Dominion Mandates: DMCA Takedown Policy
The Dominion Mandates website respects the intellectual property rights of others. We prohibit users from uploading content that infringes on the copyrights of others.
What is the DMCA?
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law that protects copyright owners from online infringement.
How to Report Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been uploaded to our website without your permission, you can submit a DMCA takedown notice. To be effective, your takedown notice must comply with the requirements of the DMCA. You can find more information about the DMCA and its requirements on the U.S. Copyright Office website: [https://www.copyright.gov/](https://www.copyright.gov/).
Your DMCA Takedown Notice Must Include the Following:
* A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive copyright 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, a telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
* 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 the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Submit Your DMCA Takedown Notice to:
*What Happens After I Submit a Takedown Notice?*
Upon receiving a compliant DMCA takedown notice, we will expeditiously remove the allegedly infringing material from our website. We will also attempt to notify the user who uploaded the content.
Counter-Notices:
If you believe that your content was removed in error, you can submit a counter-notice. A counter-notice should include the following information:
* 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 taken down.
* A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
* Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal 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 the service provider is located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the notification of alleged infringement.