DMCA Notice and Takedown Policy
EatingOutLoud.com respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
How to File a DMCA Complaint
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe that any content hosted on EatingOutLoud.com infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- 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;
- 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 EatingOutLoud.com to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit EatingOutLoud.com 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;
- 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; and
- 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.
Counter-Notice
If you believe that your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notice with our Copyright Agent. The counter-notice must contain the following information:
- 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; and
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and 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 EatingOutLoud.com may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification or an agent of such person.
Repeat Infringers
EatingOutLoud.com reserves the right to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
Changes to this Policy
EatingOutLoud.com reserves the right to modify this DMCA policy at any time. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this DMCA policy, please contact us at dmca@eatingoutloud.com