Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Agent

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Pub. L. 105-304, Landmark College has designated the agent named below to receive notification of alleged copyright infringement occurring in the landmark.edu domain. If you believe that your copyrighted work is being infringed, notify our designated agent specified below. Please note, this agent is for reporting of copyright infringement and is not the correct person to answer requests for copyright permission.

DMCA Agent Contact Information

• Kirt J. Sorensen, Manager of Network Services, Designated Agent
  PO Box 820
  River Road South
  Putney, Vermont 05346
  
  Phone: 802.387.1655
  Fax: 802.387.6864
  Email: dmca_agent@landmark.edu

How to Report Claims of Infringement

DMCA Section 512 (c) (3) (A) requires the following of notices alleging copyright infringement:

ELEMENTS OF NOTIFICATION. To be effective under this subsection, a notification of claimed infringement must be a written communication provided to the designated agent of a service provider that includes substantially the following:

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

[As an electronic signature, our agent accepts facsimile/fax and digitized image of your signature attached to electronic mail.]

(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

(iii) 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 the service provider to locate the material.

[Please include a URL such as http://... or ftp://... identifying the material or representative material. If possible specify any IDs, passwords, or other authorization required to access the material. Please specify date, time, and time zone from which the material was observed. Technicians may require time information in order to identify dynamically assigned internet locations.]

(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

(v) 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.

(vi) 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 Section 512 (d) (3) requires similar information for notices requesting removal of links or other references to infringing materials.

Sample Letter for Copyright Owner or Representative

Supply the required information listed below. Email this claim with your digitized signature attached to Kirt Sorensen, the designated DMCA agent whose contact information is listed above. You may also fax or mail a signed copy to the designated DMCA agent:

• Date:
  From:
  To: Landmark College DMCA Agent, Kirt J. Sorensen, Manager of Network Services
  Subject: DMCA Claim
  
  1. Work(s) infringed:
  2. Location(s) of materials claimed to infringe copyright: (http:// and/or ftp://)
  3. Date, time, time zone infringement observed:
  4. Complaining party's name, address, phone, fax, Internet e-mail address:
  5. I believe that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
  6. I believe this information is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
  7. Other information:
  8. Signed,

Resources

• Landmark College Copyright
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• US Copyright Office
• Educause on the DMCA
• University of Texas Copyright Crash Course
• Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems: Fair Use Index