
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