thePokemon.Center operates under DMCA

 

1.Copyrights

1.1 When a person creates an original work that is fixed in a physical medium, that person automatically owns copyright to the work. Copyright ownership gives the owner the exclusive right to use the work in certain, specific ways. Many types of works are eligible for copyright protection, including audiovisual words, sound recordings and musical compositions, written works, visual works, video games and computer software, and dramatic works.

1.2 In some circumstances, it is possible to use a copyrighted work without infringing the owner’s copyright. For example, in the United States, copyrights are limited by the doctrine of “fair use,” which permits certain uses of copyrighted material, such as parody, satire, and social commentary.

1.3 thePokemon.Center accepts unsolicited designs from independent artists who are informed and have agreed to thePokemon.Center’s policies concerning the intellectual property rights of others. All designs selected by thePokemon.Center are new, original, and/or transformative works that may parody, satirize, or provide social commentary on other copyrighted works. thePokemon.Center and the selected designs make only fair use of the copyrighted works of others. thePokemon.Center respects the copyrights of others, and thePokemon.Center is not affiliated with the owners of the copyrights to which the selected designs may refer.

1.4 It is thePokemon.Center’s policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and other applicable laws. thePokemon.Center’s response may include removing or disabling access to a design claimed to be infringing. If thePokemon.Center removes or disables access in response to such a notice, thePokemon.Center will make a good-faith attempt to contact the independent artist who submitted the design to thePokemon.Center so that the artist may make a counter-notification pursuant to Section 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA.

1.5 Please refer to the following detailed instructions which must be followed to protect your rights under the DMCA. 

 

2.Instructions for Copyright Owners

2.1 thePokemon.Center will only respond to notifications that contain the following:

2.1.1 A description of the design that is claimed to be infringing and its URL on the thePokemon.Center website.

2.1.2 A complete description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works are claimed to have been infringed, a representative list of such works and descriptions thereof. The description should identify all related copyright registration numbers.

2.1.3 A statement providing the basis for the complaint.

2.1.4 The following contact information

2.1.4.1 The complaining party’s full legal name

2.1.4.2 The authorized agent’s full legal name (if applicable)

2.1.4.3 A postal address for contacting the complaining party

2.1.4.4 An e-mail address for contacting the complaining party

2.1.4.5 A phone number for contacting the complaining party

2.1.5 The following statements

2.1.5.1 “I 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.”

2.1.5.2 “This notification is accurate.”

2.1.5.3 “UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, I am the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed” or, if an authorized agent is submitting the notification, “UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”

2.1.5.4 “I acknowledge that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability for damages.”

2.1.6 A physical or electronic signature of the complaining party or the authorized agent thereof.

2.1.7 Your authority for submitting the notification (e.g., copyright owner, authorized agent of copyright owner)

2.2 The complaining party or authorized agent thereof should file the notification by contacting thePokemon.Center by email at DMCA@thePokemon.Center.

2.3 Upon receipt of a complete notification, thePokemon.Center will remove or disable access to the design that is claimed to be infringing from the thePokemon.Center website. The independent artist who submitted the design will be forwarded a copy of the notification and will be alerted that access to the design has been removed or disabled.

 

3.Instructions for Independent Artists

3.1 Any complaining party or authorized agent thereof following the procedures in Section 2 above can require thePokemon.Center to remove or disable access to copyrighted content. When thePokemon.Center receives a proper notification from a complaining party or authorized agent thereof, thePokemon.Center will immediately comply. This is a legal requirement; you will not receive advance warning and you will not be given an opportunity to “fix it” first.

3.2 If you are found to repeatedly submit infringing designs, your account will be suspended. Serious offenders will have their account deactivated and will be permanently banned from submitting designs. thePokemon.Center considers “three strikes” as an indication of being a serious offender. In addition, if you are found deliberately misrepresenting the copyrighted work of another as your own, your account will be immediately deactivated and you will be permanently banned from submitting designs.

3.3 If you are found to repeatedly submit infringing designs, your account will be suspended. Serious offenders will have their account deactivated and will be permanently banned from submitting designs. thePokemon.Center considers “three strikes” as an indication of being a serious offender. In addition, if you are found deliberately misrepresenting the copyrighted work of another as your own, your account will be immediately deactivated and you will be permanently banned from submitting designs.

3.4 thePokemon.Center will only respond to counter-notifications that contain the following:

3.4.1 A description of the design that is claimed to be infringing and its URL at the thePokemon.Center website before access to the design was removed or disabled.

3.4.2 A statement why the claim of copyright infringement should be rejected.

3.4.3 The following contact information

3.4.3.1 The responding party’s full legal name.

3.4.3.2 The authorized agent’s full legal name (if applicable).

3.4.3.3 A postal address for contacting the responding party.

3.4.3.4 An e-mail address for contacting the responding party.

3.4.3.5 A phone number for contacting the responding party.

3.4.4 The following statements

3.4.4.1 “UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, I 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.”

3.4.4.2 “UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, I 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.”

3.4.4.3 “I will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under Section 512(c)(1)(C) of the DMCA or the agent of such person.”

3.4.4.4 “I acknowledge that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability for damages.”

3.4.5 A physical or electronic signature of the responding party or authorized agent thereof.

3.4.6 Your authority for submitting the counter-notification (e.g., independent artist who submitted the design, authorized agent of independent artist who submitted the design)

3.5 The responding party or the authorized agent thereof should file the notification by contacting thePokemon.Center by email at DMCA@thePokemon.Center.

3.6 If thePokemon.Center receives your counter-notification, but your design does not comply with the thePokemon.Center Artist’s Agreement and/or the thePokemon.Center Terms of Use, thePokemon.Center may inform you that thePokemon.Center is not be able to reinstate your work. thePokemon.Center may also request further information from you in order to determine whether the work can be reinstated.

3.7 In many circumstances, thePokemon.Center will forward your counter-notification (including the contact information in Section 3.4.3) to the complaining party or authorized agent thereof. At that time the complaining party may take legal action against you in Federal District Court. If after 14 days the complaining party has not taken legal action against you, you may contact thePokemon.Center to request that thePokemon.Center reinstate your work. If your work otherwise complies with thePokemon.Center Artist’s Agreement and/or the thePokemon.Center Terms of Use, thePokemon.Center may reinstate your work at that time.

 

4.I’m an Artist and my work has been stolen!

4.1 Contact us at support@thePokemon.Center independent artists mean the world to us.