DMCA Policy

Gemeente Ouder Amstel respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), we have adopted a policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the DMCA and other applicable laws. This policy describes the information that should be present in a DMCA takedown notice and a counter-notification.

Filing a DMCA Takedown Notice

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible on the Gemeente Ouder Amstel website, you may notify our designated copyright agent, as set forth below. For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information when providing notice of the claimed copyright infringement:

A physical or electronic signature of 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 the service provider to locate the material.
Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address.
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.
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.

Upon receipt of a valid notice, Gemeente Ouder Amstel will take down the infringing content and notify the alleged infringer.

Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with our Designated Agent. To be effective, a counter-notification must be a written communication that includes substantially the following:

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.
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 Gemeente Ouder Amstel may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification of infringement.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, Gemeente Ouder Amstel will forward it to the original complaining party. If the complaining party does not file a court action within 10-14 business days, we may restore the removed material.

Contact Our Designated Agent

Please note that for your notice to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide all the required information. Misrepresentations of copyright infringement may result in liability for damages under the DMCA.

For any inquiries regarding this DMCA Policy or to submit a notice or counter-notification, please contact us through our contact page.