The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1998 to deal with copyright infringement by electronic means, particularly over the Internet.

FreeBookr and the DMCA

FreeBookr has taken and continues to take the DMCA seriously. Below you will find guidance for drafting and submitting a notification to FreeBookr which will help ensure that your Notice is handled as promptly as possible. It doesn't matter whether you are a big corporation with tons of copyrighted materials or the little guy with a single copyrighted work, your copyright is important to us, and we will do what is required to protect your copyrights under the DMCA.

Who can submit a DMCA Notice?

The DMCA only allows the copyright holder or a legally authorized agent of the copyright holder to legally submit DMCA Notices. If you are neither the copyright holder, nor the authorized agent thereof, and you have information on what you believe to be a copyrighted work found on our service, please direct your findings to the copyright holder. Legally, under the DMCA, only the copyright holder can identify their property and affirm under the penalty of perjury that it should be taken down.

What information do we need in a DMCA Notice?

A properly formatted DMCA Notice will adhere to the guidelines and principals established by the DMCA itself. The necessary elements of a properly formed DMCA Notice are:

1. Clear identification of the person or entity submitting the DMCA Notice.
2. Clearly stated relationship to the copyright holder (self or authorized agent).
3. A specific listing of all content the DMCA Notice is requesting FreeBookr take down. Please keep in mind some content is posted multiple times and each instance will need to be specifically referenced.
4. Clear statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are copyright holder, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder.
5. A "physical or electronic signature" of an authorized person to act on behalf of the owner. This is fulfilled by a name and a physical address that the authorized individual can be contacted should someone wish to contest your notification.
6. While not legally required by the DMCA, including "copyright violation" in the subject line of your email will flag your DMCA Notice and bypass spam categorization.
7. Submit the Notice to dmca (at) FreeBookr.com.

What will FreeBookr do with a proper Notice?

Once we have proper identification of the infringing material through a properly formed DMCA Notice, we will remove all identified infringing material forthwith expeditiously. Upon removal of the material, we will respond via email to your Notice informing you that we have deleted the materials you have identified.