Copyright Policy

GigBlast respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), GigBlast will respond promptly to any claims of copyright infringement reported on the GigBlast platform.

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been infringed upon and you want to notify GigBlast, please provide the following information to our designated Copyright Agent:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
  4. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address;
  5. A statement by you that you have 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; and
  6. 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.

GigBlast's designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement can be contacted at:

GigBlast
222 Purchase Street, #177, Rye, NY 10580
copyright@gigblast.com


Please note that the information provided in your notice may be forwarded to the user who posted the allegedly infringing content. If you are unsure whether the material you are reporting is in fact infringing, you may wish to contact an attorney before filing a notification with us.


Counter-Notification

If you believe that your material has been removed or access to it has been disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with GigBlast by providing the following information to our designated Copyright Agent:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature;
  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and 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 misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
  4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which GigBlast may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.


Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

GigBlast reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyrights or other intellectual property rights.