Copyright

Two things save everyone time:

• Check it is actually infringing. A convention listing your act, naming you, or describing your show is not copyright infringement. Neither is a factual listing of an event. If your complaint is that a profile about you is wrong or unwanted, the faster route is the removal process in our Privacy Policy.
• Consider asking first. Most of these are an organizer who grabbed a promo photo without thinking. A note to info@conventioncrasher.com usually gets it removed the same day without any formal process.

Also be aware that a formal notice is made under penalty of perjury. Misrepresenting infringement can make you liable for the other side's costs under 17 U.S.C. 512(f). We do read them properly.

Send the following to info@conventioncrasher.com, with "DMCA Notice" in the subject line. All six items are required by 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3), and a notice missing any of them may not be actionable.

1. Your physical or electronic signature. Typing your full name at the end of the email counts.
2. Identification of the work you say has been infringed. A link to the original, or a registration number, is ideal.
3. Identification of the material on our site, specific enough for us to find it. Please include the full page address. "A photo of mine is on your site somewhere" is not something we can act on.
4. Your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act for them.

We acknowledge notices within two business days and normally remove valid material within five. We will tell the person who posted it that it was removed, and pass on your notice, which will include your contact details. If that is a concern, a lawyer or agent can file on your behalf instead.

Notices go to:

Copyright Agent, Jafo Digital Magic LLC
7862 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy #126, Kissimmee, FL 34747
info@conventioncrasher.com

Email reaches us fastest. Postal notices are accepted at the address above, and will simply take longer.

Mistakes happen, and some notices are wrong. If your material was removed and you believe you had the right to post it, send a counter-notice to info@conventioncrasher.com containing:

1. Your signature, typed or electronic.
2. Identification of what was removed, and the page address where it used to appear.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith it was removed as a result of a mistake or a misidentification.
4. Your name, postal address and telephone number.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the district where you live, or, if you are outside the United States, the district where we are located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.

We pass your counter-notice to the original complainant. If they do not file a court action within 10 to 14 business days, we may restore the material. This waiting period is set by statute, not by us, so we cannot shorten it.

We terminate accounts that repeatedly infringe. In practice, a valid notice against an account is a strike, three strikes closes it, and a single blatant case of commercial copying can close it immediately. Strikes are removed if the underlying notice is withdrawn or successfully countered. Organizer accounts are held to the same standard as everyone else.

For trademark concerns, impersonation, or a listing that misuses your convention or brand name, write to info@conventioncrasher.com with the page address, the mark, and how it is being misused. That is not a DMCA matter, so the process above does not apply, but we handle it in much the same way.