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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Friend Argument Death ("FAD") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA"), the text of which can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, FAD will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the FAD service and/or the FAD website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to FAD's Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

This policy describes the information that should be present in a notice of copyright infringement ("DMCA Notice") and a counter-notice ("DMCA Counter-Notice") provided to FAD.

Filing a DMCA Notice

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Site by completing the following DMCA Notice and delivering it to FAD's Designated Copyright Agent.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA Notice, we will take whatever action, in our sole discretion, that we deem appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the Site.

  1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice, you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
  2. Identify the material that you claim is 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 (e.g., a URL link to the specific page on the Site where the material is found).
  3. Provide your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
  4. Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice:

    "I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."

    "I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."

  5. Provide your full legal name and your physical or electronic signature (e.g., by typing your full legal name).

Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that the material you posted on the Site was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a DMCA Counter-Notice with FAD's Designated Copyright Agent by following the steps below.

Upon receipt of a valid Counter-Notice, we may restore the removed material. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

  • Identify the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location (e.g., URL) at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  • Provide your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.
  • Include both of the following statements in the body of the Counter-Notice:

    "I hereby state under penalty of perjury that I 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."

    "I hereby state that I consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located, or if my address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Friend Argument Death may be found, and I will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement or an agent of such person."

  • Provide your full legal name and your physical or electronic signature (e.g., by typing your full legal name).

For further inquiries or to submit a DMCA Notice or Counter-Notice, please use our Contact Us page.