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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Hong Kong Chef Wollongong respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. This policy is designed to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We will respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the DMCA and other applicable laws.

It is our policy to remove content that infringes the copyright rights of others and, in appropriate circumstances, to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

Filing a DMCA Notice

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content hosted on Hong Kong Chef Wollongong infringes your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our designated Copyright Agent with the following information in writing:

  1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such 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 Hong Kong Chef Wollongong to locate the material (e.g., URL(s) of the infringing content).
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Hong Kong Chef Wollongong to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address.
  5. A statement that you 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.
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please send your notice to our designated Copyright Agent via the contact form on our Contact Us page, clearly marking it as a 'DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice'.

Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material, you may send a counter-notification containing the following information to our Copyright Agent:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • 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 disabled.
  • A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material.
  • Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

Please send your counter-notification via the contact form on our Contact Us page, clearly marking it as a 'DMCA Counter-Notification'.