DMCA Policy for Balsamic Vinaigrette
Balsamic Vinaigrette 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"), we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Balsamic Vinaigrette service and/or website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified in the sample notice below.
This policy describes the information that should be present in a DMCA notice and counter-notification, and the steps Balsamic Vinaigrette will take to address such notices.
Filing a DMCA Notice of Infringement
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 Balsamic Vinaigrette website by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.
- A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of a copyright that is allegedly infringed.
- 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.
- 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 Balsamic Vinaigrette to locate the material.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit Balsamic Vinaigrette 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.
- A statement that the complaining party has 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.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Submitting a DMCA Counter-Notification
If you believe that your material has been removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with Balsamic Vinaigrette by submitting a written notification to our Designated Copyright Agent 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 your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Balsamic Vinaigrette may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, Balsamic Vinaigrette will forward it to the complaining party who submitted the original DMCA notification. The complaining party will then have 10 business days to inform us that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the Balsamic Vinaigrette website. If we do not receive such notification within 10 business days, we may restore the material.
For any DMCA-related inquiries, please contact us via our contact page.
