Copyright

© 2006-2011 by Anne M. Gaal. All rights reserved.

The content, images, photos, and videos by Anne M. Gaal on this site are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License unless otherwise noted.

You may use content and images presented here by Anne M. Gaal for non-commercial projects as long as I am clearly identified as the owner (attribution) and as long as the images are not altered in any way including no cropping, no resizing, and no removal of watermark or copyright notations (no derivatives). Links back to this blog/website are appreciated.

The content, images, photos, and videos by others, including guest submissions, and including the work of designers or manufacturers such as the images on clear or acrylic stamps, are the works of others and cannot be used without their express permission. You will need to contact them concerning their copyright interests.

If you’d like to to request permission to reproduce content, images, photos, or videos by Anne M. Gaal beyond the Creative Commons License, please contact me. Thank you!

This act is part of United States copyright law and implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This law includes the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA). OCILLA creates a safe harbor for Internet intermediaries, shielding them from secondary liability for the infringing acts of others.

Before I publish guest submissions, I ask the person submitting the work to assure me that the work they have provided is their own, or to provide me with written permission to use the work. I am publishing their work as a service to them and to the readers of this blog.

I have filled out and submitted an Online Service Provider form to the U.S. Copyright Office, designating an agent for notification of claims of infringement.

If you think that your work has been infringed here at Gaal Creative, please contact me (the designated agent) using the following form:

DMCA Notice of Possible Infringement Form

Please note that this is a very serious legal matter and you may wish to contact an intellectual property attorney before completing this form.

What happens:

1. I, the designated agent, receive notice from you including:
   1. Your contact information
   2. The name of your copyrighted work (article, image, etc.) that was copied/used
   3. The URL address where that article, image, etc. appears on this site
   4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
   5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate.
   6. A statement that, under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright holder or that you are authorized to act for the copyright holder.
   7. Your signature.
2. I will take down the work that you think is infringed.
3. I will tell the guest submitter that I have taken the work down and why.
4. The guest submitter will have the option of sending a counter-notice to me, if he or she feels the work was taken down unfairly.
5. If I receive a valid counter-notice, I will notify you.
6. If the guest submitter does file a valid counter-notice, I must wait 10 to 14 business days, to see if you file a lawsuit against the guest submitter.
7. If you do not file a lawsuit, then I must put the material back up.

If you submitted work to Gaal Creative, that was taken down because someone alleged possible copyright infringement, you have the option of sending a counter-notice to me (and the person who alleges infringement). You may contact me (the designated agent) using the following form:

DMCA Counter-Notice Form

Please note that this is a very serious legal matter and you may wish to contact an intellectual property attorney before completing this form.

What happens:

1. You send a counter-notice to me, if you feel the work was taken down unfairly. (This means that you assert your copyright interest in the work and that no one else has copyright interest or that you have written permission to use the work.) The counter-notice should include:
   1. Your contact information.
   2. Identification of the work that was removed.
   3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was mistakenly taken down.
   4. A statement consenting to the jurisdiction or your local US Federal District Court, or, if outside the US, to the US Federal District Court in North Carolina where Gaal Creative is located.
   5. Your signature.
2. I notify the person who alleged that the material was infringed.
3. I must wait 10 to 14 business days, to see if the person who alleged that the material was infringed files a lawsuit against you.
4. If the person who alleged the material was infringed does not file a lawsuit, I must put the material back up.

If you think you have seen my work elsewhere, and you think it was used without permission, please contact me using the following form:

Report seeing Anne Gaal’s work elsewhere

Please note that this is just an informal form and that I appreciate you taking the time to let me know about a possible unauthorized use of my work.

Thank you for your concern and interest in my work.