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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery ("we", "us", or "our") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), the text of which can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery 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

To file a DMCA notice of infringement with Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery, you must provide a written communication that includes substantially the following:

  1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed. This includes a description of the work and, where possible, a copy or the location (e.g., a URL) of an authorized version of the work.
  2. Identify the material on our Site that you claim is infringing, with enough detail so that we may locate it. This includes the specific URL(s) where the infringing material is located on Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery.
  3. Provide your contact information including your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  4. Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice:
    • "I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."
    • "I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."
  5. Provide your electronic or physical signature (typing your full legal name is sufficient for an electronic signature).

Send this Notice of Alleged Infringement via our Contact Form. Please ensure the subject line clearly indicates "DMCA Notice" to expedite processing.

DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that the material you posted on the Site was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a Counter-Notification with us by submitting a written notification to our Designated Copyright Agent.

Your Counter-Notification must include substantially the following:

  • Identify the specific URLs or other unique identifying information of material that Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery has removed or to which Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery has disabled access.
  • Provide your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  • Include both of the following statements in the body of the Counter-Notification:
    • "I hereby state under penalty of perjury that I have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
    • "I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located, or if my address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Pertaining To The Art Of Pottery may be found, and I will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of copyright infringement or an agent of such person."
  • Provide your electronic or physical signature (typing your full legal name is sufficient for an electronic signature).

Send this Counter-Notification via our Contact Form. Please ensure the subject line clearly indicates "DMCA Counter-Notification" to expedite processing.

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, shall be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner's authorized licensee, or by a service provider, who is injured by such misrepresentation.

All notices and counter-notices should be sent through our Contact Form.