How to officially file a complaint notice if all or part of your Mod is uploaded to Bethesda.net without your permission
gstaff
Jun 6, 2016 5:37 PM
A number of you have reported instances of users uploading Mod content that allegedly does not belong to the Mod creator. We take these reports seriously and want to protect copyright holders and authors of the Mod content shared on
Bethesda.net.
In accordance with the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we request that anyone who believes their content was wrongfully uploaded to Bethesda.net formally submit a DMCA takedown request. Please Note: These reports should only come from mod authors and other copyright holders who believe their content was stolen.
To report these DMCA violations, please follow the steps from Section 17 of our
Terms & Serviceand send requests -- completed as detailed below -- to our email address
copyrightabuse@zenimax.com. In order to make this process smoother, we will be working on ways to streamline this process.
17. Intellectual Property Infringement
ZeniMax respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requires that those who use its Services do the same. ZeniMax will terminate the Account of any user who is responsible for any or repeated acts of intellectual property infringement. You may not, and by using the Services You agree not to, use the Services to transmit material: 1) that is copyrighted, unless You are the copyright owner or have obtained the permission of the copyright owner to transmit it; 2) that reveals trade secrets, unless You own them or have the permission of the owner to so transmit them; or 3) that infringes on any Intellectual Property Rights, as defined below, of others or violates the privacy or rights of publicity of others. For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term "Intellectual Property Rights" means, collectively, rights under patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and any other intellectual property or proprietary rights recognized in any country or jurisdiction worldwide, including, without limitation, moral rights and similar rights.
If You believe that any Content appearing on the Services has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send a written communication that includes the following information to the Copyright Agent named below (please consult Your counsel and/or see Section 512(c)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act):
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- 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.
- 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. Providing URLs in the body of an email is the best way to help us locate Content quickly.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
ZeniMax Media Inc.
1370 Piccard Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
Attn: Legal Department
Email:
copyrightabuse@zenimax.com
If You believe that any Content appearing on the Services has been used in a way that constitutes an infringement or misappropriation of Intellectual Property Rights other than copyright infringement, please send a written communication following the above procedures that describes the purported infringement or misappropriation.
ZeniMax will notify You if it removes or disables access to copyright-protected material that You provide, if such removal is pursuant to a valid DMCA take-down notice that ZeniMax has received. If You receive such notice from ZeniMax, You may provide ZeniMax with a counter-notification in writing to ZeniMax’s designated agent that includes all of the following information:
- Your physical or electronic signature;
- Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
- A statement from You under the penalty of perjury, that You have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
- Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that You consent to the jurisdiction of a court for the judicial district in which Your physical address is located, or if Your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which ZeniMax may be located, and that You will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.
ZeniMax may, but is not obligated to, follow similar procedures if it removes or disables any Content that purportedly constitutes infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property Rights other than copyrights.
