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i. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
ii. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works on the Web Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
iii. Identification of the material on the Web Site 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 DLNP to locate the material.
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v. 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.
vi. 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 an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Please note that under Section 512(f)(1) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be subject to liability. Counter-Notification: If you are the owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the material, which was removed from the Web Site or disabled after DLNP received a copyright infringement notice, and you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material, you may ask that the material be restored by sending DLNP a counter-notification. Section 512(g) of the Copyright Act requires that your counter-notification include all of the following:
i. Your physical or electronic signature.
ii. 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 removed or access to it was disabled.
iii. 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.
iv. 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 located outside the United States, for any judicial district in which DLNP may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the copyright infringement notification or an agent of such person.

Please note that under Section 512(f)(2) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability. Written communications concerning copyright infringement or counter-notifications should be sent to DLNP?s Copyright Agent by:

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