DMCA

Afro Beat Media Copyright Infringement Takedown Policy and instructions

The following statement with compliance details has been selected as Afro Beat Media option for handling copyright or content ownership infringements. This policy statement does not constitute or replace Afro Beat Media Terms of Use, Terms of Service, Terms and Conditions, Acceptable Use Agreement or any other terms referenced or published on this website or others owned by Afro Beat Media. Nor does this policy act as a replacement of the stipulations, condition and the site owner’s obligations under the copyright laws of the country in which the Afro Beat Media is registered.
Below is an edited version for brevity and ease of finding specific action instructions related to processing Copyright Infringement (DMCA) Takedowns for this specific website.

1. Afro Beat Media follows the process prescribed below to remove claimed content copyright infringement. Upon receipt of notice as prescribed below, Afro Beat Media will remove or request that a third party remove Content from the Afro Beat Media website that infringes the copyright of others and to the extent we are able to do so we will disable access to our Service by anyone who repeatedly infringes the intellectual property rights of others. Afro Beat Media processes claims of copyright infringement in accordance to the laws of the jurisdiction of the corporation related to Afro Beat Media as detailed within terms of use, terms of service, Acceptable Use Agreement or any other terms referenced or published on this website.
   Afro Beat Media will also process claims of copyright infringement upon receipt of written notification provided in the manner prescribed below or through the approved online application below. Afro Beat Media will:
   1. Act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the Content that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity; Forward the written notification to the alleged infringing party (defendant); and
   2. Take reasonable steps to promptly notify the Content provider that Afro Beat Media have removed or disabled access to the allegedly infringing Content.
2. If you believe that your work has been copied, adapted, reproduced, or exhibited on this website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or if you believe that your work has been rebroadcast, redistributed, re-streamed, encoded or transcoded or otherwise reproduced in a way that violates your intellectual property rights, and you would like Afro Beat Media to remove the allegedly infringing Content from the Afro Beat Media website you must provide written notice of the claimed infringing activity or complete the approved online application below. Your notice must include substantially the following information:
   1. An electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
   2. Identification of the copyrighted work (or works) that you claim has been infringed;
   3. A description of the material that you claim is infringing, and the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (for example, the URL of the page of the web site where it is lawfully posted; the name, edition and pages of a book from which an excerpt was copied, etc.);
   4. A clear description of where the infringing material is located on the web site and / or Afro Beat Media network, including as applicable its URL, so that Afro Beat Media can locate the material;
   5. Your name
   6. Your address
   7. Your telephone number
   8. Your e-mail address;
   9. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
   10. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

   NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR NOTIFYING Afro Beat Media, OUR DESIGNATED CONTACT OR AGENT THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. DO NOT SEND ANY INQUIRIES UNRELATED TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (E.G., REQUESTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR CUSTOMER SERVICE, REPORTS OR E-MAIL ABUSE, ETC.) TO THE CONTACT LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE IF SENT TO THAT CONTACT. WE CAUTION YOU THAT UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO HEAVY CIVIL PENALTIES. THESE INCLUDE MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS FEES INCURRED BY US, BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER’S LICENSEE THAT IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF OUR RELYING UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION. YOU MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.
   Afro Beat Media, or Afro Beat Media’s designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement is:
   [email protected]
   Attn: Legal Department

3. Counter Notification
   If you are a customer or Afro Beat Media website user who has received notice from us that your material has been removed following our receipt of a notice of claimed copyright infringement, and you are the owner of the allegedly infringing material or are otherwise authorized to use such material (including ‘fair use’), you may provide written counter notification to our designated agent listed above. Your counter notification must include substantially the following information:
   1. Your physical or electronic signature;
   2. Identification of the allegedly infringing material including the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
   3. 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 mis-identification;
   4. Your name
   5. Your address
   6. Your telephone number
   7. Your e-mail address;
   8. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the judicial district in which you are located, or of any judicial district in which Afro Beat Media does business, and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party or its agent.

   Upon receipt of written counter notification provided in the manner above, Afro Beat Media will:

   1. Promptly provide the person who provided the notification with a copy of the counter notification, and inform that person that the Afro Beat Media will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10 business days; and
   2. Replace the removed material and cease disabling access to it not less than 10, nor more than 14, business days following receipt of the counter notification, unless the Afro Beat Media designated agent first receives notice from the person who submitted the notification that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the Customer from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Afro Beat Media’s system or network.

   Please note: Afro Beat Media cannot and do not judge the merits of your claim (or counterclaim).
   Accordingly, Afro Beat Media will not remove, or disable access to, any allegedly infringing material, nor restore any material that has been so removed, except according to the procedure set forth herein.
   Afro Beat Media, or Afro Beat Media’s designated agent to receive notification of Counter claim Notification is:
   [email protected]
   Attn: Legal Department