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Copyright Complaints – “DMCA” Notice

If you believe that any content or material provided on this site, blog or other electronic media infringes any copyright owned or controlled by you, please send written notice to our Designated Copyright Agent in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”):

Designated Agent for Receiving Notification of Claimed Infringement:

• Service Provider: Carr McClellan
• Name of Agent: Mark Cassanego
• Full Address of Designated Agent to Whom Notification Should be Sent:

Mark Cassanego, Copyright Agent
Carr McClellan P.C.
216 Park Road
Burlingame, CA 94010

• Telephone Number of Designated Agent: 650-342-9600
• Facsimile Number of Designated Agent: 650-342-7685
• Email Address of Designated Agent: mcassanego@carr-mcclellan.com

To be valid under the DMCA, your notice must be in writing and include 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 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.

(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.

This information is neither intended nor should not be construed as legal advice. For further details on the information required for valid notifications under the DMCA, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3).

UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE CONTENT OR MATERIAL IS INFRINGING YOUR COPYRIGHTS, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY AND CIVIL PENALTIES, INCLUDING MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES INCURRED BY US, ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER’S LICENSEE THAT IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION.

This information is provided exclusively for providing proper notice that content or material(s) on the site or transmitted via the site may be in violation of your copyright(s).  No response to other inquiries using this process will be made.  See “Contact Us” below for all such other inquiries.

Infringer Policy

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, it is our policy to terminate (at our sole discretion and without prior notice) users or members who are deemed or suspected by us to be repeat infringers.  We may also at our sole discretion limit access to the site and/or terminate access and use by any user or member who infringes any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

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