Many of our images are submitted to us by pet owners. If you believe your image has been used in bad faith, please let us know by saying: we respect the intellectual property rights of others, just as we expect others to respect our rights. Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17 of the United States Code, copyright owners or their agents may submit takedown notices to us through our contact form. As an Internet service provider, we are entitled to claim immunity from these infringement claims under the “safe harbor” provisions of the DMCA.
To submit a bona fide claim of infringement to us, you must submit to us a notice containing the following information: Notice of Infringement – Claim 1. a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner (or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf); 2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; and 3. identification of the infringing material to be removed and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material. [Please submit the URL of the relevant page to help us identify the allegedly infringing work]; 4. information sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, including your name, physical address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number; 5. a statement that the complaining party believes in good faith that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright agent; 6. a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury The complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Title 17 USC § 512(f) provides that any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents certain information in a notice of infringement under 17 USC § 512(c)(3) is subject to civil damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees.
Send all takedown notices via our Contact Us form. Please note that we may share the identity and information in any copyright infringement claim we receive with the alleged infringer. By submitting a claim, you understand accept and agree that your identity and claim may be communicated to the alleged infringer. Notice of Defenses – Restoration of Materials If you receive notice that material has been removed as a result of a copyright infringement claim, you may provide us with a notice of defense in an effort to have the material in question restored to the Site.
Pursuant to 17 USC Section 512(g)(3), such notice must be in writing and sent to our DMCA Agent and must contain: 1. your physical or electronic signature; 2. a description of the material that was removed and the original location of the material before it was removed; 3. a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed 4. your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which the address is located (or, if you are outside the United States, any jurisdiction in which the service provider is located), and that you will accept service of process from the person or company that provided the original notice of infringement. 5. a copy of your defense sent through our contact page. Notice. Email is highly recommended.
Repeat Infringer Policy: we take copyright infringement very seriously. As required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s repeat infringer policy, we maintain a list of DMCA notices from copyright owners and make a good faith effort to identify any repeat infringers. Those who violate our internal repeat infringer policy will have their accounts terminated.
Modifications: we reserve the right to modify the content of this page and our policy for handling DMCA claims at any time and for any reason. We encourage you to check back frequently for any changes to this policy.
