Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Copyright Takedown Policy

FreeStuff.Cafe respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Our policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). FreeStuff.Cafe may disable and/or terminate the accounts of users in accordance with this policy.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you can request that we take down the infringing material by filing a DMCA Notice with FreeStuff.Cafe. If your material has been removed as a result of a DMCA Notice, you may file a Counter-Notice requesting that the material be restored. Please note that we do not make any legal decisions about the validity of your claims.

Anyone making a false or fraudulent Notice or Counter-Notice may be liable for damages under the DMCA, including costs and attorney’s fees. If you are unsure of whether certain material infringes your copyright, contact an attorney.

Notices and Counter-Notices are legal notices distinct from regular Site activities or communications. As such, they are not subject to FreeStuff.Cafe’s Privacy Policy. This means we may publish or share them with third parties at our discretion, and we may produce them pursuant to a legal discovery request.

Filing A DMCA Notice

To file a DMCA Notice with FreeStuff.Cafe, you must send us a written letter by email. When we receive a clear and valid Notice pursuant to the guidelines set forth below, we will respond by either taking down the allegedly infringing material or blocking access to it. We may contact the Notice provider to request additional information. We reserve the right to ignore a Notice that is not in compliance with the DMCA.

Your Notice must include the following:

  • 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, in the case of multiple copyrighted works, a representative list of such works.
  • 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 FreeStuff.Cafe to locate the material.
  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit FreeStuff.Cafe to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
  • A statement that you have 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.
  • The following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”

Filing A DMCA Counter-Notice

If your material has been removed or blocked by us as a result of a DMCA Notice, you may send us a Counter-Notice asking for the allegedly infringing material to be restored.

When we receive the Counter-Notice, we will send a copy of the Counter-Notice to the party who originally requested the removal of the allegedly infringing material and we will reinstate the allegedly infringing material, unless that party obtains a court order supporting its removal. We reserve the right to ignore a Counter-Notice that is not in compliance with the DMCA.

Your Counter-Notice must include the following:

  • List and description of all material(s) that were removed by FreeStuff.Cafe and the location at which the material(s) appeared before it/they was/were removed.
  • Your name, address, telephone number and email address (if available).
  • 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 New York, NY if your address is outside of the United States);
  • statement that you will accept service of process from the person (or an agent of such person) who provided the DMCA Notice to us.
  • The following statement: “I swear under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.”
  • Your Signature.

DMCA Notices and Counter-Notices should be sent to FreeStuff.Cafe’s Agent for Notice of Claims of Copyright or Other Intellectual Property Infringement as follows:

By Email: [email protected]

[email protected] and/or Avinuity Web Properties LLC via the DMCA directory.