DMCA Policy
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Compliance
Claims of Copyright Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA") provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S.A. copyright law. If You believe in good faith that materials hosted by Canadian Grid infringe your copyright, You (or Your agent) may send Canadian Grid a notice requesting that the material be removed or access to it blocked.
Required Notice Information
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to locate the material
Your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address
A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner
Canadian Grid has the same permissions structure as any other Opensimulator Grid; you can set your creations to be no copy, no modify and/or no transfer. We do not endorse piracy; however it does happen and we can't completely prevent it. If you see something you created being distributed by someone else as their creation, contact Chris Strachan aka Ven Horton and I will investigate it to verify the violation, providing you can prove that the item is your creation and you can provide adequate proof that there is a violation. You are of course welcome to file DCMA requests with the proper authorities for takedown of the items, however this is an incredibly lengthy and difficult process and we will only remove/takedown an item after there is absolute proof of infringement. The burden of proof lies on the creator not Canadian Grid.