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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

At 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break, we respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same. This DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) policy outlines the procedures for reporting alleged copyright infringement and for filing a counter-notification if your content has been removed in error.

We are committed to responding to valid notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the DMCA and other applicable laws. If you believe your copyrighted work has been infringed on our website, please follow the instructions below to submit a notice.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Infringement

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content hosted on 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a written notification pursuant to the DMCA. To be effective, the notification must include substantially the following:

  1. 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.
  2. 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 us to locate the material. Providing URLs is the best way to help us locate content quickly.
  3. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please send your DMCA notice to our designated Copyright Agent via the contact page.

Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that material you posted on 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you have the right to file a counter-notification. To be effective, your counter-notification must be a written communication provided to our designated Copyright Agent and must include substantially the following:

  • 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.
  • 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 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
  • Your physical or electronic signature.

Please send your DMCA counter-notification to our designated Copyright Agent via the contact page.