DMCA notice
How to send Schmatz a copyright takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and how to send a counter-notice if you believe content was removed in error. We respect intellectual property and respond to valid notices.
Notice of claimed infringement
If you are a copyright owner (or authorized to act on behalf of one) and believe that material accessible on Schmatz infringes your copyrights, please send a written notice of claimed infringement to our designated agent. Per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must include:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed, including the specific URL on Schmatz where the material appears
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you: address, telephone number, and email address
- A statement that you have 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
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
Designated agent
Notices should be sent to our designated DMCA agent. Until a formal agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, please email [email protected] and mark your message "DMCA NOTICE" in the subject line.
The U.S. Copyright Office maintains the public directory of designated agents at copyright.gov/dmca-directory. Schmatz will appear in this directory once registered.
Counter-notice
If you believe content you have submitted to Schmatz was removed or disabled in error or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notice that includes:
- Your physical or electronic signature
- Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or 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
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the United States federal court for the judicial district in which the address is located (or, if outside the United States, the Western District of Washington), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of claimed infringement or an agent of that person
Send the counter-notice through the same channel as the original notice, marked "DMCA COUNTER-NOTICE" in the subject line.
Repeat infringers
It is our policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers of copyrights, consistent with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i).
False notices
Please note that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner's authorized licensee, or by the service provider injured by such misrepresentation.