DMCA Copyright Notice

1. Overview

Buyvotescontest.com respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512, we have implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims.

If you believe that any material on this site infringes your copyright, you may file a Notice of Claimed Infringement ("Notice") with our designated agent below. Misrepresentations in a Notice may result in liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

2. Designated Copyright Agent

All Notices must be sent to our Designated Agent:

• Name: Victor Williams (Designated Agent, Buyvotescontest.com)
• Email: [email protected] (subject line "DMCA Notice")
• Backup contact: @VoresStore_bot (mark message "DMCA")
• Postal address: available on request for formal filings — email us with subject "DMCA postal address request"
• USCO Directory of Service Provider Agents: registration in progress (we will publish the entry ID here upon completion).

Notices sent to any other address may be delayed or not received.

3. Required elements of a Notice

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your Notice must include all six of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple works at the same site are covered, a representative list).
3. Identification of the infringing material with sufficient detail to enable us to locate it — preferably full URLs on our site.
4. Your contact information: full name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

You may use the sample template at the bottom of this page.

4. Our response to valid Notices

Upon receipt of a valid Notice, we will:

• Acknowledge receipt within 48 hours.
• Investigate the claim and, if it appears valid on its face, remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material expeditiously (typically within 5 business days).
• Notify the user who posted the material (if applicable) of the takedown and the basis for it.
• Forward the Notice (with sender contact information redacted on request) to the poster so they may submit a Counter-Notice if appropriate.

5. Counter-Notice procedure

If you believe your material was removed in error or mistakenly identified, you may submit a Counter-Notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). It must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, telephone number.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the US Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the US, the Northern District of California), and that you will accept service of process from the original claimant or their agent.

Counter-Notices should be sent to the same Designated Agent address above.

6. After a Counter-Notice

If we receive a valid Counter-Notice, we will:

• Forward a copy to the original complainant.
• Restore the removed material within 10–14 business days, unless the complainant files a court action seeking a restraining order and notifies us during that window.

7. Repeat infringer policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), we maintain a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We consider as a repeat infringer any user against whom three valid DMCA Notices have been received within a 12-month period, with no successful Counter-Notices contesting them.

Termination is at our sole discretion based on the totality of circumstances, including the nature of the infringements and any pattern of bad-faith Notices against the same user.

8. Misuse of DMCA process

Filing false or knowingly inaccurate DMCA Notices is a violation of 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) and may subject the filer to liability for damages, costs, and attorneys' fees. We reserve the right to refer egregious misuse to law enforcement and to share misuse evidence with the affected user for civil action.

9. Trademark claims

For complaints about trademark misuse (which are not covered by DMCA), please email the same address with subject "Trademark complaint" and include: registered trademark details, the specific use you claim infringes, your good-faith basis for the claim, and your contact information.

10. Non-US copyright and related rights

If you are claiming rights under copyright laws of jurisdictions outside the United States, the DMCA procedure may not directly apply, but we still welcome your complaint and will treat it analogously: review on a good-faith basis, investigate within 5 business days, and respond. EU customers may invoke Directive 2019/790 (Copyright in the Digital Single Market) Article 17 procedures where applicable.

11. Sample DMCA Notice template

To: [email protected] (or [email protected])
Subject: DMCA Notice

I am the copyright owner (or authorised representative of the owner) of:

[Describe the copyrighted work — e.g. "the photograph at https://example.com/my-photo.jpg" or "the article 'XYZ' published at https://example.com/blog/xyz on 2024-03-15"]

I have a good-faith belief that the following material on buyvotescontest.com infringes that copyright:

[List the specific URLs on buyvotescontest.com containing the allegedly infringing material]

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

My contact information:
- Full name: [your name]
- Postal address: [your address]
- Telephone: [your phone]
- Email: [your email]

Signature: [physical or typed electronic signature]
Date: [YYYY-MM-DD]

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