DMCA Policy

"Mermaids That Are Beautiful" respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA"), 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 the "Mermaids That Are Beautiful" service and/or website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

This policy describes the information that should be present in a DMCA notice and counter-notice. It is designed to make submitting DMCA notifications straightforward while also reducing the number of fraudulent or difficult-to-understand notifications we receive.

Filing a DMCA Notice of 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 Site by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed: Provide a detailed description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing: Provide reasonably sufficient information to permit "Mermaids That Are Beautiful" to locate the material. This includes the URL(s) of the specific page(s) on the "Mermaids That Are Beautiful" Site where the alleged infringing material is located.
Contact Information: Your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
Statement of Good Faith Belief: A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
Statement Under Penalty of Perjury: A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Electronic or Physical Signature: Your physical or electronic signature (e.g., typing your full legal name).

Please send this information to our Designated Copyright Agent via the contact methods provided on our Contact Us page.

Filing a Counter-Notification

If you believe that material you posted on the Site was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us by providing our Designated Copyright Agent with the following information:

Identification of the Material: Identify 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 to it was disabled.
Statement Under Penalty of Perjury: 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 of the material to be removed or disabled.
Your Contact Information: Your name, address, and telephone number.
Consent to Jurisdiction: 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 "Mermaids That Are Beautiful" may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
Electronic or Physical Signature: Your physical or electronic signature (e.g., typing your full legal name).

Please send this information to our Designated Copyright Agent via the contact methods provided on our Contact Us page.