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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

How To Steam Broccoli In The Microwave ("the Site") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the How To Steam Broccoli In The Microwave service and/or website (the "Service") if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

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 Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.

Filing a Notice of Alleged Infringement (DMCA Takedown Request)

If you believe that any content hosted on How To Steam Broccoli In The Microwave infringes your copyrighted work, please send a notification of claimed infringement to our Designated Copyright Agent using the process outlined below. Your notice must comply with the DMCA. The quickest and most effective way to report infringement is to provide the following information:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed: A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
  2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing: 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 (e.g., a URL to the specific page or post).
  3. Your contact information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  4. A statement of good faith belief: 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 of accuracy and authority: 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. Your physical or electronic signature: 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.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA Notice, we will process the request and remove or disable access to the infringing material. We will also notify the user who posted the allegedly infringing content of the claim.

Counter-Notification Procedure

If you believe that your content was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you have the right to submit a counter-notification. This can be done by providing our Designated Copyright Agent with a written communication that includes substantially the following information:

  • Identification of the removed material: 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 (e.g., the specific URL).
  • A statement under penalty of perjury: 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 contact information: Your name, address, and telephone number.
  • A statement of consent to jurisdiction: 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 How To Steam Broccoli In The Microwave may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.
  • Your physical or electronic signature: Your physical or electronic signature.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will forward a copy of it to the original complaining party. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member, or user, the removed material may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notification.

Please use our Contact Us page for all DMCA notices and counter-notices.