Copyright and DMCA

Designated agent

Notifications of claimed copyright infringement on the World Dance Foundation website or mobile app should be sent to our designated agent:

DMCA Agent — World Dancing Inc., d/b/a World Dance Foundation

8 The Green, #21175, Dover, DE 19901, United States

Email: info@worlddancefoundation.com

Telephone: 302-877-5770

This agent is registered with the United States Copyright Office in the DMCA Designated Agent Directory under registration number DMCA-1076359.

Sending a takedown notice

To be effective under Section 512(c)(3), a written notification must be sent to the agent above and must include substantially all of the following:

• a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
• identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of those works;
• identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — a direct link to the post or clip is the fastest route;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

What happens next

We act on complete notices expeditiously. In practice that means removing or disabling access to the material identified, notifying the member who posted it, and passing along a copy of the notice so they can respond if they believe it was mistaken.

Material about competitive dancing frequently contains recorded music playing in the venue. We do not claim any licence to that music. If you hold rights in a recording or composition captured in a member's clip, the process above is the right route and we will act on it.

Counter-notification

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the agent above. Under Section 512(g)(3) it must include your signature; identification of the material and where it appeared before removal; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; and your name, address, and telephone number, together with your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district in which you live, or, if outside the United States, the district in which we may be found.

If we receive a valid counter-notification we will forward it to the party who sent the original notice. Unless that party notifies us that they have filed an action seeking a court order, we may restore the material in ten to fourteen business days.

Repeat infringers

We keep a record of takedown notices we act on. Members who are the subject of repeated valid notices have their accounts terminated. This policy is a condition of the safe harbour we rely on, and we apply it.

Misrepresentation

Section 512(f) makes anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Please be certain before you send either kind of notice.