Abel Ark LLC and the brands and ventures within the Abel Ark group, including Advottic, Rolls & Digs, Optics Studio, and Optics Capital, respect the intellectual-property rights of others and ask our visitors to do the same. We respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA”). This Policy describes how to send a takedown notice and a counter-notice for content on any of our properties.
1. Designated Copyright Agent
Send DMCA notices to our designated agent:
Copyright Agent, Abel Ark LLC
Email: dmca@abelark.com
Postal: Abel Ark LLC, c/o Copyright Agent, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
2. Filing a takedown notice
Your notice must comply with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Please include all of the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the owner (or a person authorised to act on the owner’s behalf) of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list, if multiple works at one site are covered by one notice).
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, with information sufficient for us to locate the material (e.g. the URL).
- Information sufficient for us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and (if available) an email address.
- A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that the complaining party is authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed.
We may share your notice with the user who posted the allegedly infringing material.
3. Filing a counter-notice
If you believe material that you posted was removed (or access disabled) by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice complying with 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). Please include:
- 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 disabled.
- 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.
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in the district where you live (or, if outside the U.S., for any judicial district in which Abel Ark LLC is found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification or that person’s agent.
4. Repeat infringers
We will, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, suspend or terminate access for users we determine to be repeat infringers.
5. False notices
Misrepresentations under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) can subject the sender to liability for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. Please be sure that the use you are reporting really is infringing before sending a notice.
This document was last updated on November 1, 2024. We may update it from time to time. We’ll post any changes here, and where the changes are material we’ll do our best to let you know.