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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Grilled Pork Chops respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, Grilled Pork Chops will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Grilled Pork Chops service and/or website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Site by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA Notice, Grilled Pork Chops will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing content. To be effective, a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement must be a written communication provided to our Designated Copyright Agent that includes substantially the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 Grilled Pork Chops to locate the material.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Grilled Pork Chops to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. 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 the law.
  6. 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.

Our Designated Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached via our contact page.

Counter-Notification Procedures

If you believe that the material you posted on the Site was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a Counter-Notification with Grilled Pork Chops by sending a written communication that includes substantially the following:

  • 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 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 Grilled Pork Chops may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.

Upon receipt of a valid Counter-Notification, Grilled Pork Chops will promptly provide the complaining party with a copy of the Counter-Notification and inform them that Grilled Pork Chops will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10 business days. Grilled Pork Chops will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10 to 14 business days following receipt of the Counter-Notification, unless our Designated Copyright Agent first receives notice from the person who submitted the original DMCA Notice that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our Site.

For any questions regarding this DMCA Policy, please reach out to us through our contact page.