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It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the text of which can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site, http://lcWeb.loc.gov/copyright/) and other applicable intellectual property laws. Responses may include removing or disabling access to material claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and/or terminating subscribers. If we remove or disable access in response to such a notice, we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the owner or administrator of the affected site or content so that they may make a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of that Act. It is our policy to document all notices of alleged infringement on which we act. As with all legal notices, a copy of the notice may be sent to one or more third parties who may make it available to the public.

Infringement notification

Infringement Notification for Blogger

To file a notice of infringement with us, you must submit the form provided below. Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that a product or activity is infringing your copyrights. Indeed, in a recent case (please see http://www.onlinepolicy.org/action/legpolicy/opg_v_diebold/ for more information), a company that sent an infringement notification seeking removal of online materials that were protected by the fair use doctrine was ordered to pay such costs and attorneys fees. The company agreed to pay over $100,000. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes your copyright, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.

Contact Information

First name: * Last name: * Company Name: * Copyright holder you represent: * Your email address: * Country:

YOUR COPYRIGHTED WORK

Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed upon (for example, "The copyrighted work at issue is the image that appears on (http://www.mywebsite.com/gn/shared/12345678910111213141516/test.jpg)" or other information sufficient to specify the copyrighted work being infringed (for example, "The copyrighted work at issue is the “Touch Not This Cat” by Dudley Smith, published by Smith Publishing, ISBN #0123456789

Location of copyrighted work (where your authorized work is located): * What is the copyrighted work?: *

LOCATION OF INFRINGING MATERIAL IN THE BLOG

Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work listed in item #1 above. YOU MUST IDENTIFY EACH POST BY PERMALINK OR DATE THAT ALLEGEDLY CONTAINS THE INFRINGING MATERIAL. The permalink for a post is usually found by clicking on the timestamp or title of the post. For example, “The blog where my copyrighted work is published on is http://copyright.blogspot.com/archives/2006_01_02_example.html.”

Location (URL) of infringing material in the catalog.
(Please enter one URL per line): *

If the infringing content concerns a third party link to a downloadable file, please identify the full URL below (e.g. http://rapidshare.com/files/119251409/test_-_sample.rar, http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NOP47FDE, http://hotfile.com/dl/8961911/fed4b29/Lily_Allen-22-x264-2009-FRAY.rar.html etc.).

Location (URL) of infringing third party content that the blog is linking to. (Please enter one URL per line): * : *

Sworn Statements

I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. : Please check to confirm

I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. : Please check to confirm

Please note that a copy of each legal notice we receive is sent to a third-party which may publish and/or annotate it. As such, your letter (with your personal information removed) will be forwarded to Chilling Effects (http://www.chillingeffects.org) for publication. You can see an example of such a publication at http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=861. A link to your published letter will be displayed in Google's search results in place of the removed content

Signature

Signed on this date of: * Signature: *

Your digital signature is as legally binding as a physical signature.

Please note that we will not process your complaint if it isn't properly filled out or if the complaint is incomplete. If multiple Google products are affected, please submit a notice for each affected product. Instructions for filing a DMCA notice for each product can be found at http://www.google.com/dmca.html.

Account Termination

Many Google Services do not have account holders or subscribers. For Services that do, Google will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate repeat infringers. If you believe that an account holder or subscriber is a repeat infringer, please follow the instructions above to contact Google's DMCA agent and provide information sufficient for us to verify that the account holder or subscriber is a repeat infringer.