DMCA and copyright

We respect copyright and respond to properly made notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If material on celebsdigest.cominfringes a copyright you own or are authorised to act for, send us a notice using the process below and we will act on it.

Where to send a notice

Send notices to our designated agent through the form on our contact page. Say “DMCA notice” in the first line so it is routed correctly.

Notices sent any other way may be delayed.

What a valid notice must contain

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must be a written communication that includes substantially the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple works at this site are covered by a single notice, a representative list of them.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed, with enough information to let us locate it. A direct URL to the page and a description of the specific photograph or passage is the most useful form of this.
• Information reasonably sufficient to let us contact you: your address, telephone number and, if available, an email address.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

A notice missing these elements may not be effective, and we may come back to you for the missing parts before we can act.

What we do when we receive one

We review the notice, and where it is valid we remove or disable access to the material identified, usually within a few business days. We will make a reasonable attempt to notify whoever supplied the material where that is possible.

Counter-notification

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the same agent. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) it must include your signature, identification of the material and where it appeared before removal, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, and your name, address and telephone number together with a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the United States, for any district in which we may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the party who filed the original notice.

Repeat infringers

We terminate access for repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

Misrepresentation

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages. Please be sure before you send a notice.

Not a copyright matter?

If your concern is that something is inaccurate, or that a profile should not be published, that is not a copyright question and the DMCA process is not the right route. Use our contact page instead and we will look at it.