This page is for reporting legal abuses, including, but not limited to:
• Copyright Violations
• Takedown Requests
• Information Subpeonas
If you are looking to report a community member or do not require assistance from our legal department, use our support center instead.
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This website is hosted in the United States of America and therefore falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Government.
Subpeonas
If you wish to submit a subpeona to obtain information regarding a specific user or any other information that is not considered publicly viewable, you may contact our legal department. Please note that any requests that are not submitted by the United States Government or backed by a United States court order will be denied.
Takedown Requests
You may request that certain information be removed from our website. Please note that any requests that are not submitted by the United States Government or backed with a court order will most likely be denied.
We may make exceptions depending on the content in question. For example, if a user on our site posts personal information (pertaining to you or other users) in a public area of our site, you may request that it be removed.
Copyright Violations
The United States Congress enacted The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, more commonly referred to as the DMCA, which was signed into law on October 28, 1998. The DMCA had as its primary purpose the goal of updating United States copyright laws with an eye toward making them more relevant and flexible given the ever changing digital information climate.
17 U.S.C. § 512(c) limits the liability of service providers for infringing material on websites hosted on their systems. Service Providers are eligible for the limitation on liability when they do not have actual knowledge of ongoing copyright infringement, are not aware of facts or circumstances surrounding ongoing copyright infringement, or upon gaining such knowledge the Service Provider responds expeditiously to take the material down or block access to it.
§ 512(c) establishes the procedures for proper notification to a Service Provider should you feel that your copyrighted material has been misappropriated and there is ongoing copyright infringement by someone using our services. Under these so-called notice and takedown procedures a copyright owner submits a notification under penalty of perjury, including a list of specified elements, to our designated agent. Failure to comply with the statutory requirements means that the notification is defective. If, upon receiving a proper notification, the service provider promptly removes or blocks access to the material identified in the notification, the provider is exempt from monetary liability.
In order for a notice to be considered, it MUST include:
• the date on which you viewed the infringing content
• the full url (e.g. http://www.epicgamesnetwork.org/link/to/content/) and title of the page on which the copyrighted materials appear
• your real name and contact information (address, phone, and email)
• the name of the organization you represent (if applicable)
• the name of the person (or organization) that holds the copyright being infringed upon
• your signature or, if sent digitally, a scan of your signature
• a good faith statement that use of the copyrighted materials as described in the notice is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• a statement swearing, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
Note: Providing inaccurate information in a DMCA takedown notice is considered a felony.
Subpeonas
If you wish to submit a subpeona to obtain information regarding a specific user or any other information that is not considered publicly viewable, you may contact our legal department. Please note that any requests that are not submitted by the United States Government or backed by a United States court order will be denied.
Takedown Requests
You may request that certain information be removed from our website. Please note that any requests that are not submitted by the United States Government or backed with a court order will most likely be denied.
We may make exceptions depending on the content in question. For example, if a user on our site posts personal information (pertaining to you or other users) in a public area of our site, you may request that it be removed.
Copyright Violations
The United States Congress enacted The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, more commonly referred to as the DMCA, which was signed into law on October 28, 1998. The DMCA had as its primary purpose the goal of updating United States copyright laws with an eye toward making them more relevant and flexible given the ever changing digital information climate.
17 U.S.C. § 512(c) limits the liability of service providers for infringing material on websites hosted on their systems. Service Providers are eligible for the limitation on liability when they do not have actual knowledge of ongoing copyright infringement, are not aware of facts or circumstances surrounding ongoing copyright infringement, or upon gaining such knowledge the Service Provider responds expeditiously to take the material down or block access to it.
§ 512(c) establishes the procedures for proper notification to a Service Provider should you feel that your copyrighted material has been misappropriated and there is ongoing copyright infringement by someone using our services. Under these so-called notice and takedown procedures a copyright owner submits a notification under penalty of perjury, including a list of specified elements, to our designated agent. Failure to comply with the statutory requirements means that the notification is defective. If, upon receiving a proper notification, the service provider promptly removes or blocks access to the material identified in the notification, the provider is exempt from monetary liability.
In order for a notice to be considered, it MUST include:
• the date on which you viewed the infringing content
• the full url (e.g. http://www.epicgamesnetwork.org/link/to/content/) and title of the page on which the copyrighted materials appear
• your real name and contact information (address, phone, and email)
• the name of the organization you represent (if applicable)
• the name of the person (or organization) that holds the copyright being infringed upon
• your signature or, if sent digitally, a scan of your signature
• a good faith statement that use of the copyrighted materials as described in the notice is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• a statement swearing, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
Note: Providing inaccurate information in a DMCA takedown notice is considered a felony.
