Industry Dive (“Industry Dive”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects others to do the same. Accordingly, and pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512 (the “DMCA”), Industry Dive (also identified herein as “we” or “us”) has adopted the following policy. If you (with end users, claimants, or visitors identified herein as “You”) believe that any materials made accessible by Industry Dive have been used or copied in a way that infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, You may request removal of those materials from Industry Dive by providing us with the following information:
FAILURE TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY SPECIFIC URLS WHERE CONTENT MAY BE FOUND, WILL RESULT IN A DELAY IN THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DMCA NOTIFICATION AND MAY RESULT IN YOU HAVING TO REPEAT SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE PROCESS. INDUSTRY DIVE WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIVE ACTION TO REMOVE CONTENT UNTIL ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION IS PROVIDED.
If Industry Dive receives proper notification of claimed copyright infringement, it will respond expeditiously by removing, or disabling access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing, as described below, or to be the subject of infringing activity. Industry Dive will also comply with the appropriate provisions of the DMCA in the event a counter-notification is received, as further described below. In addition, Industry Dive may, at its discretion, deny access to its site by disablement and/or termination of accounts.
Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be delivered as follows, by email, fax or standard mail:
Sean Griffey
1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-331-2480
Fax: 888-987-3483
Email: [email protected]
Upon receipt of proper notification of claimed infringement, Industry Dive will follow the procedures outlined herein.
If content You posted on the site was removed due to a claim(s) of copyright or intellectual property infringement and You would like to dispute that removal, the process for counter-notifications is governed by Section 512(g) of the DMCA:
To expedite our ability to process your counter-notification, please use the following format (including section numbers):
Sean Griffey
1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-331-2480
Fax: 888-987-3483
Email: [email protected]
After we receive your counter-notification, we will forward it to the party who submitted the original claim of copyright infringement. Please note that when we forward the counter-notification, it may include any of your identifying information set forth in the counter-notification. By submitting a counter-notification, You therefore consent to having such identifying information revealed in this way.
After we send out the counter-notification, the claimant must then notify us within ten (10) days that he or she has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain You from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the site. If we receive such notification, we will be unable to restore the items. If we do not receive such notification, we may, but are not obligated to, reinstate the disputed item(s).
If You reside outside of the United States, please understand that filing a counter-notice may lead to legal proceedings between You and the complaining party to determine ownership. Therefore, please be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country and/or the United States of America if You make a false or bad faith allegation by using this process. Please also be advised that we enforce a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of users who are infringers. So, if You are not sure whether content You posted on the site is being infringed, or are otherwise unsure of whether to file a counter-notification using these procedures, we recommend You first contact a lawyer knowledgeable in the laws of the United States and the District of Columbia. If You do wish to file a counter-notice, You should follow the process set forth above under the heading “Elements of Counter-Notification.”