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Digital Millennium Copyright Act – iGoogle Gadgets and Themes

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It is our policy to respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement. This page describes the information that should be present in these notices. It is designed to make submitting notices of alleged infringement to Google as straightforward as possible while reducing the number of notices that we receive that are fraudulent or difficult to understand or verify. The form of notice specified below is consistent with the form suggested by the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the text of which can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site, http://www.copyright.gov) but we will respond to notices of this form from other jurisdictions as well.

Regardless of whether we may be liable for such infringement under local country law or United States law, our response to these notices 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. We may also document notices of alleged infringement on which we act. Please note that in addition to being forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content, a copy of this legal notice may be sent to a third-party which may publish and/or annotate it. As such, your letter (with your personal information removed) may 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.

Infringement Notification for iGoogle Gadgets and Themes

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.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Your first name: * Your last name: * Your title: Company Name: * Copyright Holder You Represent: * Your email address: * Country of Residence: *

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.google.com/gn/shared/12345678910111213141516/test") 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): *

(Please enter one URL per line)

What is the copyrighted work?: *

LOCATION OF INFRINGING MATERIAL

Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work listed above.

YOU MUST PROVIDE the URL of the infringing material, like this:

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets&url=www.infringingwebsite.com/infringingmaterial.xml

To find the exact URL of the module, please follow these steps:

Visit http://www.google.com/ig/directory
Perform a search for the infringing material.
Click on the thumbnail of the material to view the details page
In your notice to us, paste the URL of the details page.

IF THE INFRINGING MATERIAL IS LOCATED ON A WEBPAGE LINKED FROM THE GADGET OR THEME IDENTIFIED ABOVE, PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE THE TITLE AND THE URL OF THE LINKED WEBPAGE.

Location of infringing material: *

(Please enter one URL per line)

LEGAL AFFIRMATIONS
Please check if you agree with the following statements.
IMPORTANT: Please note that we cannot investigate your complaint if you do not check both boxes.

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 in addition to being forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content, a copy of this legal notice may be sent to a third-party which may publish and/or annotate it. As such, your letter (with your personal information removed) may 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.

SIGNATURE

Signed on this date of: * Signature: *

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

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.