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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Garland Cleared Monday 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 may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, Garland Cleared Monday will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Garland Cleared Monday service that are reported to Garland Cleared Monday's Designated Copyright Agent, identified below.

Filing a DMCA Infringement 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 Garland Cleared Monday service by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to Garland Cleared Monday's Designated Copyright Agent.

Upon receipt of the Notice as described below, Garland Cleared Monday will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged material from the Garland Cleared Monday service.

Please note that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA notice may not be effective.

  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. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
  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 Garland Cleared Monday to locate the material.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Garland Cleared Monday to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. A statement that you 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. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Send your completed DMCA Notice to:

Garland Cleared Monday
Attn: DMCA Agent
[Insert Physical Address Here if Applicable]
[Insert Email Address Here if Applicable]

Counter-Notification

If you believe that the material you posted on the Garland Cleared Monday service was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with Garland Cleared Monday by submitting written notification to our Designated Copyright Agent (contact details above) that includes substantially the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Garland Cleared Monday may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement or an agent of such person.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, Garland Cleared Monday will promptly forward a copy to the complaining party. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member, or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notification, at Garland Cleared Monday's discretion.

Contact Us

For any questions regarding this DMCA Policy, please visit our Contact Us page.