| | NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR
NOTIFYING THE SERVICE PROVIDERS REFERENCED BELOW THAT YOUR
COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES, SUCH AS
REQUESTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, REPORTS OF EMAIL ABUSE, AND PIRACY REPORTS,
WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
Written notification must be submitted to the following Designated Agent:
Service Provider(s): Bodyguard.org.uk
webmaster@bodyguard.org.uk
Notification of Claimed Infringement:
To be effective, the Notification must include the following:
- 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 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; and
- 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 the written Notification containing the information as outlined
in 1 through 6 above:
- Service Provider shall remove or disable access to the material that is
alleged to be infringing;
- Service Provider shall forward the written notification to such alleged
infringer ("Subscriber");
- Service Provider shall take reasonable steps to promptly notify the
Subscriber that it has removed or disabled access to the material.
Counter Notification:
To be effective, a Counter Notification must be a written communication provided
to the Service Provider's Designated Agent that includes substantially the
following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the Subscriber;
- 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 the Subscriber 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;
- The Subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that
the Subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for
the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the
Subscriber's address is outside of the United States, for any judicial
district in which the Service Provider may be found, and that the Subscriber
will accept service of process from the person who provided notification or
an agent of such person
Upon receipt of a Counter Notification containing the information as outlined in
1 through 4 above:
- Service Provider shall promptly provide the Complaining Party with a copy
of the Counter Notification;
- Service Provider shall inform the Complaining Party that it will replace
the removed material or cease disabling access to it within ten (10)
business days;
- Service Provider shall replace the removed material or cease disabling
access to the material within ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days
following receipt of the Counter Notification, provided Service Provider's
Designated Agent has not received notice from the Complaining Party that an
action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain Subscriber from
engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Service
Provider's network or system.
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