Copyright Policy

Friedum™ INC ("Friedum™") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Platform to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512, we have designated a copyright agent to receive notices of claimed infringement and will respond expeditiously to valid notices.

This policy applies to all content hosted on or through the Friedum™ platform, including property listing photographs, user profile images, and any other content submitted by users.

If you believe that content hosted on the Friedum™ Platform infringes your copyright, you may submit a DMCA takedown notice to our designated copyright agent. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your written notice must include all six of the following elements:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work. A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If multiple works are covered by a single notice, a representative list is acceptable.
2. Identification of the infringing material. A description of the material you claim is infringing and information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate it on the Platform — specifically, the URL(s) of the page(s) containing the infringing content.
3. Your contact information. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
4. Good faith statement. 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.
5. Accuracy and authorization statement. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
6. Signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on their behalf.

Incomplete notices may not be acted upon. We reserve the right to request additional information before processing a notice.

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, Friedum™ will:

• Promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing content
• Notify the user who posted the content that it has been removed and provide them with a copy of the notice (with your contact information, as required by law)
• Inform the user of their right to submit a counter-notification

Friedum™ acts as a service provider under the DMCA safe harbor provisions (17 U.S.C. § 512) and will not be liable for the infringing content of third parties provided we comply with the procedures set forth in the statute.

If you believe content was removed from Friedum™ as a result of mistake or misidentification — for example, if you have a valid license for the content, or if the content is not copyright-protected — you may submit a counter-notification to our designated copyright agent. A valid counter-notification must include all six of the following:

1. Your signature. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the removed content. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location (URL) where it appeared before removal.
3. Good faith statement (mistake or misidentification). 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 misidentification.
4. Your contact information. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. Consent to federal court jurisdiction. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if you are outside the United States, for the Southern District of Florida), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or their agent.
6. Acceptance of service. A statement that you will accept service of process from the original complainant or their agent.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will:

• Forward a copy to the original complainant
• Inform the complainant that we will restore the removed content in 10–14 business days unless we receive notice that the complainant has filed a court action seeking an order to restrain the allegedly infringing activity
• Restore the content if no court action is initiated within that period

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), Friedum™ will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat copyright infringers. We define "repeat infringer" as any user who has had content removed in response to two or more valid DMCA notices within any rolling twelve-month period, or any user who we determine in our reasonable judgment has engaged in a pattern of copyright infringement.

Friedum™ reserves the right to terminate any account at any time if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the user is engaging in willful copyright infringement or habitual infringement that causes harm to copyright owners or to the Platform.

The DMCA provides significant penalties for those who knowingly and materially misrepresent that content is infringing (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)). If you knowingly misrepresent that material is infringing, or that material was removed by mistake, you may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

Friedum™ reserves the right to seek appropriate remedies, including seeking damages, against parties who submit false or abusive DMCA notices or counter-notifications.

For questions about copyright or this policy, or to submit a DMCA notice or counter-notification, contact our copyright agent at legal@friedum.com with the subject line "DMCA Notice" or "DMCA Counter-Notification" as applicable.

See also: Section 13 of our Terms of Use (Copyright Infringement and DMCA).