[Your Website Name] (“we,” “our,” “us”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. This Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Policy outlines the procedures for addressing claims of copyright infringement. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied or used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the steps outlined below to notify us.
Notification of Copyright Infringement
If you are a copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that content hosted on our website infringes your copyright, you may submit a DMCA takedown notice to us. Your notice must include the following information:
- Identification of the Copyrighted Work: A detailed description of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim has been infringed.
- Identification of Infringing Material: A description of the material that you claim is infringing, including its location on our website (URL or specific page).
- Your Contact Information: Your full name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.
- A Statement of Good Faith: A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A Statement of Accuracy: A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
- Your Physical or Electronic Signature: Your signature or the electronic equivalent.
Counter-Notification by the Alleged Infringer
If you believe that the content removed or disabled as a result of a DMCA notice was improperly taken down, you may file a counter-notification with us. The counter-notification must include the following information:
- Identification of the Removed Material: A description of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal.
- Your Statement of Good Faith: A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification.
- Your Consent: A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court in your location (if in the United States) or another appropriate jurisdiction, and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original DMCA notice.
- Your Contact Information: Your full name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.
- Your Physical or Electronic Signature: Your signature or the electronic equivalent.
Send your counter-notification to:
Email: [Insert Email Address]
Address: [Insert Physical Address]
Phone: [Insert Phone Number]
Repeat Infringers
We reserve the right to terminate the accounts or access of users who are found to repeatedly infringe copyright.
Limitation of Liability
We are not responsible for any content uploaded by third parties. If you believe content on our platform infringes your copyright, please contact us as outlined above.