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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

"Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" 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 (DMCA), the text of which can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" website or services (the "Site") if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

This policy describes the information that should be present in a notice of alleged copyright infringement, how "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" will respond to such notices, and what options you have if your content has been removed due to a DMCA notice.

Filing a Notice of Copyright Infringement

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible on the "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" Site, please send a written DMCA Notice to our Designated Copyright Agent with the following information:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" to locate the material (e.g., URL(s)).
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail 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 notification 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.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" will expeditiously remove or disable access to the infringing material. We will also notify the alleged infringer of the claim and their option to file a counter-notification.

Filing a Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may send a Counter-Notification to our Designated Copyright Agent. Your Counter-Notification must include the following information:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location (e.g., URL(s)) at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
  • 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 of the material to be removed or disabled.
  • Your name, address, and telephone number.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.

Upon receipt of a valid Counter-Notification, "Southern Cooking Served Up In 17" may restore the removed material in 10-14 business days unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order to restrain the subscriber from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our system.

For any questions or to submit a DMCA notice or counter-notification, please contact us.