Digital Millennium
Copyright Act
THIS NOTICE
IS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION AT ANY TIME, WHETHER FOR CHANGES
IN THE LAW OR AT THE CONVENIENCE OF SMILEY NETWORKS, INC. WITHOUT ADVANCE
NOTICE.
It is our policy
to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act 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.
Please refer
to the following detailed instructions which must be followed to protect
your rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
INFRINGEMENT
NOTIFICATION
To file a notice
of infringement with us, you must provide a written communication (by
fax or regular mail – not by email, unless by prior agreement) that
sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you may
be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially
misrepresent that a product or activity is infringing your copyrights.
Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes
your copyright, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.
Your communication
must include substantially all of the following:
1. A physical
or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2.
Identify in sufficient detail the location of copyrighted work that
you believe has been infringed upon (for example, "The copyrighted
work at issue is the text that appears on http://www.adco.com/text_page
3.
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 us to locate the material
4. Information
reasonably sufficient to permit us 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.
5. The following
statement: "I have 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."
6. The following
statement: "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."
Send the written communication to:
Smiley Networks, Inc.
Attn: DMCA Complaints
101 W. 6th St., Ste. 350
Austin, TX 78701
Email: dmca@smileymedia.com
COUNTER
NOTIFICATION
The administrator
of an affected site or the provider of affected content may make a counter
notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act. When we receive a counter notification, we may
reinstate the material in question.
To file a counter
notification with us, you must provide a written communication (by fax
or regular mail -- not by email, unless by prior agreement) that sets
forth the items specified 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 not infringing the copyrights
of others. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether certain material
infringes the copyrights of others, we suggest that you first contact
an attorney. To expedite our ability to process your counter notification,
please use the following format (including section numbers):
Your communication
must include substantially the following:
1.
A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.
2.
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access
has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before
it was removed or access to it was disabled.
3. A statement
under penalty of perjury that you have 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.
4. Your name,
address, and telephone number.The following statement: "I consent
to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district
in which the your address is located, (or Santa Clara County, California
if your address is outside of the United States), and that you will
accept service of process from the person who provided notification
under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
5. The following
statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good
faith belief that the affected material was removed or disabled as a
result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed
or disabled."
Send the written communication to:
Smiley Networks, Inc.
Attn: DMCA Complaints
101 W. 6th St., Ste. 350
Austin, TX 78701
Email: dmca@smileymedia.com
ACCOUNT
TERMINATION
Smiley Networks,
Inc. 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 Smiley Networks, Inc.’s
DMCA agent and provide information sufficient to verify that the account
holder or subscriber is a repeat infringer.