DMCA Policy for Kurt Van Dyke
Kurt Van Dyke ("we," "us," or "our") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Kurt Van Dyke website or services if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.
Filing a DMCA Infringement Notification
If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Kurt Van Dyke website by completing a DMCA Infringement Notification and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.
Upon receipt of a valid Notification, we will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the website.
To file a DMCA Infringement Notification, please provide the following information:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed: This includes a description of the copyrighted work, and if possible, a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing: This includes a description of the material and its location on the Kurt Van Dyke website (e.g., URL of the specific page or post containing the material).
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party: This includes your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
- 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.
- A physical or electronic signature of the complaining party.
Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification
If you believe that your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with our Designated Copyright Agent.
Upon receipt of a valid Counter-Notification, we may reinstate the removed content in 10-14 business days unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order to restrain the subscriber from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our system.
To file a DMCA Counter-Notification, please provide the following information:
- Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled: This includes a description of the material and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled (e.g., URL of the specific page or post).
- 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.
- A statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the 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 Kurt Van Dyke may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
- A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.
All DMCA notices and counter-notifications should be submitted via our contact page.