[Insert address and email]

Dear [insert name of registered agent or “Registered Agent”]:

This communication serves as official notice of copyright infringement on the [PROVIDE FULL URL OF WEBSITE] pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”) 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) (3).

1.  I represent that I, [name of faculty member], am the exclusive rights holder of the following copyrighted material that is posted without authorization on your website:

Option 1: When one URL covers multiple works, you may provide that single URL and identify representative documents. Use this sentence: “Because there are multiple infringements of copyrighted works at a single URL on your site, I am required to provide only a representative list of the infringed works (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (ii), (iii)): [Insert URL and then a list of representative documents.]”

Option 2: If the documents are at separate URLs, you need to provide the URL for each individual document that is infringed. Use this sentence: “The works claimed to be infringed are located at the following URLs (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (ii), (iii)): [Insert URL and description; Insert URL and description; Insert URL and description.]”

2.  Please be advised that upon receipt of notice, you, as the designated agent of [insert name of company], must respond expeditiously to remove or disable access to the materials identified above as being the subject of infringement.

3.  I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable belief that my rights as the exclusive rights holder are being infringed (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (v)).

4.  Under penalty of perjury I certify that the information contained in the notification is both true and accurate and that I am the owner of the copyrighted material identified above

(§ 512(c)(3)(A) (vi)) .

5.  Should you wish to discuss this with me please contact me directly at the following address/email (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (iv)):

Name:

Mailing address:

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Telephone:
E-mail:

I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.

6.  Insert electronic signature in this form (§ 512(c) (3) (A) (iv))

[insert your name]