How to Report Claims of Infringement

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires that a claim of copyright 
infringement sent to our designated agent provide certain information 
specified below.

DMCA section (512) (f) defines penalties for knowingly misrepresenting a claim.

DMCA section 512 (c) (3) (A) requires the following of notices alleging 
copyright infringement:

ELEMENTS OF NOTIFICATION To be effective under this subsection, a notification 
of claimed infringement must be a written communication provided to the 
designated agent of a service provider that includes substantially the following:

(i) A physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the 
    owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, 
     or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered 
     by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to 
      be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access
      to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to 
      permit the service provider to locate the material.

[Please include a URL such as http://... or ftp://... identifying the material 
or representative material. If possible specify any IDs, passwords, or other 
authorization required to access the material. Please specify date, time, and 
time zone from which the material was observed. Technicians may require time 
information in order to identify dynamically assigned internet locations.]

(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact
     the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if 
     available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party 
     may be contacted.

(v) A statement that the complaining party has 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.

(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and 
     under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act 
     on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

DMCA Section 512 (d) (3) requires similar information for notices requesting 
removal of links or other references to infringing materials.

The DMCA requires prompt acknowledgment and action from the registered DMCA 
agent. The registered DMCA agent will forward any counter-claims.

The DMCA states that someone wanting to make a counter-claim must provide 
adequate identification and contact information 

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