonable steps to notify
the alleged infringer ("Subscriber") of the infringement claim(s)
and that the material claimed to be infringing has been removed
or that access to the material has be disabled;
Upon receipt of notice from the
Service Provider that a claim of infringement has been made and that
the material has been removed or that access to it has been
disabled, the Subscriber may provide a Counter Notification.
To be effective, a Counter
Notification must meet the following requirements:
- It must be a written
communication;
- It must be sent to the Service
Provider's Designated Agent;
- It must include the following:
- A physical or electronic
signature of the Subscriber;
- 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 Subscriber has 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;
- The Subscriber's name,
address, and telephone number, and a statement that the
Subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District
Court for the judicial district in which the Subscriber’s
address is located, or if the Subscriber's address is
outside of the United States, for any judicial district in
which the Service Provider may be found, and that the
Subscriber will accept service of process from the person
who provided notification or an agent of such person
Upon receipt of a Counter
Notification from the Subscriber containing the information as
outlined above, the Service Provider will:
- Promptly provide the Complaining
Party with a copy of the Counter Notification;
- Inform the Complaining Party
that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling
access to it within ten (10) business days following receipt of
the Counter Notice;
- Replace the removed material or
cease disabling access to the material in not less than ten
(10), nor more than fourteen (14), business days following
receipt of the Counter Notice, provided Service Provider's
Designated Agent has not received notice from the Complaining
Party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to
restrain Subscriber from engaging in infringing activity
relating to the material on Service Provider's network or
system.
CAUTION: Pursuant to Title
17, Section 512(f) of the United States Code, any person who
knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is
infringing, or that material or activity was removed or disabled by
mistake or misidentification, shall be liable for any damages,
including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged
infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner’s authorized
licensee, or by a service provider, who is injured by such
misrepresentation, as the result of the service provider relying
upon such misrepresentation in removing or disabling access to the
material or activity claimed to be infringing, or in replacing the
removed material or ceasing to disable access to it.
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