Grandparents.com takes protecting copyright seriously. If you believe that a photo, video, article or other posting on the site is being displayed in violation of your copyrights, please follow the steps below to submit a copyright infringement notice.

To file a copyright infringement notification with Grandparents.com, you will need to send a written communication that substantially conforms to the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the Copyright Act :

(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 at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

(iii) Identification of the material 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 the service provider to locate the material.

(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

(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.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent:

DMCA Complaints
Grandparents Acquisition Company, LLC.
24 Union Square East, 5TH Floor
New York, NY 10003
Fax: 646-654-6106
Email: copyright@grandparents.com

Grandparents.com will endeavor to ascertain the authenticity of the request, and upon verification, take down the infringing material.

Please note that under Section 512(f) any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to any resulting liability.

Counter-Notification

In order to ensure that copyright owners do not wrongly insist on the removal of materials that actually do not infringe their copyrights, the DMCA requires Grandparents.com to notify users if their materials have been removed and provide them with an opportunity to send a written notice stating that the material has been wrongly removed.

If you elect to send us such counter notice, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to our designated agent that substantially conforms to the requirements of Section 512(g)(3) of the Copyright Act :

(i) A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.

(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 the subscriber has 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) The subscriber’s name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriber’s address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under Section 512 (c)(1)(C) of the Copyright Act, or an agent of such person.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
Grandparents Acquisition Company, LLC.
24 Union Square East, 5TH Floor
New York, NY 10003
Fax: 646-654-6106
Email: copyright@grandparents.com

Under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

Please also be advised that we enforce a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of registered users who are repeat infringers.

If, upon receiving a proper Notice, Grandparents.com promptly removes or blocks access to the material identified in the notice as infringing, Grandparents.com shall be exempt from any monetary or other liability. Moreover, Grandparents.com shall not be liability to any person or entity for any claimed based on the material removed from the Site.

If a photograph, video or other representation of your likeness (or someone to whom you are a parent or legal guardian) is posted on the Site without your permission, please go to the page where you saw the photograph or video and click on the link that says Flag As Inappropriate and copy down the flag number provided. Then click here to report the unauthorized use of your image.

Last updated July 13, 2007

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