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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”)

GRAR respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects you to do the same. Per the DMCA, GRAR will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement on the Site if submitted to GRAR’s Copyright Agent as described below. Upon receipt of a notice alleging copyright infringement, GRAR will take whatever action it deems appropriate within its sole discretion, including removal of the allegedly infringing materials.

If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated by GRAR or by a third party who has uploaded materials to the Site, please provide the following information to GRAR’s designated Copyright Agent listed below:

  1. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
  2. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
  3. An address, telephone number, and e-mail address where GRAR can contact you and, if different, an e-mail address where the alleged infringing party, if not GRAR, can contact you;
  4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner or other intellectual property rights owner, by its agent, or by law;
  5. A statement by you under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf;
  6. Your electronic or physical signature.

GRAR may request additional information before removing any allegedly infringing material. In the event GRAR removes the allegedly infringing materials, GRAR will immediately notify the person responsible for posting such materials that GRAR removed or disabled access to the materials. GRAR may also provide the responsible person with your e-mail address so that the person may respond to your allegations.

GRAR reserves the right to terminate, limit, or suspend any user’s access to the Site in the event of repeated infringing activity. If you believe that a user of this Site is a repeat infringer, please follow the above instructions to contact GRAR’s Copyright Agent. Please include sufficient information to assist GRAR in determining that the user repeatedly engaged in infringing activity.

GRAR registered a designated agent with the Copyright Office pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(c). GRAR’s designated Copyright Agent is:

Jim Yockel
GREATER ROCHESTER ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
3445 Winton Place, Suite 104
Rochester, New York 14623
United States
585-292-5000
copyrightcompliance@grar.net

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