DMCA Notice

shantal.org isn’t an online publisher like defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. But for a better internet we follow this act.

We provide legal copyright owners with the ability to self-publish on the internet by uploading, storing and displaying various media utilizing our services. We take copyright violation very seriously and will vigorously protect the rights of legal copyright owners. If you are the copyright owner of content which appears on the shantal.org website and you did not authorize the use of the content you must notify shantal.org in writing in order for us to identify the allegedly infringing content and take action.

In order to more easily facilitate the process we have provided a form for your use. We will be unable to take any action if you do not provide us with the required information so please fill out all fields accurately and completely. Alternatively you may make a written notice via email to the DMCA AGENT as listed below. Your written notice must include the following:
A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner which expressly claims an exclusive right that is allegedly being infringed.

Specific identification of the copyrighted work which you are alleging to have been infringed. If you are alleging infringement of multiple copyrighted works with a single notification you must submit a representative list which specifically identifies each of the works that you allege are being infringed.

Specific identification of the location and description of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity with enough detailed information to permit shantal.org to locate the material. You should include the specific URL or URLs of the webpages where the allegedly infringing material is located.

Information reasonably sufficient to allow shantal.org to contact the complaining party which may include a name, address, telephone number and electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

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.
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.

Written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:
DMCA Agent
Attn: Copyright Agent
Email: abuse(at)shantal(dot)org

Please also note that under applicable law, 17 U.S.C. 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.

For faster handling of your notices, we strongly recommend that you ALSO send an email to support(at)shantal(dot)org.