DMCA Notification
We may, in our sole discretion, remove any Content that appears to infringe on the intellectual property rights of others or that is violation of this Agreement. It is our policy to respond to and investigate claims of copyright and other intellectual property infringement. We have a policy of terminating access to the Service by users who are repeat infringers.
You may notify us of alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). We will respond expeditiously to notices of alleged infringement sent pursuant to the DMCA.
In order to notify us of a copyright infringement claim pursuant to the DMCA, you must provide:
◦ a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
◦ identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works on the Service are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
◦ a description of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, including a URL address;
◦ your address, telephone number and email address;
◦ a statement by you that you have 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 made under penalty of perjury by you that the information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright involved.
The notice described above should be sent our designated copyright agent at verse.surf@shopsoft.org. If you fail to comply with all of the requirements described above, your DMCA notice may not be valid.
If you believe that any Content or material that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or you have the right to post and use such Content or material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to applicable law, you must send a counter notice containing the following information to our designated copyright agent at verse.surf@shopsoft.org:
◦ a physical or electronic signature of you or the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is alleged to have been infringed;
◦ identification of the copyrighted work that has been removed or blocked or to which access has been disabled;
◦ the location at which the allegedly infringing material appeared before it was removed or disabled, including a URL address;
◦ your address, telephone number and email address;
◦ a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the material removed or disabled was the result of a mistake or misidentification of the material; and
◦ a statement made under penalty of perjury by you that the information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright involved.
If a counter-notice is received by our designated copyright agent at the address above, we may send a notice to the complaining party that the removed material will be restored or we will cease disabling it in ten (10) business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored within ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days or more after receipt of the counter notice, at our discretion.