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The Digital
Millennium Copyright Act signed
into law on October 28, 1998,
amended the copyright law to
provide regulations for the
Internet. CDavis Enterprises is
committed to strictly apply this
new law as well as all other
applicable laws and regulations
in its everyday practice.
CDavis Enterprises strictly
prohibits any and all of the
following: copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret or other
intellectual property
infringement, including but not
limited to using any copyrighted
names, text or images, offering
pirated computer programs or
links to such programs, serial
or registration numbers for
software programs, copyrighted
music, etc.
All CDavis Enterprises clients
are hereby advised that they can
be held legally liable for the
content of their web pages and
may be held legally accountable
if their web pages include
material protected by copyright,
trademark, patent or trade
secret laws without the
permission of the owner.
CDavis Enterprises does not
routinely review the content of
customer's web pages. The
customer is solely responsible
for everything contained in
his/her web pages. CDavis
Enterprises will not verify,
endorse or otherwise control the
contents of any of customer's
web pages. Web page contents
must adhere to CDavis
Enterprises' Acceptable Use
Policy. All opinions and views
expressed on customer web sites
belong to the respective owner
and are NOT supported by CDavis
Enterprises.
By using CDavis Enterprises'
services, the customer agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless
CDavis Enterprises for any loss,
liability, claim, damage,
attorney's fees and other
expenses arising from or in
connection with the contents of
customer's web pages.
CDavis Enterprises shall not be
liable under any circumstances
for any special, consequential,
incidental or exemplary damages
arising out of or in any way
connected with CDavis
Enterprises services, including
but not limited to damages for
copyright infringements, lost
profits, loss of use, lost data,
loss of privacy, damages to
third party, even if CDavis
Enterprises has been advised of
the possibility of such damages.
The foregoing limitation of
liability shall apply whether
any claims based upon principles
of contract, warranty,
negligence or other sort, breach
of any statutory duty,
principles of indemnity or
contribution, the failure of any
limited or exclusive remedy to
achieve its essential purpose or
otherwise.
CDavis Enterprises reserves the
right to terminate the services
without compensation if it
believes in good faith that
there is a copyright
infringement. CDavis Enterprises
will make such decisions at its
sole discretion.
All complaints must provide all
the information requested by the
law, including the following:
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Contact
information.
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Statement
from the copyright holder or
its representative that in
good faith, the information
is believed to be
infringing.
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A
signature or equivalent from
the copyright holder.
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A list
identifying the works
potentially being infringed
upon
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Information about the
location of the infringing
material that the copyright
holder seeks to be
removed/blocked, with
sufficient details to allow
the removing/blocking.
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Statement
from the person complaining
that the information
supplied is accurate, and,
under penalty of perjury,
that the person complaining
is authorized to be making
the complaint.
If a complaint
is submitted to CDavis
Enterprises, a decision will be
made within 7 days whether there
is an obvious copyright
infringement. If this is the
case, CDavis Enterprises will
terminate the services (close
the account) in accordance with
the Acceptable Use Policy.
Customer will be notified by
e-mail about the complaint and
the termination action.
If there is no obvious copyright
infringement, the complaint will
be forwarded to the CDavis
Enterprises customer and CDavis
Enterprises will temporarily put
the customer's account on hold.
In this case the customer has
two options - to defend the case
or to give it up.
Defending the case. Customer
must pay $80 processing fee to
CDavis Enterprises and deposit
$5,000 retainer for CDavis
Enterprises' potential legal
expenses. Customer must provide
counter-notice in writing
containing:
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contact
information;
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statement
that the original complaint
is groundless and reasons
why;
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consent to
a jurisdiction in a federal
court;
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consent in
writing to pay the above
fees and to pay all legal
fees for CDavis Enterprises
(if any).
CDavis
Enterprises' agent will pass the
counter-notice to the copyright
holder. If both parties reach an
out of court resolution CDavis
Enterprises will act in
accordance with such resolution.
If a lawsuit is filed within 21
days the account will remain
on-hold until a judgment or
settlement is achieved. If no
lawsuit is filed within 21 days
from the date of the original
complaint, the account will be
re-activated. The $80 processing
fee is not refundable. Any
unused portion of the $5,000
retainer is refundable within 7
days from the resolution of the
case.
Giving up the case. This is the
default option. CDavis
Enterprises will close
customer's account if it doesn't
hear from the customer within 7
days from the notice or if the
customer fails to deposit the
appropriate fees. CDavis
Enterprises will notify both the
customer and the copyright owner
that the content subject to the
complaint has been removed
permanently from its servers.
*CDavis Enterprises will not
provide customer with any
compensation for down time or
termination of the account.
Prepaid accounts that are
terminated due to copyright
infringement will not be
reimbursed for the unused term
of service.
*CDavis Enterprises will keep a
log of all copyright
infringement complaints.
*CDavis Enterprises will deny
services unconditionally to
anyone who is considered as a
repeated offender of the
copyright laws.
*CDavis Enterprises will
collaborate with other Internet
Service Providers to the full
extent of the law in order to
reduce copyright infringement on
the Internet.
This policy does not replace the
Service Agreement or Acceptable
Use Policy which shall remain in
full force.
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