ArmedPoliteSociety.com
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHTACT (“DMCA) AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT POLICY
1. General
Policy
1.1.
ArmedPoliteSociety.com (“APS”) respects the
intellectual property rights of third parties, and complies with the terms of
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) regarding such rights. APS
reserves the right to remove access to infringing material posted to its web
site (the “Site”). Such actions do not affect
or modify any other rights APS may have under law or contract.
1.2.
This process only relates to reporting
claims of copyright infringement. Messages
related to other matters will not receive a response through this process.
1.3.
If you believe that any portion of the
material contained on this Site infringes your copyright, notify APS of your
claim in accordance with the following procedure. We will take appropriate action as required by
the DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).
(a)
Written notification must be submitted to
this Site’s Designated Agent: Attention: Glenn D. Bellamy
Wood, Herron &
Evans, LLP
2700 Carew Tower
441 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
45202-2917
(b)
To be effective, the notification must be in
writing and contain the following information:
(i)
A physical or electronic 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 the Site
are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at
the Site;
(iii)
Identification of the material off the site
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
APS to locate the material;
(iv)
Information reasonably sufficient to permit APS
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.
(c)
Upon
receipt of the written notification containing the information outlined above, APS
will:
(i)
Remove or disable access to the material
that is alleged to be infringing;
(ii)
Forward the written notification to such
alleged infringer (provided APS has such information);
(iii)
Take reasonable steps to promptly notify the
alleged infringer that it has been removed or access to the materials has been
disabled.
(d)
A
counter notification will be effective if in writing, provided to the
Designated Agent, and including substantially the following:
(i)
A physical or electronic signature of the
alleged infringer;
(ii)
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 and access to it was disabled;
(iii)
A statement under penalty of perjury that
the alleged infringer has a good faith belief that the material was removed or
disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be
removed or disabled;
(iv)
The alleged infringer’s name, address and
telephone number, and statement that the alleged infringer consents to
jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the
infringer’s address is located or, if outside the United States, for any
judicial district in which APS may be found, and that the alleged infringer
will accept service of process from the complaining party or the agent of such
person.
(e)
Upon receipt of a counter notification
containing the information outlined above, APS will:
(i)
Promptly provide the complaining party with
a copy of the counter notification;
(ii)
Inform the complaining party that it will
replace the removed material within ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days
following the receipt of the counter notification, provided APS 's Designated
Agent has not received notice from the complaining party that an action has
been filed seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringer from engaging
in infringing activity relating to the material on APS 's Site, network, or
system.