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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Highguard Avis Difficulté 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), we will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Highguard Avis Difficulté service or website if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent, identified below.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that material available on our site infringes upon your copyrighted work, please submit a written DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement to our Designated Copyright Agent (contact details provided below) with the following information:

  1. 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.
  2. 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 Highguard Avis Difficulté to locate the material (e.g., URL(s)).
  3. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Highguard Avis Difficulté to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  4. A statement 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.
  5. 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.
  6. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and take reasonable steps to notify the user who posted the material that we have removed or disabled access to it.

DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that your material has been removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a written Counter-Notification to our Designated Copyright Agent (contact details below) with the following information:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Your name, address, and telephone number.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Highguard Avis Difficulté may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notice or an agent of such person.
  • A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.

Upon receipt of a valid Counter-Notification, we will promptly forward a copy to the complaining party. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member, or user, the removed material may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the Counter-Notification, at Highguard Avis Difficulté's discretion.

Contact Us

Please send all DMCA Notices and Counter-Notifications to our Designated Copyright Agent via our contact page.