TappedOut DMCA Policy
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT NOTICE AND TAKEDOWN POLICY
We will respond appropriately to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the DMCA) as set forth below in this Copyright Infringement Notice and Takedown Policy.
Notice
If you own copyrights in a work and believe that your intellectual property rights in that work have been infringed by an improper posting or distribution of it via this Website, then send us a written notice that includes all of the following:
(i) identification of the copyrighted work that you claim to have been infringed, or if more than one, a representative list of such works; (ii) identification of the material that you claim to infringe, and a description where such material is located on this Website, such as the URL, page, or message in a forum or message or bulletin board or other community area; (iii) your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; (iv) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the alleged infringing material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (v) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that all the information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner, or, if you are not the copyright owner, then your statement must indicate that you are authorized to act on the behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and (vi) A physical or electronic signature of you, or if you are not the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owners behalf, a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or such authorized person.
Your notice should clearly state in the subject line or heading DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice. We will only receive notices under the DMCA by mail or e-mail at the following addresses:
If by mail: not available at this time
If by e-mail: [email protected]
Upon receipt of a notice complying, or substantially complying, with the foregoing requirements, we will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material, forward the notice to the allegedly infringing party, take reasonable steps to promptly notify such party of such removal of, or disabling of access to, the allegedly infringing material. We may elect to not respond to notices under the DMCA that do not comply with all of the foregoing requirements, and we may elect to remove allegedly infringing material that comes to its attention via notices that do not comply with the DMCA.
Counter Notification
If you are a subscriber with our Website and posted material that was removed, or to which access was disabled, upon notice of an allegedly infringed party, you may provide us with written counter notification that includes all of the following (i) Identification of the allegedly infringing material that was removed or disabled by us and the location where the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled; (ii) A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the allegedly infringing material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; (iii) Your name, address and telephone number and a statement by you consenting to the jurisdiction of the United States federal district court for the judicial district in which the address provided by you is located and that you will accept service of process. If you are located outside the United States, you must include a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of any United States federal district court in which we may be found; and (iv) a physical or electronic signature of you. Upon receipt of a counter notification complying, or substantially complying, with all of the foregoing, we will send the party providing the notice under the DMCA a copy of the counter notification and informing such party that, within 10 business days, the allegedly infringing material will be replaced or access to it not disabled any further, and replace the removed allegedly infringing material or cease disabling access to it not less than 10 nor more than 14 business days following receipt of the counter notification; provided that, if our designated agent is first notified by the party providing the notice under the DMCA that such party has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity related to the allegedly infringing material. Repeated Infringers It is our policy to terminate the privileges related to this Website with regard to any individual who repeatedly violates the copyrights of others.