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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Bones Castle 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 can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website, Bones Castle will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Bones Castle service and/or website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to Bones Castle's Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

Filing a DMCA Infringement Notice

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 Infringement Notice and delivering it to Bones Castle's Designated Copyright Agent.

Upon receipt of the Notice as described below, Bones Castle will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the Site.

  1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice, you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
  2. Identify the material that you claim is 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 us to locate the material, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Site where such material may be found.
  3. Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, 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 full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your content, you may send a Counter-Notification containing the following information to Bones Castle's Designated Copyright Agent.

Upon receipt of a Counter-Notification, Bones Castle may send a copy of the Counter-Notification to the original complaining party informing that person that Bones Castle may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the Counter-Notification, at Bones Castle's sole discretion.

  • Identify the specific URLs or other unique identifying information of material that Bones Castle has removed or to which Bones Castle has disabled access.
  • Provide your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court in the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you are outside the U.S., in the Northern District of California), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
  • Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
  • Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

For all DMCA notices and counter-notifications, please refer to our Contact Us page for the appropriate contact details for our Designated Copyright Agent.