MAXTIPS complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Our policy is to respond to any infringement notices and take appropriate action under the DMCA and other applicable intellectual property laws.
If your copyrighted material has been posted on MAXTIPS, or if links to your copyrighted material appear in our search results and you want this material removed, you must provide a written communication that includes the information listed below.
Please be aware that you will be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, if you misrepresent information on our site as infringing on your copyrights. We suggest you first contact an attorney for legal assistance on this matter.
Your copyright infringement claim must include the following elements:
- Provide evidence that the person acting on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed is authorized to do so.
- Provide sufficient contact information so we may contact you, including a valid email address.
- Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, including at least one search term under which the material appears in the MAXTIPS search results.
- Include a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- Include 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.
- The statement must be signed by the authorized person to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly being infringed.