Unified Dogs respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. As such, Unified Dogs abides by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and its notice and takedown procedures. This policy outlines the procedures that Unified Dogs follows when we receive a notification of alleged copyright infringement.
Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible on this site, you may notify Unified Dogs by sending an email to our designated DMCA agent at hellen@unifieddogs.com. Your notice must include:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Upon receipt of a proper notification of claimed infringement, Unified Dogs will respond expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material that is claimed to be infringing.
Counter-Notification
If you believe that the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use such material, you may send a counter-notification containing the following information to the DMCA agent:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- 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 access to it was disabled.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have 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.
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located (or if you are outside of the United States, that you consent to jurisdiction of any judicial district in which the service provider may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of alleged infringement.
Upon receipt of a counter-notification, Unified Dogs will forward it to the party who submitted the original notification of claimed infringement. If we do not receive notice within ten (10) business days that the original notifier has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringer from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Unified Dogs, we will replace or cease disabling access to the material that was removed or disabled.
Please note that any misrepresentations made in your notification or counter-notification may be grounds for legal action against you and that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you make a false claim of copyright infringement.
