Last Updated: December 19, 2019
Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement
We take claims of copyright infringement seriously, and will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any content or materials accessible on or from this site (the “Website”) infringe your copyright ownership and interests, you may request removal of such content and materials (or access to them) from the Website by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below.
In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA”), the written notice (the “DMCA Notice”) must include substantially the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Website, a representative list of such works.
- Identification of the content or material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate such content or material.
- Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted content or material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Our designated copyright agent to receive DMCA Notices is:
Anthony Joseph
White Castle System, Inc.
555 Edgar Waldo Way
Columbus, OH 43215
614-228-5781
josepha@whitecastle.com
If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.
Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that content, material or activity on the Website is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.
Counter Notification Procedures
If you believe content or material you posted on the Website was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter notification with us (a “Counter Notice”) by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated above. A Counter Notice is a legal request for us to reinstate content or material that has been removed for alleged copyright infringement.
Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include substantially the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- An identification of the content or material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which such content or material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.
- Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
- A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the content or material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the content or material to be removed or disabled.
- A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the Website may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Website with the complaint at issue.
The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content or materials if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.
Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that content, material or activity on the Website was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.
Repeat Infringers
It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.
Other Considerations
You may want to send a message to the person who posted the allegedly infringing content or material before contacting us. You may be able to resolve the issue without our involvement. Be sure to consider whether fair use or a similar exception under copyright law applies before you submit a DMCA Notice or Counter Notice. A DMCA Notice should only be sent in by the copyright owner or an agent authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
If you choose to submit a DMCA Notice or Counter Notice, be advised that (1) you are initiating a legal process, (2) you have no right to have the DMCA Notice or Counter Notice kept confidential or private, and (3) your DMCA Notice or Counter Notice may be made public. Submitting a report of copyright infringement is a serious matter. We cannot provide you with legal advice, so you may want to speak with an attorney if you have more questions about copyright infringement or this Copyright Policy.