DMCA notice and counter-notice

Where to send a notice

Send copyright notices and counter-notices to dmca@thecraneboard.com. The items below follow 17 U.S.C. § 512.

Notice of claimed infringement

If you believe material on CraneBoard infringes a copyright you own, send a notice that includes all of the following, which track 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner.

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If many works are covered, a representative list.

Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with enough information for us to find it, including the listing URL.

Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.

A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or are authorized to act for the owner.

A complete notice may lead us to remove or disable the material. We may forward the notice, including your contact details, to the person who posted it.

Counter-notice

If your listing was removed because of a notice and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) that includes:

Your physical or electronic signature.

Identification of the material that was removed and the URL where it appeared before removal.

A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.

Your name, address, and telephone number, and 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 you are outside the United States, for any judicial district in which CraneBoard may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or that person's agent.

If the notice sender does not file a court action within the statutory period, CraneBoard may restore the material. Restoration is not required where the law does not require it.

Repeat infringers

Accounts that are the subject of repeated valid notices may be closed. A single report that does not meet the notice requirements may be treated as an ordinary listing report instead. Other listing rules are on the posting rules page.