Pluripo

DMCA Policy

NEEDS LEGAL REVIEW. This is a starter draft. Do not treat as final until a qualified attorney has reviewed it.

Pluripo respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. This policy explains how to notify us of allegedly infringing material and how we respond to such notices, in accordance with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).

1. Filing an infringement notice

If you are the owner (or authorized to act on behalf of the owner) of a copyrighted work and believe that material accessible through Pluripo infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent at dmca@pluripo.com. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), the notice must include all of the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple works on Pluripo are covered by a single notice, a representative list).
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you — at minimum, an address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have 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.
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notices that omit any of these elements may be ineffective, and we may not act on them.

2. Filing a counter-notice

If you believe that material you submitted to Pluripo was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notice with our designated agent at dmca@pluripo.com. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g), the counter-notice must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled and the location at which it appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  3. 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.
  4. Your name, address, and telephone number.
  5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, the judicial district in which Pluripo may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or an agent of that person.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complainant and may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless we receive notice that the complainant has filed a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement.

3. Repeat-infringer policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), accounts that are the subject of repeated valid infringement notices will be terminated. Pluripo determines what constitutes a repeat infringer in its reasonable discretion, taking into account the totality of the circumstances.

4. Designated agent

STARTER PLACEHOLDER. The operator must register a DMCA designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office (approximately $6 every three years) at https://www.copyright.gov/dmca-directory/ and replace the placeholder below with the registered agent’s name and address. Until registration is complete and reflected here, the statutory safe-harbor protections of § 512 are not available to Pluripo.

Designated Agent: [NAME]
Address:          [STREET]
                  [CITY, STATE, ZIP]
                  [COUNTRY]
Email:            dmca@pluripo.com
Phone:            [PHONE]

5. Misuse

Knowingly submitting a materially false notice or counter-notice may subject you to liability for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). If you are unsure whether material is infringing, consult an attorney before filing a notice.