Copyright Policy

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT ("DMCA") POLICY

The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Technology (“CREATe”) has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). The address of CREATe’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement (“Designated Agent”) is listed at the end of this policy.

It is CREATe’s policy to disable access and remove links to content (including, without limitation, text, graphics, and photos) (collectively, “Content”) that we believe in good faith to be infringing on a copyrighted work. To the extent the CREATe.org website includes user accounts in the future, we will also disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who we believe in good faith are repeatedly infringing copyrighted works.

A. PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS:

We respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the DMCA and other applicable laws. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on our website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send to the Designated Agent a notice of copyright infringement under the DMCA containing the following information:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
2. Identification of the Content that you claim has infringed on the identified copyrighted work, including (a) a description of how the material in question is using the copyrighted work in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, and (b) a description of where the material in question is located, with sufficient detail that we may verify the existence of the material within the CREATe.org website;
3. Your contact information, including your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
4. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted materials is not authorized by the copyright holder, its agents, or the law;
5. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information provided in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright holder or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder; and
6. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder.

B. Once a compliant infringement notification is received by CREATe’s designated agent, it is our policy:

1. to remove or disable access to the allegedly-infringing Content;
2. to notify the user whose Content has been removed or disabled, if possible; and
3. to the extent the CREATe.org website includes user accounts in the future, to terminate the account of site users who are repeat infringers.

C. PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE A COUNTER-NOTICE TO THE DESIGNATED AGENT:

If you are the subject of a DMCA notice, you may provide a counter-notice to the Designated Agent identified below. If a counter-notice is provided, it must include the following information:

1. Identification of the Content that has been removed, including a description of the where the material in question appeared on the website before it was removed;
2. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the Content was removed or blocked as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the Content in question;
3. Your contact information, including full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
4. A statement by you that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which your address is located or, if your address is outside of the USA, for the judicial district in which CREATe is located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement;
5. Your electronic or physical signature.

If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, we may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that party that CREATe may replace the removed Content in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the individual or entity who posted the allegedly infringing content, the removed Content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at CREATe’s discretion.

Please contact CREATe’s Designated Agent at the following address:

Center for Responsible Enterprise And Technology
Attn: Michael Byrne
1401 Eye St., NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC  20005
Tel: 202-842-4701 x103
Fax: 202-842-4708
Email: info@create.org