What if I see something on the Services that infringes my copyright?
If you are a trademark or copyright owner and you believe that your trademark or copyright rights have been violated, please send us a notification.
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Identify the copyrighted work(s) you claim is infringed on.
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Identify the material you claim is infringing the copyright(s), and provide enough information for us to reasonably locate that material.
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Include a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf (the “Claimant”).
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Include the Claimant’s name, address, and telephone number(s), and email address (if available).
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Include a statement that the Claimant has a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner or their agent or law.
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Include a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification of copyright infringement is accurate and that the Claimant is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
When we receive an infringement notice with all the required information and are able to locate the allegedly infringing material, we will remove or disable access to the subject material. We also will take reasonable steps to promptly notify the person who posted the subject material. We will give them the opportunity to send a counter-notification. A counter-notification must include the following, to be effective under the DMCA:
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A physical or electronic signature of the person submitting the counter-notification;
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Identification of the material that was removed or to which access was disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
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A statement under penalty of perjury that the material was removed or disabled due to mistake or identification of the material removed or disabled;
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The name, address, email address and telephone number of the person submitting the counter-notification;
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A statement that the person submitting the counter-notification consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for his judicial district, or if the person is outside the abroad, for any judicial district in which may be found, and that the person will accept service of process from the person who submitted the DMCA claim or his agent.