WHATSTHEWORD (“WTW”) 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 text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, WTW will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the WTW service and/or the WTW website (the”Site”) if such claims are reported to WTW’s Designated Agent identified below.
If you are a copyright owner, authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyrights infringements taking place on or through the Site by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to WTW’s Designated Copyright Agent. Upon receipt of Notice as described below, WTW will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the Site.
DMCA NOTICE
Misrepresentations of infringement can result in liability for monetary damages. You may want to consult an attorney before taking any action pursuant to the DMCA. A DMCA request can be sent to WTW via the contact information below, or by completing our DMCA Form:
1440 W TAYLOR STREET #571
CHICAGO,IL 60607
dmca@whatstheword.tv
All inquiries sent to Copyright Agent must include the following:
- The electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list of suck works;
- The URL or Internet location of the materials claimed to be infringing or to be subject of infringing activity, or information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
- Your name, address, telephone number and email address;
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
DMCA COUNTER-NOTICE TO RESTORE CONTENT REMOVED FROM THE WEBSITE
If you believe that your material has been removed by mistake, you may submit a DMCA Counter-Notice to WTW by providing the following information to the Copyright Agent at the address below:
- Contact Information: Your name, address, telephone number, and email address (if any);
- Content identification: A description of the material that was removed and the location (e.g. the URL) where it has been removed or access disabled;
- Statement Under Perjury: 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;
- Content to Jurisdiction and Service of Process: A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court in Illinois, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
- Signature: Your electronic or physical signature.
Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, WTW will forward it to the party who submitted the original DMCA notification. The original party (or the copyright holder he or she represents) must notify us within ten (10) days that he or she has filed legal action relating to the allegedly infringing material. If WTW does not receive any such notification within ten (10) days, we may restore the material.
1440 W TAYLOR STREET #571
CHICAGO,IL 60607
dmca@whatstheword.tv
WTW’S REPEAT INFRINGER POLICY
WTW does not condone or tolerate copyright infringement or any violation of the intellectual property rights of WTW or of others. WTW reserves the right to terminate access and/or use privileges of any person who has been determined to be a “repeat infringer” of the copyrights of WTW or others. WTW reserves the right to define the criteria by which WTW will determine that a person is a “repeat infringer”. In the event that “repeat infringer” is defined by statute, law, or regulation as applicable to 17 USC §512, WTW will adopt that definition as a minimum standard. Without limiting WTW’s right to define “repeat infringer,” as a general rule, WTW will define a “repeat infringer” as a person or entity about whom WTW has received two or more DMCA Notices of Alleged Infringement. WTW will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances when determining whether or not termination of access and/or use privileges of a “repeat infringer” is appropriate.
