DMCA
Notice & Takedown Policy

1. Designated DMCA Agent

VSN SOCIETY LLC (“FlipBooks”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement.

Email is the preferred method. Notices sent to any other address or contact will not constitute valid notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).

2. Filing a Takedown Notice — Required Elements

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice must be a written communication that includes all six of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the owner, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
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 (URL, screenshot, and any other identifying details);
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail 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; and
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.

Warning — 17 U.S.C. § 512(f): Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that material was removed by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees.

3. Our Response

Upon receipt of a properly formatted notice, FlipBooks will:

• Expeditiously remove or disable access to the material alleged to be infringing;
• Notify the user who posted the material (the “subscriber”) that we have received a notice and have removed or disabled access to the material;
• Provide the subscriber with a copy of the notice (with sensitive personal information redacted where appropriate); and
• Forward any valid counter-notice to the original complainant as described below.

4. Counter-Notice Procedure

If you believe your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). Your counter-notice must include:

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 it appeared before it was removed or access 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;
4. Your name, address, and telephone number; and
5. 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 FlipBooks may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification or an agent of such person.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complainant. Unless the complainant files a court action against the subscriber within 10 business days, we will restore the removed material in 10 to 14 business days after receipt of the counter-notice.

5. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(1)(A), FlipBooks has adopted and implements a policy providing for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. A user may be considered a repeat infringer if they are the subject of two or more valid DMCA takedown notices within a rolling 12-month period, or if they engage in a pattern of infringing conduct.

We reserve the right to terminate an account at any time for violations of our Terms of Service, including for copyright infringement, with or without notice.

6. Safe Harbor

Nothing in this policy constitutes a waiver of FlipBooks’ rights under the DMCA safe harbor provisions (17 U.S.C. § 512) or any other defenses to claims of copyright infringement available to FlipBooks under applicable law.

7. Questions

For DMCA-related inquiries only, contact useflipbooks@gmail.com. For all other legal matters, contact useflipbooks@gmail.com.