MIDPHASE DMCA & Copyright Procedure
Hi All!
I just got off the phone with the hosting provider for this guys website.
For anyone who finds their images stolen by this guy you can send the example letter below to their hosting provider.
The hosting provider is:
midPhase Services (Hosting Services, Inc)
164 N. Gateway Drive
Providence, UT 84332
USA
1-866-MIDPHASE (Toll Free Phone)
+1-435-787-7101 (International)
24 Hours per Day - 365 Days/Year
Please read the following on the procedure to take down your copyrighted images.
MIDPHASE DMCA & Copyright Procedure
NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT
Midphase respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Midphase may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Midphase's Copyright Agent the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
- a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- your address, telephone number, and email address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
Midphase's Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
c/o Hosting Services, Inc.
164 N. Gateway Drive
Providence, Utah 84332
By phone: 866-643-7427
By email:
abuse@midphase.com
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Begin Take Down Notice Letter
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Subject: Formal Notice of Copyright Infringement.
To whomsoever concerned,
As per the 17 USC 512(c)(3)(A) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), This communication serves as a DMCA takedown notice.
This is to formally notify that I am the copyright owner of the content (specify text or image) at the location originally created by me: (specify the location of the original content)
I am requesting the removal of the infringements observed at the website (Specify the location of the copied duplicate content).
I hereby request you to immediately issue a content removal message or take action to remove the allegedly infringed content at the above specified location.
I have good faith that the use of the copyrighted material notified here as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. Kindly send me a response to this request and the action take at the earliest.
(Include your contact information and signature here)
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Begin Take Down Notice Letter
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Hope this helps some of you out.
Peace,
~Troy