Filmclick LLC

Copyright Policy and Resource Sheet

We believe in the power of copyright and other intellectual property rights to properly reward artists and filmmakers. We screen every film that is submitted to our system in an effort to promote legality and to police obvious copyright infringement, and we respond promptly to Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) content takedown requests.
Copyright law is a complex, rapidly evolving area of the law.  Congress and the courts are working hard to adapt a system created before the development of the Web to the kind of information and content exchange presented by the Internet.  This includes the application of the doctrine of Fair Use and contributory infringement.   For more information about copyright law, be sure to check out these resources:

• Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW - Entertaining and easy to read comic by Duke Law.
• Copyright and Fair Use - from Stanford University Libraries.
• Copyright and Fair Use - from the Center for Social media. The downloadable PDF for documentary filmmakers is especially useful.

To file a copyright infringement notification with Filmclick, you will need to send a written communication that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see Section 512(c)(3) of the Copyright Act to confirm these requirements):

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 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 Filmclick to locate the material. Providing URLs in the body of an email is the best way to help us locate content quickly.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Filmclick 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.
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.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

FILMCLICK LLC
Attn: DMCA violation
1338 66th Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
Fax: 510-842-1447
Email:  legal@filmclick.com

Please also note that under Section 512(f) any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.