Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement

The Skin of Color Society (“SOCS”) will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from this site (the “Website”) infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Website by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), the written notice (each a “DMCA Notice”) must include the following information:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Your contact information (full name, mailing address, email address, and phone number).
• Identification of the copyrighted material that you claim has been infringed.
• Identification of the material on the Website you claim infringes your copyright in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the DMCA Notice is accurate.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Our designated copyright agent to receive DMCA Notices is:

Scott S. Fintzen
Gaido & Fintzen
320 Walnut Street
St. Charles, IL 60174
sfintzen@gaido-fintzen.com

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective. Please be aware that if you knowingly misrepresent that material or activity on the Website is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Counter Notification Procedures

If you believe material you posted to the Website was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter notification to SOCS (a “Counter Notice”) by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated above. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Your contact information (full name, mailing address, email address, and phone number).
• 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 disabled.
• A statement under perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
• A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside of the United States for any judicial district in which the Website is found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided SOCS with the complaint at issue.

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Repeat Infringers.

It is SOCS’s policy in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion to terminate access to the Website for users who may be repeat infringers of the copyrights of others.