DMCA Policy

1. Overview

Wickium Media LLC ("Wickium") respects the intellectual-property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512, "DMCA"). This policy explains how to submit a copyright infringement notice and how Wickium responds.

If you believe content posted on Wickium infringes your copyright, you may submit a takedown notice to our Designated Agent following the procedure below. Wickium will investigate and respond as required by the DMCA.

2. Designated Agent

Wickium has registered a Designated Agent with the U.S. Copyright Office to receive DMCA notices. Our Designated Agent's contact information is:

3. Filing a Takedown Notice

A valid DMCA takedown notice — however you send it — must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of those works.
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 disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit Wickium to locate the material — including, where possible, a direct URL to the specific page (e.g., https://wickium.com/forum/.../...).
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Wickium to contact the complaining party — including name, address, telephone number, and a valid email address.
5. 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.
6. 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.

Notices that do not contain all of the elements above may not be enforceable, and Wickium may decline to act on them.

4. Counter-Notification

If you believe content of yours that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have authorization from the copyright owner, the owner's agent, or the law to post the content, you may submit a counter-notification to the Designated Agent. The counter-notification must include all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material.
4. Your name, address, telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, of the federal district court for the judicial district in which Wickium is located), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notification or an agent of that person.

After receiving a valid counter-notification, Wickium will forward it to the original complaining party. Unless the complaining party files a court action against you within 10–14 business days, Wickium may, in its discretion, restore the removed material.

5. What Happens Next

• Upon receipt of a valid takedown notice, Wickium will, in its discretion and as soon as reasonably practicable, remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material.
• We will notify the user who posted the material and forward a copy of the takedown notice (with personal information redacted where appropriate).
• If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the material as described above.
• Wickium will not act on takedown requests that are clearly invalid, abusive, or used to suppress lawful speech.

6. Repeat-Infringer Policy

It is Wickium's policy, in appropriate circumstances, to terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We track DMCA takedown notices that result in content removal and reserve the right to terminate any account that has accumulated multiple substantiated infringement notices, or that we determine in our sole discretion is engaged in a pattern of infringement.

7. Misrepresentations

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents (a) that material is infringing, or (b) that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner, or by Wickium. Submitting a false DMCA notice or counter-notification carries legal risk. If you are unsure whether material is infringing, consult an attorney before filing.

8. Trademark & Other IP

The DMCA covers copyright. For trademark, right-of-publicity, and other intellectual-property complaints, please contact [email protected] with a detailed description of your claim, identification of the disputed content (with URLs), proof of your rights (e.g., trademark registration), and your contact information. We review all good-faith complaints and act where appropriate.

9. Contact

Send DMCA notices and counter-notifications to the Designated Agent listed in Section 2. For other intellectual-property questions, email [email protected].