2009 MY FORD VIDEO CONTEST

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

  1. WHERE A COMPLAINING PARTY MUST FORWARD A CLAIM OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT If a party (the “Complaining Party”) wishes to notify the Sponsor regarding a claim of copyright infringement regarding content posted to a Sponsor service or hosted website, particularly the myfordmag.com site, the Complaining Party must notify the Sponsor of such claim of copyright infringement in writing at:

    Service Provider
    Ford Motor Company
    16800 Executive Plaza Dr.
    Cube #4N-330
    Dearborn, MI 48126

  2. CONTENTS OF NOTICE OF CLAIMED INFRINGEMENT To be valid, a Complaining Party’s notice to Sponsor of a claim of copyright infringement must:
    • Identify the copyrighted work(s) claimed to have been infringed;
    • Identify the material claimed to have been infringed or to be the subject of infringing activity;
    • Request that the material be removed or access to the same be disabled;
    • Contain information sufficient to permit Sponsor’s Designated Agent to locate the material or content at issue;
    • Contain information reasonably sufficient to permit Sponsor’s Designated Agent to contact the Complaining Party such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mailing address at which the Complaining Party may be contacted;
    • Contain a statement that the Complaining Party has a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law;
    • Contain a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner of the material which has been allegedly infringed upon; and
    • Contain a physical or electronic signature of the Complaining Party or his/her/its authorized agent.
  3. SPONSOR’S ACTION IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINING PARTY’S NOTICE Upon Sponsor’s receipt of a Complaining Party’s valid written notice of a claim of copyright infringement pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 above, Sponsor will:
    • Remove or disable access to the material or content that is claimed to be infringing; and
    • Take reasonable steps to notify the alleged infringer that it has removed or disabled access to the allegedly infringing material on or linked to the alleged infringer’s website.
  4. CONTENTS OF COUNTER NOTIFICATION You may provide Sponsor’s Designated Agent with a written counter notice in response to the Complaining Party’s valid notice of a claim of copyright infringement in a manner provided in paragraph 1 and 2 above. To be valid, your counter notice must:
    • Identify 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 access to it was disabled;
    • Contain 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 of the material removed or disabled;
    • Contain your name, address, telephone number and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for which your address is located and that you shall accept service of process from the Complaining Party or his/her/its authorized agent; and
    • Contain your physical or electronic signature or the physical or electronic signature of your authorized agent.
  5. SPONSOR’S ACTION IN RESPONSE TO COUNTER NOTIFICATION Upon Sponsor’s Designated Agent’s receipt of your valid counter notice pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 4 above, Sponsor’s Designated Agent will:
    • Promptly forward to the Complaining Party a copy of the counter notice at issue; and
    • Inform the Complaining Party that it will replace the removed material and cease the disabling access to the same in not less than ten (10), nor more than fourteen (14), business days following receipt of the counter notice from the alleged infringer unless Sponsor’s Designated Agent first receives notice from the Complaining Party or its authorized agent that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringer from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Sponsor’s system or network.
  6. REPEAT INFRINGERS It is Sponsor’s policy to terminate an account or a user’s privileges, in appropriate circumstances and at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, who is a repeat infringer of copyrighted works, trademarks or any other intellectual property.