DMCA Disclaimer

If you are a copyright owner (or an agent of a copyright owner) and believe any user material posted on our sites infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a Notification of Claimed Infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by sending an e-mail to our Designated Copyright Agent containing the following information:

A clear identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple copyrighted works are posted on a single web page and you notify us about all of them in a single notice, you may provide a representative list of such works found at the site.

• Positive identification of the material you claim is infringing on the copyrighted work, and information sufficient to locate that material on our website (such as the message ID of the infringing material).
• Provide a statement saying that you have a "good faith belief that the material that is claimed as copyright infringement is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
• Provide a statement that "the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
• Your contact information so that we can respond to your notice, including your e-mail address and telephone number.
• Electronic or physical signature of the copyright signed by the copyright owner or a party who is authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Your written Notification of Claimed Infringement must be sent to our Designated Copyright Agent at the e-mail address listed below. We will review and address all notices that substantially comply with the requirements identified above. If your notice fails to substantially comply with all of these requirements, we may not be able respond to your notice.

Please note that you may be liable for damages if you make a false claim of copyright infringement. Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be subject to liability. Please also be advised that, in appropriate circumstances, we will terminate the accounts of users/subscribers who repeatedly misidentify copyrighted material.

Counter Notification of Copyright Infringement

If you believe material was removed in error, you may send a Counter Notification to our Designated Copyright Agent at the e-mail address provided below. To file a Counter Notification with us, you must send us an e-mail that provides the following information:

• Identify the specific message ID(s) of material that we have removed or to which we have disabled access.
• Provide your full name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
• Provide a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located and that you will accept service of process from the person who the provided notification of claimed infringement to which your notice relates or an agent of such person.
• Sign the notice. If you are providing notice by e-mail, an electronic signature (i.e. your typed name) or scanned physical signature will be accepted.

If we receive a Counter Notification from you, we may forward it to the party who submitted the original Notification of Claimed Infringement. The Counter Notification we forward may include some of your personal information, such as your name and contact information. By submitting a Counter Notification, you consent to having your information exposed in this manner. We will not forward the Counter Notification to any party other than the original claimant unless required or expressly permitted to do so by law.

After we send out the Counter Notification, the original claimant must respond to us within 10 business days stating he or she has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our web site.

Please note that you may be liable for damages if you make a false claim. Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

Please note that we may not be able to contact you if we receive a Notification of Copyright Infringement about material you posted online. In accordance with our Terms of Service, we reserve the right to permanently remove any content sole discretion.