DMCA

Last updated: December 4, 2024

If you believe that legally protected material has been made available on our site, please send us a formal takedown request specifying the links to the protected material, together with the necessary supporting documents.

To submit a copyright infringement notice, please send the following information (Copyright Claim) to [email protected].

To file a notice of copyright infringement, you must send a written communication that includes substantially the following (consult your attorney or see Section 512(c)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to confirm these requirements):

• 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 are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
• 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.
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material. Providing URLs in the body of an email is the best way to help us find the content quickly.
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an email address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
• 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.
• 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.

Takedown requests are generally processed within 48 hours of receipt.

Under Section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that certain material or activity is infringing may be liable for damages resulting from that misrepresentation. In addition, before a copyright owner submits a DMCA notice, the owner must state a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. The owner must consider whether the material makes fair use of the copyrighted work. Lenz v. Universal, 572 F. Supp. 2d 1150, 1155 (2008).