DMCA Policy

Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), we have adopted a policy of responding to notices of alleged infringement that are properly provided to us. This policy describes the information that should be present in a notice of infringement and the procedures for submitting a counter-notification if your content is removed.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Infringement

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen, please notify our copyright agent as set forth below. For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information when providing notice of the claimed copyright infringement:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
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.
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 Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen to locate the material (e.g., URL(s)).
Information reasonably sufficient to permit Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.
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 law.
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 DMCA Counter-Notification

If your content was removed (or access to it disabled) as a result of a DMCA copyright infringement notice, and you believe that the content 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 containing the following information to our copyright agent:

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 a 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 Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of alleged infringement.

If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member, or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Gefiederter Haken Beim Fliegenfischen's sole discretion.

For any questions or to submit a DMCA notice, please visit our Contact Us page.