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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Laugh For The Cure ("we," "us," or "our") 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 may 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 Laugh For The Cure website (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 DMCA notice, how to submit it, and what happens next.

Filing a Copyright Infringement Notification (DMCA Notice)

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Site by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.

  1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notification, you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
  2. Identify the material that you claim is 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 us to locate the material, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Site where such material may be found.
  3. Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
  4. Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice:
    • "I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."
    • "I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."
  5. Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA Notice, we will remove or disable access to the infringing material and take reasonable steps to notify the user who posted the material that we have removed or disabled access to it.

Filing a Counter-Notification

If you believe that your material has been removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us by submitting a written notification to our Designated Copyright Agent. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include substantially the following:

  • Identify the specific URLs or other unique identifying information of material that Laugh For The Cure has removed or to which Laugh For The Cure has disabled access and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  • Provide your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  • State 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 Laugh For The Cure may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the initial DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
  • Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
  • Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will promptly forward a copy to the complaining party. If the complaining party does not notify us within ten business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our Site, we may reinstate the removed material or cease disabling access to it.

Designated Copyright Agent

Please send all DMCA Notices and Counter-Notifications to our Designated Copyright Agent via our Contact Us page, clearly marking your message as "DMCA Notice" or "DMCA Counter-Notification."