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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Star Children respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. This Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Policy outlines the procedures for reporting alleged copyright infringement and for submitting counter-notifications regarding material removed due to a copyright infringement claim.

It is our policy to respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the DMCA. If we receive a valid DMCA notice, we will promptly remove or disable access to the infringing material and take appropriate action against the alleged infringer.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe that any content hosted on Star Children infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our designated Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3) for further detail):

  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 Star Children to locate the material.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Star Children to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, Star Children will:

  • Remove or disable access to the infringing material.
  • Notify the content provider, member or user that it has removed or disabled access to the material.
  • Terminate repeat infringers' access to the service.

Counter-Notification Procedures

If you believe that your material has been removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with our designated Copyright Agent by providing the following information (see 17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3) for further detail):

  • 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 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 Star Children may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, Star Children will:

  • Provide the complaining party with a copy of the counter-notification.
  • Inform the complaining party that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10 business days.
  • Replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the material in 10 to 14 business days following receipt of the counter-notice, provided our designated agent has not received notice from the complaining party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain the content provider, member or user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on our system.

Contact Us

For all DMCA inquiries, including the submission of notices and counter-notifications, please contact our designated Copyright Agent via our Contact Us page.