Copyright for MyNews2U.com

Updated March 17, 2008

Copyrighted Material

(A) mynews2u.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of mynews2u.com are protected by United States copyright laws as a collective work and otherwise. mynews2u.com owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as w ell as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, license, participate in the transfer, licensing or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, copyrights, trademarks, or other property interests therein, in whole or in part. When authorized by mynews2u.com, you may download copyrighted material for your personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, licensing, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express written permission of mynews2u.com and the copyright owner, or owner of any other legal interests therein. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademarks legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material. For further information on U.S. copyright law, you may wish to visit the Web site of the U.S. Copyright Office at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/.

(B) mynews2u.com may, from time to time, be a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties other than users of mynews2u.com. Accordingly, mynews2u.com has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, you or any other user of mynews2u.com, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of mynews2u.com. Neither mynews2u.com nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. mynews2u.com neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on mynews2u.com by anyone other than authorized mynews2u.com employees acting in their official capacities. Under no circumstances shall mynews2u.com be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information, opinion, advice or other content available through mynews2u.com.

(C) MYNEWS2U.COM respects the copyrights of others and expects its users to do the same. By uploading, posting or otherwise making available content on mynews2u.com, you represent that you own or otherwise have the intellectual property rights to submit such materials. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on mynews2u.com any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright or other proprietary rights rests with you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of mynews2u.com, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted mynews2u.com the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright and any other proprietary rights that may exist in such material. You also permit any other user to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that individual's personal use on mynews2u.com. You hereby grant mynews2u.com the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any such material made available on mynews2u.com by you.

(D) If you believe you have a claim of copyright infringement with respect to material that is posted on mynews2u.com, you may give mynews2u.com written notification of your claim in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

mynews2u.com is committed to full compliance with U.S. copyright law, and expects its users to do the same. Accordingly, as a courtesy, mynews2u.com is providing the following information regarding its understanding of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") concerning notice of claimed online copyright infringement. mynews2u.com is not providing legal advice. Any persons wishing to assert or oppose a claim under the DMCA should consult their own legal adviser concerning these matters.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") provides recourse for owners of copyrighted material who believe that their rights under U.S. copyright laws have been infringed online. Under the DMCA, copyright owners may contact the authorized agent of an Internet service provider to report alleged infringements based on unauthorized use of their protected works appearing on web pages hosted by the service provider. Upon receipt of properly filed complaints satisfying the requirements of the DMCA, mynews2u.com will remove or block access to the allegedly infringing material posted by third party users of the mynews2u.com Web sites. If an mynews2u.com user who posted such material believes in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed, the user may submit a counter-notice to assert a private dispute with the claimed copyright owner. mynews2u.com will not be a party to such disputes over alleged copyright infringement.

Responding to a Claim of Copyright Infringement.

If you receive a notice of copyright infringement for material you have posted on mynews2u.com, please contact us..

More information on U.S. copyright law can be found at the following Web sites:

- The Copyright Act, Title 17 of the U.S. Code
- U.S. Copyright Office

If you believe in good faith that information posted by a user on mynews2u.com violates your rights under U.S. copyright law, you may notify mynews2u.com in the manner described below. You should be aware that U.S. copyright law provides substantial penalties for false claims of copyright infringement. According to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the material, court costs, and attorney's fees.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement regarding Materials on mynews2u.com

You may give mynews2u.com written notification of your claim in accordance with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 as provided in the DMCA and summarized below. The mynews2u.com Copyright Administrator is mynews2u.com’s Designated Agent" for purposes of receiving notice under the DMCA.

Written notification of your claim must be submitted to the following Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement:

Name: Copyright Administrator
Address: P O Box 162093 Atlanta GA 30321-2091
FAX Number: 404-858-4093
Telephone Number: 1-877-562-7103
E-mail Address: copyright@ireport.com


To be effective, the notification must include the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single online Web site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of works at that site;
3. 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 the service provider to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit mynews2u.com to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the complaining party has 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; andv 6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
7. Upon receipt of the written notification containing the information as outlined in paragraphs 1) through 6) above:

mynews2u.com shall remove or disable access to the material that is alleged to be infringing and shall forward the written notification to the person or entity who posted the material at issue;

mynews2u.com shall take reasonable steps to promptly notify the alleged infringer that it has removed or disabled access to the material.

Counter Notification

A person who receives a notification of alleged copyright infringement, and believes that the claim is erroneous, may submit a counter notification mynews2u.com’s Designated Agent within thirty (30) days of the date the material was removed from the site.

To be effective, a counter notification must be a written communication that includes substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the person submitting the counter notification;
2. 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 to it was disabled;
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that the person submitting the counter notification has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material or the owner of the rights to be removed or disabled; and
4. The person's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the he or she consents to the jurisdiction of federal district court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the person's address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which mynews2u.com may be found, and that the person will accept service of process from the complaining party or an agent of such person.
5.Upon receipt of a counter notification containing the information as outlined in paragraphs 1) through 4) above:
 1. mynews2u.com shall promptly provide the complaining party with a copy of the Counter Notification; and
 2. mynews2u.com shall inform the complaining party that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it within ten (10) business days.

mynews2u.com shall replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the material within ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days following receipt of the counter notification, provided mynews2u.com’s Designated Agent has not received notice from the complaining party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringer from engaging in infringing activity on mynews2u.com’s Web site.