COPYRIGHT DISPUTE POLICY. Pursuant to our rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, we have designated a copyright agent to receive copyright infringement notices for claims of infringement related to materials found on this Site. Our copyright agent is Highmark Residential’s Copyrights Enforcement Counsel. The agent can be reached at 312.269.5328, xxxxxx@xxx.xxx. To be effective, your infringement notification must include the following: 1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; 2. 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; 3. Identification of the material or content that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or have access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; 4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, including address, telephone number and email address where the complaining party may be contacted; 5. The following statement: “I 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 6. The following statement: “The information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I swear that I am the copyright owner or that I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.” Upon receipt of the written notification containing the information as outlined in 1 through 6 above: 1. We will remove or disable access to the content that is alleged to be infringing; 2. We will forward the written notification to the alleged infringer; and 3. We will take reasonable steps to promptly notify the alleged infringer that we have removed or disabled access to the content.
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COPYRIGHT DISPUTE POLICY. Pursuant A. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect you to do the same. It is our rights under policy, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, to disable and/or terminate accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, we have designated copyrights of others. If you are a copyright agent to receive copyright infringement notices for claims of infringement related to materials found on this Site. Our copyright agent is Highmark Residential’s Copyrights Enforcement Counsel. The agent can be reached at 312.269.5328owner, xxxxxx@xxx.xxx. To be effective, your infringement notification must include the following:
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. 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;
3. Identification of the material or content that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or have access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, including address, telephone number and email address where the complaining party may be contacted;
5. The following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agentone, or the law”; and
6. The following statement: “The information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I swear that I am the copyright owner or that I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an under any exclusive right under copyright, and believe that is allegedly infringed.” any material available on or through the Services, including Applications, Products, XxXxxx Content, Materials, User Content, posts or materials on user forums, or any other content (collectively referred to as “Disputed Content”), infringes upon your copyrights, you may report alleged copyright infringements by providing the information in the following Notice of Alleged Infringement (“Notice”) and delivering it to XxXxxx’x Designated Copyright Agent identified below. Upon receipt of the written notification containing Notice, we will take whatever action, in our sole and absolute discretion, we deem appropriate, including removal of the information as outlined in 1 through 6 above:
1Disputed Content. We will If we remove or disable access in response to such a notice, we may in our sole discretion notify the content that is alleged to be infringing;
2owner or administrator of the Disputed Content. We will forward reserve the written notification sole and absolute right to remove any content, including without limitation any Disputed Content, from the alleged infringer; andServices at any time and for any reason.
3B. Please note that filing a report of intellectual property infringement is a serious matter with legal consequences. We will take reasonable steps Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing could be liable for damages. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes your copyright, we suggest that you first contact an attorney. You acknowledge that if you fail to promptly notify comply with all of the alleged infringer that we have removed or disabled access to the contentnotice requirements below, your copyright notice may not be valid.
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COPYRIGHT DISPUTE POLICY. Pursuant to our rights under Company has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA (posted at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/legislation/pl105-304.pdf). The address of Company’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement (“DMCADesignated Agent”)) is listed at the end of this Section. It is Company’s policy to (1) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, 17 U.S.C. § 512affiliates, we have designated content providers, members or users; and (2) remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders. Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements: If you believe that material or content residing on or accessible through the Services infringes a copyright agent to receive copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement notices for claims of infringement related containing the following information to materials found on this Site. Our copyright agent is Highmark Residential’s Copyrights Enforcement Counsel. The agent can be reached at 312.269.5328, xxxxxx@xxx.xxx. To be effective, your infringement notification must include the following:
Designated Agent listed below: 1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right the copyright that is has been allegedly infringed;
; 2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been works or materials being 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;
; 3. Identification of the material or content that is claimed to be infringing or including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to be the subject have removed, with sufficient detail so that Company is capable of infringing activity finding and that is to be removed or have access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
verifying its existence; 4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact Contact information about the complaining party, notifier including address, telephone number and and, if available, email address where the complaining party may be contacted;
address; 5. The following statement: “I have A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that use of the material identified in the manner complained of (3) is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law”; and
and 6. The following statement: “The information in this notification is accurate, and A statement made under penalty of perjury, I swear perjury that I am the copyright owner or that I am information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to act make the complaint on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that copyright owner. It is allegedly infringed.” Upon receipt of the written notification containing the information as outlined in 1 through 6 aboveCompany’s policy:
1. We will To remove or disable access to the content that is alleged to be infringing;
infringing material; 2. We will forward the written notification to the alleged infringer; and
3. We will take reasonable steps to promptly To notify the alleged infringer content provider, member or user that we have it has removed or disabled access to the contentmaterial; and 3. That repeat offenders will have the infringing material removed from the system and that Company will terminate such content provider’s, member’s or user’s access to the Services. Procedure to Supply a Counter-Notice to the Designated Agent: If the content provider, member or user believes that the material that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or the content provider, member or user believes that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or, pursuant to the law, the content provider, member, or user, must send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below: 1. A physical or electronic signature of the content provider, member or user; 2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled; 3. A statement that the content provider, member or user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material; and 4. Content provider’s, member’s or user’s name, address, telephone number, and, if available, email address, and a statement that such person or entity consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which the content provider’s, member’s or user’s address is located, or, if the content provider’s, member’s or user’s address is located outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Company is located, and that such person or entity will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement. If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, Company may send a copy of the counter- notice to the original complaining party informing that person that Company may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 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 in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Company’s discretion. Please contact Company’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at the following address: Xxxxxxx@XXXxxxx.xxx.
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Samples: Terms of Use