DMCA Takedown Policy

Overview

Metzger Writes LLC ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of our website, metzgerwrites.com, to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using our site if such claims are reported to our designated copyright agent.

Filing a DMCA Takedown Notice

If you believe that material available on our site infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notification to our designated copyright agent. To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the site (e.g., a URL).
4. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have 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.
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Designated Copyright Agent

Counter-Notification

If you believe that material you posted was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification to our copyright agent. A valid counter-notification must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
3. 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.
4. 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 your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the Company may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

Repeat Infringers

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Metzger Writes LLC has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. We may also, at our sole discretion, limit access to our site and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.