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BentVox Copyright Policy

Questions: info@bentvox.com

Overview

BentVox.com ("BentVox" or the “Service”) respects the intellectual property rights of owners and expects its users to do the same. You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services.

By signing up to BentVox.com and agreeing to the terms and conditions, you acknowledge and understand that BentVox.com will not directly use or misuse your content without your knowledge or permission. However, there are specific scenarios where you authorise BentVox.com to adjust your content in order for the Service to be provided:

  • As a market place for content and information, it is not possible to provide you with the Service without your agreement that BentVox.com may be required to modify, crop, frame, resize or otherwise modify your Content in order for it to be distributed to and delivered through the website;
  • CDNs (Content Delivery Networks, e.g. Google Images) are automated 3rd party services used for the promotion and distribution of Content, and are not controlled by BentVox.com. This may result in unexpected (re)use, duplication, modification, adaption, processing, reproduction, publication, display and distribution of content uploaded to BentVox.com
  • BentVox.com may change the methods used to display Content on the site from time to time, which may automatically apply styles, templates, or other modifications such as thumbnails, frames or crops in order to provide a standard user or viewer experience.

You acknowledge that the nature of automated Content Delivery Network mechanisms means it is possible BentVox.com will not be aware of specific scenarios that may eventuate, and may not be able to do anything to prevent misuse. As a result, you retain the right to remove your content from BentVox.com, and will not hold BentVox.com responsible for unauthorised use outside of BentVox.com’s control.

It is BentVox.com's policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are repeatedly charged with infringing the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others.

European copyright law applies to actions that take place in the Netherlands, even if the material used was created or first published in another country.

For further information about copyright, visit the European Copyright website,

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/eu-copyright-legislation

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Site by contacting BentVox.com's Designated Copyright Agent or Managing director. Upon receipt of the Notice detailing as described below, BentVox.com will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged material from the Site.

Licensing Agreement

Users paying to unlock content on BentVox (in order to access that content) implicitly agree to respect the Licensing Agreement set by the content publisher for each individual file, video or image.

The download of content is enabled by default with all licensing agreements apart from "Personal use without download".

Licenses for shareable content by Creative Commons.

  1. Attribution
  2. Attribution-ShareAlike
  3. Attribution-NoDerivs
  4. Attribution-NonCommercial
  5. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
  6. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

Privately available content ("All right reserved") should be licensed as "Personal Use Without Download" or "Personal Use With Dowload".

  1. Personal use with download
  2. Personal use without download

Sellers can write their own Custom Licenses.

Content protection and authorised use

The content author or content creator is the owner of copyright.

BentVox users must have written consent (e.g. model release form) for public and commercial use from any individuals portrayed in images, videos, and other content.

The buyer of a file, video or image can use the content only within the boundaries set by the licensing agreement. Any other user could be considered infringement of copyright.

Any form of content trading ("swapping") is considered content piracy and it is strictly prohibited. This would be considered infringement of copyright and could have legal consequences for all parties involved in any non authorised transactions of content.

Example: if a buyer purchases access to a file, video or image with the licensing agreement set to "Personal use with download", the buyer is not authorised to share the downloadable content with any other party.

Notice of Alleged Infringement ("Notice").

  1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or - if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice - you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
  2. Identify (i) the material that you claim is 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 us to locate the material, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Site where such material may be found, and (ii) the reference or link, to the material or activity that you claim to be infringing, that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate that reference or link, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Site where such reference or link may be found.
  3. Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
  4. Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice:

"I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material or reference or link to such material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."

"I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."

5. Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to BentVox.com, as an electronic copy to info@bentvox.com

If you receive a notification that a file, video or image has been removed due a copyright complaint, it means that its content has been deleted from BentVox.com at the request of the content's owner. If your account receives too many copyright complaints, you may lose the ability to post new content on BentVox.com, and your account may be disabled completely.

If you believe a file, video or image was removed in error, you have the option to file a counter-notice by following the steps below. When we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward a copy to the person who filed the original complaint.

If we do not receive notice within 10 business days that the submitter of the original complaint is seeking a court order to prevent further infringement of the content at issue, we will remove the complaint from your account's record, and we may replace the content that was removed.

All funds resulting from sales of the content being disputed are witheld until resolution. Once the copyright ownership has been determined, the funds are made available to the copyright owner of the content.

Note: There are legal and financial consequences for fraudulent and/or bad faith submissions. Before submitting a counter-notice, be sure that you are the actual rights holder of the removed content or that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed in error, and understand the repercussions of submitting a false claim.

How to File a Counter-Notice

  1. Email your counter-notice to info@bentvox.com
  2. Include ALL of the following:

a. Your name, address, and telephone number.

B. The source address of the content that was removed (copy and paste the link in the notification email).

d. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed in error.

e. A physical or electronic signature (for example, typing your full name).