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Newsguy may, when appropriate and at its
discretion, remove, or disable access to, material on the Web site that infringes on the
rights of others. If you believe
that your work has been used on the Web Site in a manner that constitutes copyright
infringement, please send Newsguy's Copyright Agent a written notice (e-mail is
sufficient) that complies with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
and includes the following information:
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An electronic or physical signature of a
person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed. If you provide an electronic signature,
click the "Browse" button to locate the
electronic file within your local computer
directory. If you provide a physical signature,
please send to the
mailing address that appears at the end of this form:
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Identification of the copyrighted work
claimed to have been infringed. If multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single
notification, a representative of such works must be provided:
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Identification of the material that you
claim infringes the copyrighted work you identified in item 2 above, and that you seek to
have removed or the access to which you want disabled:
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A description that identifies where on the
Website the infringing material is located. This description must be sufficient to allow
Newsguy to readily locate the material:
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Information that allows us to contact you.
This should include your address, telephone number and e-mail
address:
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A statement by you that you have a good
faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or
the law:
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A statement by you, under penalty of
perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner of, or
the agent of the owner of, an exclusive right that is allegedly being
infringed:
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Newsguy's Copyright Agent for notice of
claims of copyright infringement on the Web Site is Cindy K. Benjamin.
Cindy's hours of work are Monday through Friday 8am - 5pm PST. Because
she is the only person assigned to this responsibility, she will make
every effort to respond to notices within 48 hours of receipt excluding
weekends and holidays. Cindy can be reached as
follows:
By Mail:
824 Roosevelt Trail - #272
Windham, ME 04062
By E-Mail:
cindycopy@newsguy.com
Once we have received your notice and
verified that it meets the necessary requirements, we will take appropriate action. If
this includes removing or disabling access to the offending material, we will provide
notice to the user or subscriber that we have removed or disabled access to their
material, provided we can identify such individual.
If your material is removed, you will
have the opportunity to send a counter-notice to Newsguy consistent with the Online
Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act. Your counter notice must include the
following information:
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An electronic or physical signature of a
person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Identification of the material that has
been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location where that material
appeared before we removed it or disabled it.
A statement, under penalty of perjury,
that you have a good faith belief that the material at issue was removed or disabled as a
result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
Your name, address and telephone number.
A statement that you can send to the
jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address
is located. If you live outside the United State, a statement that you will consent to the
jurisdiction of a federal district court for any judicial district in which Newsguy.com
may be found.
A statement that you will accept service
of process from the person or entity, or their agent, who provided notification to Newsguy
that the material at issue infringed a copyright.
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If Newsguy receives a counter notice, it
will inform the person or entity that complained of the alleged infringement, that it will
replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it within ten business days. If,
within the next 10 days, the party complaining about the infringement does not notify us
that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user or subscriber
from engaging in infringing activity related to the material at issue, Newsguy will
replace the removed material and/or renew access to it.
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