Copyright Notice | Franciscan Media

Copyright. You should assume that everything you see or read on the Website is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used without the written permission of Franciscan Media. Franciscan Media neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Website will not infringe the rights of third parties. Content, images, photographs, data, or illustrations displayed on the Website is either property of, or used with permission by, Franciscan Media. The use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Website. Any unauthorized use of any content, images, photographs, or illustrations may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

While we are not obligated to review User submitted materials for copyright or trademark infringement, we are committed to protecting copyrights and trademarks and expect users of our Website to do the same. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. It is Franciscan Media’s policy, in appropriate circumstances, to terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers or are repeatedly charged with infringement.

DMCA Take-Down Notice. If you believe in good faith that any material used or displayed on or through our Website infringes your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked.

The notice must include the following information:

(a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

(b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);

(c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the material on our Website;

(d) the name, address, telephone number and email address (if available) of the complaining party;

(e) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law (e.g., as a fair use); and

(f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

DMCA Counter-Notice. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see http://www.copyright.gov for details.

A counter notice must include all of the following information:

  • Your signature, which may be provided electronically by typing your name
  • Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled. For listings, please provide the listing URL to each item before it was removed or disabled
  • A statement made under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material
  • Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which you are located, or if your address is located outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Franciscan Media is located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification or an agent of such person

If you misrepresent that material is not infringing, you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees). If you are not sure whether or not the material is infringing, please contact an attorney before submitting a counter notice. Fraudulent or abusive counter notices or other misuse of Franciscan Media’s Terms and Conditions may result in account termination or other legal consequences.

DMCA notices and counter-notices regarding our Website, or notices concerning trademark use in personalized products we make or in our Website, should be sent to:

Franciscan Media
28 W. Liberty Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-6442
(513) 241-5615
info@franciscanmedia.org