ESRI's policy is to respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement. This page describes the information that should be present in these notices. It is designed to make submitting notices of alleged infringement to ESRI as straightforward as possible while reducing the number of notices that we receive that are fraudulent or difficult to understand or verify. The form of notice specified below is consistent with the form suggested by the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the text of which can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web site, http://www.copyright.gov), but ESRI will respond to notices of this form from other jurisdictions as well.
Regardless of whether ESRI may be liable for such infringement under local country law or United States law, ESRI's response to these notices may include removing or disabling access to material claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and/or terminating subscribers. If ESRI removes or disable access in response to such a notice, ESRI will make a good-faith attempt to contact the owner or administrator of the affected site or content so that they may make a counter notification. ESRI may also document notices of alleged infringement on which we act.
To file a notice of infringement with ESRI, you must provide a written communication (by fax or regular mail -- not by email, except by prior agreement) that sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that any content or activity is infringing your copyrights. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes your copyright, ESRI suggests that you first contact an attorney.
To expedite ESRI's ability to process your request, please use the following format (including section numbers):
The administrator of an affected site or the provider of affected content may make a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. When we receive a counter notification, we may reinstate the material in question.
To file a counter notification with us, you must provide a written communication (by fax or regular mail -- not by email, except by prior agreement) that sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that a product or activity is not infringing the copyrights of others. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether certain material infringes the copyrights of others, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.
To expedite our ability to process your counter notification, please use the following format (including section numbers):
For Web Services that have named accounts, ESRI will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate repeat infringers. If you believe that an account holder or subscriber is a repeat infringer, please follow the instructions above to contact ESRI and provide information sufficient for us to verify that the account holder or subscriber is a repeat infringer.
