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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notices
CivicPlus respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. CivicPlus may, in its sole discretion, suspend the access or terminate the accounts of users who violate others' intellectual property rights.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes infringement on CivicPlus's website, please provide the following information to CivicPlus's Copyright Agent.
Contact CivicPlus
The CivicPlus Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on or relating to CivicPlus's website ("Notifications") can be reached either by sending an email to CivicPlus's Copyright Agent or by sending a letter via the United States Postal Service (USPS) to:
CivicPlus, LLC
302 S 4th Street, STE 500
Manhattan, KS 66502
Attn: DMCA Notice
Submission of Notification
To be effective, the Notification must include the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed ("Complaining Party");
- 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 CivicPlus to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit CivicPlus 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; and
- 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.
Receipt of Notification
Upon receipt of the written Notification containing the information as outlined in Submission of Notification items 1 through 6:
- CivicPlus will remove or disable access to the material that is alleged to be infringing;
- CivicPlus will forward the written notification to such alleged infringer (the "Alleged Infringer");
- CivicPlus will take reasonable steps to promptly notify the Alleged Infringer that it has removed or disabled access to the material.
Counter Notification
An Alleged Infringer may submit a Counter Notification to contest the claim of alleged infringement. To be effective, a Counter Notification must be a written communication provided to CivicPlus's Copyright Agent that includes substantially the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the Alleged Infringer;
- 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 the Alleged Infringer has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;
- The Alleged Infringer's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the Alleged Infringer consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the Alleged Infringer's address is located, or if the Alleged Infringer's address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which CivicPlus may be found, and that the Alleged Infringer will accept service of process from the person who provided notification or an agent of such person.
Receipt of Counter Notification
Upon receipt of a Counter Notification containing the information as outlined in Counter Notification items 1 through 4, listed previously:
- CivicPlus will promptly provide the Complaining Party with a copy of the Counter Notification;
- CivicPlus will inform the Complaining Party that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it within 10 business days;
- CivicPlus will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the material within 10 to 14 business days following receipt of the Counter Notification, provided CivicPlus's Copyright Agent has not received notice from the Complaining Party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain Alleged Infringer from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on CivicPlus's network or system.
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