Copyright Policy
Latin World Media Corp. d/b/a LifeStyle Miami (“LifeStyle Miami”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is a provider of an online magazine containing a variety of content and information and various digital products through the website www.lifestylemiami.com (“Site”). LifeStyle Miami’s policy is to promptly respond to clear notices of alleged infringement taking place on the Site, that comply with the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) the text of which can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Website (http://www.copyright.gov). This page sets forth the information that should be included in such notices. It is designed to make submission of notices and counter notices more straightforward while reducing the number of fraudulent notices or notices that are difficult to understand or verify.
Prior to serving either a notice of infringing material or counter notification, you may wish to contact a lawyer to better understand your rights and obligations under the DMCA and other applicable laws. The following notice requirements are intended to comply with LifeStyle Miami’s rights and obligations under the DMCA, and do not constitute legal advice to you.
We expect our users to comply with applicable laws. If, however, we receive proper notification of claimed infringement, our response to such notices may include removing or disabling access to materials at issue and/or terminating users’ accounts, regardless of whether we may or may not be liable for such infringement under United States law or the laws of another jurisdiction.
If we remove or disable access in response to such a notice, we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the person who placed the materials at issue on our Site so that they may make a counter notification under the DMCA.
INFRINGEMENT NOTIFICATION
Upon receipt of proper notification of claimed infringement, LifeStyle Miami will follow the procedures outlined herein and in the DMCA.
To file a notice of infringement with LifeStyle Miami, you must provide a written communication (by fax, regular mail or email) that sets forth the information specified below. Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorney’s fees) if you misrepresent or provide fraudulent statements that the material or any activity is infringing your copyright(s). Accordingly, if you are not sure if you are the proper copyright holder or if copyright laws protect your materials, you may want to consult a lawyer.
To expedite our ability to process your request, please use the following format (including section numbers) and provide:
- Reasonably sufficient detail to enable us to identify the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed. (For example, “The copyrighted work at issue is the “name of the work” by “name of the author”);
- Reasonably sufficient detail to enable us to identify and locate the material that is claimed to be infringing (e.g. a link to the page containing the material or the URL);
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit LifeStyle Miami to contact the complaining party, such as a name, an address, telephone number and an email address;
- The following statement: “I 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”; and
- Sign the document.
- Send the written communication to:
Attn: Content Complaint Manager, email: support@lifestylemiami.com
COUNTER NOTIFICATION
The provider of an allegedly infringing content, whose material has been taken down or has been notified that an infringement claim has been made against such material, may make a counter notification pursuant to the DMCA. To file a counter notification with LifeStyle Miami, you must provide a written communication (by fax, regular mail or email) that sets forth the information specified below. Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you misrepresent or provide fraudulent statements that the material or any activity is not infringing the rights of others. Accordingly, if you are not sure that you are the proper copyright holder or if copyright laws protect your materials, you may want to consult a lawyer. When we receive a counter notification, we may reinstate the material in question.
To expedite our ability to process your request, please use the following format (including section numbers) and provide:
- Reasonably sufficient detail to enable us to identify 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;
- Information reasonably sufficient to contact you including your name, an address, telephone number and an email address;
- The following statement: “I consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the [insert the federal judicial district in which your address is located]” (or the federal courts in Miami Florida if your address is outside of the United States);
- The following statement: “I will accept service of process from [insert the name of the person who submitted the infringement notification] or his/her agent”;
- The following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the affected material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled, or that the material identified by the complainant has been removed or disabled and will no longer be shown”; and
- Sign the document.
- Send the written communication to:
Attn: Content Complaint Manager, email: support@lifestylemiami.com
Updated: February 20, 2018, 09:00 a.m. EDT
REPEAT INFRINGERS
LifeStyle Miami may, in appropriate circumstances, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.
Updated: February 20, 2018, 09:00 a.m. EDT