Infringement policy
Version Date: February 20th 2013
EPhost, Inc. ("EPhost") is committed to compliance with copyright law and expects all customers and visitors to do the same. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") provides recourse for owners of copyrighted material who believe that their rights under U.S. copyright law have been infringed by means of the Internet. Under the DMCA, copyright owners may notify the designated agent of an Internet service provider about any alleged infringement of their protected works, as appearing on web pages controlled or operated by the service provider.
Upon receipt of a properly delivered notification satisfying the requirements of the DMCA, EPhost will, in its discretion, (1) take down the allegedly infringing material or disable access to it or disable the entire site where the allegedly infringing material is posted or (2) allow the applicable customer 24 hours after notice from EPhost to remove the subject material, in a manner satisfactory to the complaining party, prior to EPhost taking down the allegedly infringing material or disabling access to it or disabling the site. If the customer who posted the content believes in good faith that the take down or disabling would be or was improper under the DMCA, the customer may submit a counter-notification to EPhost. If the counter-notification is presented in accordance with the requirements of the DMCA, EPhost will post the disputed content again or re-enable access to it. In all events, EPhost will not be a party to any dispute between third parties over alleged copyright infringement and will not seek to make an independent determination as to the validity of any claim that is the subject of any DMCA notification.
EPhost is providing the following information to you for informational purposes only. This information should not be construed as legal advice. If you believe that your rights have been violated and to help you understand your legal rights, you may wish to seek legal counsel.
1. Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement
If you believe that content on a website hosted by EPhost or otherwise made available via EPhost is violating your rights under U.S. copyright law, you may send your DMCA notice to EPhost's designated agent in the manner described below.
By Mail: EPhost, Inc. 5858 Dryden Place, Suite 209, Carlsbad, CA 92008
By Telephone: 858-433-2818 x101
By Fax: 858-257-3606
By Email: support@ephost.com
For your notification to be considered sufficient under the DMCA, it must contain all of the following:
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly being 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 those works.
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 to which access is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit EPhost to locate the material.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit EPhost to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an email address.
5. 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 applicable law.
6. 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.
For more details on the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3).
You should be aware that, under the DMCA, making a misrepresentation in a DMCA notification concerning copyright infringement may make the notifying party liable for any damages, including costs and attorney's fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner, by the copyright owner's authorized licensee or by EPhost.
2. Counter-Notification
If your content has been removed or access to your content has been disabled as a result of a notice of copyright infringement, you may file a counter-notification with EPhost's designated agent at the address listed above. Your counter-notification must contain all of the following:
1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location where the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
3. 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.
4. 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 the address is located (or, if your address is outside of the United States, a statement that you so consent as to any judicial district in which EPhost may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person, or an agent of the person, who provided the notification.
If EPhost receives a valid counter-notification, the DMCA provides that the removed material will be restored, or access re-enabled ten to fourteen business days following receipt of the counter-notification.
You should be aware that, under the DMCA, making a misrepresentation in a DMCA counter-notification concerning copyright infringement may make the notifying party liable for any damages, including costs and attorney's fees, incurred by any copyright owner, by the copyright owner's authorized licensee or by EPhost.
In addition to the rights and procedures set forth in the DMCA, EPhost reserves the right to terminate or suspend accounts of its members known to EPhost to be repeat infringers of copyrights, and has established a policy to do so.