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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy for Illinois Administrative Code 15C-16.003

Illinois Administrative Code 15C-16.003 ("IAC 15C-16.003") 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, IAC 15C-16.003 will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the IAC 15C-16.003 website and/or services (the "Service") if such claims are reported to IAC 15C-16.003's Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

This policy outlines the information that should be present in a notice of alleged copyright infringement and the information required for a counter-notification.

Filing a Notice of Copyright Infringement

If you are a copyright owner, or 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 via the Service, please notify IAC 15C-16.003's Designated Copyright Agent. For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information in writing:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  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 the service provider to locate the material (e.g., a URL of the infringing material).
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

Please note that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability for damages.

Filing a Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content that was removed or disabled by IAC 15C-16.003 is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your content, you may send a counter-notification to IAC 15C-16.003's Designated Copyright Agent. Your counter-notification must be in writing and include the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • 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 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 IAC 15C-16.003 may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of alleged infringement.

Please be aware that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability for damages.

Designated Copyright Agent Contact

All DMCA notices and counter-notifications should be sent to IAC 15C-16.003's Designated Copyright Agent:

[Insert Name/Title of Designated Agent Here]
[Insert Physical Address Here]
[Insert Phone Number Here]
Email: [Insert Email Address Here]

For general inquiries or to contact our support team regarding non-DMCA related issues, please visit our contact page.