Intellectual Property Policy
Last Updated
September 8, 2010
AUDIOPRESS
Intellectual Property
Policy
This Intellectual Property Policy is
incorporated into, and made a part of, the AudioPress, Inc. Terms of
Use (“Terms”) (available at http://www.audiopress.net/
AudioPress respects the intellectual
property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. AudioPress
has no responsibility for content on other web sites that you may find
or access while using the AudioPress Service (as defined in the Terms).
Material available on or through other web sites may be protected by
copyright and the intellectual property laws of the United States and/or
other countries. The terms of use of those web sites and applicable
intellectual property laws, and not the Terms, govern your use of that
material.
- Copyrights.
All of the AudioPress Content, including any content, visual interfaces,
features, information, graphics, design, compilation, computer code,
software, products, and all other elements offered by AudioPress through
the AudioPress Service is protected by copyright and other intellectual
property laws. The AudioPress Content is owned by AudioPress and/or
its affiliates or other third parties. You may not reproduce, sell,
publish, distribute, modify, display, repost or otherwise use any portion
of the AudioPress Content in any other way or for any other purpose
without the written consent of AudioPress.
- Trademarks.
All trademarks, service marks, and trade names used on websites owned
or operated by AudioPress are proprietary to AudioPress, its affiliates,
and/or third parties. No rights to in any trademark or service mark
are granted or implied, and all rights not expressly granted to you
are reserved by the respective rights holder.
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM
COPYRIGHT ACT COMPLIANCE
- General. AudioPress respects the rights of copyright owners and expects its users to do the same. Therefore, as required by the Terms, infringing content may not be submitted to the AudioPress Service or used in, whole or in part, in any User Content.
- User Content. It is AudioPress’s policy that if a user uploads User Content that contains any copyrighted work, then that user must be the owner of such works or have all required rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to use such works on the AudioPress Service and also grant the rights to any third parties, including AudioPress and any other users, contained in these Terms. Violation of this requirement may be grounds for removal of the User Content, termination of the user’s account, and any other remedy AudioPress may have against the user.
- Copyright Owner Rights. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe any content submitted to and hosted on the AudioPress Service infringes your copyrights, then you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing AudioPress’ Designated Copyright Agent with the following information in writing:
(i) a physical or electronic signature
of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive
right that is allegedly infringed;
(ii) identification of the copyrighted
work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works
on the AudioPress Service are covered by a single notification, a representative
list of such works on the AudioPress Service;
(iii) 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 AudioPress to locate
the material;
(iv) information reasonably sufficient
to permit AudioPress to contact the complaining party, such as an address,
telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which
the complaining party may be contacted;
(v) 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 (for example, “I am under the good faith belief that the use
of the copyrighted content that is identified herein is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”); and
(vi) 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 (for example, “I swear,
under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification
is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act
on behalf of the copyright owner, of the copyright(s) that is/are allegedly
infringed by the aforementioned content.”).
Please consult your legal counsel (or
see 17 U.S.C. § 512) to confirm these requirements and your compliance
therewith. It is AudioPress’ policy to respond to notices of
alleged infringement that comply with the DMCA. In addition, AudioPress
will promptly terminate without notice the accounts of Users that are
determined by AudioPress to be “repeat infringers.” If AudioPress
receives more than three takedown notices regarding a User’s User
Content, then that User will be considered a repeat infringer and their
account will be terminated.
- Designated Agent. AudioPress’ Designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications and counter-notifications of claimed infringement can be reached as follows: Attention: Copyright Agent, AudioPress Inc., AudioPress, Inc., 121 2nd St #200, San Francisco, California 94105 or by electronic mail at copyright@AudioPress.net. For clarity, only DMCA notices should go to the Designated Copyright Agent. Any other feedback, comments, requests for technical support or other communications should be directed to AudioPress customer service through info@AudioPress.net. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your DMCA notice may not be valid. Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.