Shrimp Scampi (the "Website" or "Service") 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), we will respond promptly to notices of alleged copyright infringement that are properly provided to our designated Copyright Agent. This policy outlines the procedures for submitting notices and counter-notices concerning alleged copyright infringement on our platform.
Filing a DMCA Notice
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content hosted on Shrimp Scampi infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a DMCA notice to our designated Copyright Agent. Your notice must include substantially the following:
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright's interest.
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, including sufficient detail to locate the work (e.g., URL of the original work, title, ISBN, etc.).
- A description of the material that you claim is infringing and where it is located on Shrimp Scampi (e.g., URL of the infringing material).
- Your address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification
If you believe that your content, which was removed or disabled, 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, you may send a counter-notification to our Copyright Agent. Your counter-notification must contain 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 at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled (e.g., URL).
- 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, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in [Jurisdiction, e.g., the judicial district in which your address is located] and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of the alleged infringement.
Our Designated Copyright Agent can be reached via our Contact Page.