DMCA

Notes Online respects the intellectual property of others and expects visitors to do the same. Below you will find how to send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512) and what happens next.

Sending a takedown notice

A notice must be in writing and include the following six elements:

1. Your signature, physical or electronic, as the owner or as a person authorised to act for the owner.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed, or a representative list if one notice covers several works.
3. Identification of the material on notes-online.com that you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it, ideally the full address of each page.
4. How to reach you: your name, address, telephone number and email.
5. Your good-faith statement that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, an agent or the law.
6. A declaration that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner.

Where to send it

Notices should go to [email protected]; a subject line such as “DMCA notice” helps us find them quickly. We handle notices promptly, and if a notice is valid, the material is removed or access to it is disabled. A notice missing any of the elements above may not be actionable, so please check it carefully.

If your material was removed

If material you provided was removed and you believe this was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include:

• your signature, physical or electronic;
• a description of the removed material and the location where it appeared;
• your statement, under penalty of perjury, of a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification;
• your name, address and phone number, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the United States, of any judicial district where the service provider may be found), and your agreement to accept service of process from the person who filed the notice.

After a valid counter-notice, the material may be restored in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days, unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringement

In appropriate circumstances, anyone found to infringe copyright repeatedly will lose access to the site, even though notes-online.com has no user accounts.

Before you file

Be aware that 17 U.S.C. §512(f) makes a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents infringement, or a mistaken removal, liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. If you are unsure whether a use is infringing, for example because it may be fair use, consider seeking legal advice before you send a notice.

For anything other than copyright, please use our Contact page.