CookOutRestaurantMenu.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our 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 our website that are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent.
1. Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement
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 website by delivering a formal DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement. Upon receipt of a valid notice, we will take whatever action, in our sole discretion, we deem appropriate, including removal of the challenged material from the website.
2. Requirements for a valid DMCA Takedown Notice
To be entirely valid and enforceable, your DMCA request must include the following specific information:
- Identification of the copyrighted work: Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice, you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
- Identification of the material: Identify the material that you claim is infringing (or to be the subject of infringing activity) and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and provide information reasonably sufficient to locate the material, including the specific exact URL(s) of the web pages where the allegedly infringing material is located.
- Your contact information: Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address where you can be contacted.
- A Statement of Good Faith: Include the following statement: “I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use).”
- A Statement of Perjury: Include the following statement: “I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed.”
- Your Signature: Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.
3. Submitting the DMCA Notice
Deliver the comprehensive DMCA Notice, containing all the information required above, to our Designated Copyright Agent via email at:
Please note that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements mentioned above, your DMCA Notice may not be valid and we may not be obligated to take down the material.
4. Counter-Notification Procedures
If you believe that material you posted on the site was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a Counter-Notification with us by submitting written notification to our Copyright Agent using the email address provided above. Under the DMCA, the Counter-Notification must include substantially the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- An identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location (URL) at which the material appeared before it was removed or access was disabled.
- Adequate contact info (including your name, address, telephone number, and email address).
- A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material.
5. Repeat Infringer Policy
In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, CookOutRestaurantMenu.com has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, users, contributors, or commenters who are deemed to be repeat infringers.