DMCA

Name 100 Women (name100woman.com) respects intellectual property rights and adheres strictly to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512, “DMCA”) and international copyright treaties. This document describes our visual sourcing standards, public domain attributions, and statutory takedown procedures.

1. Archival Asset Sourcing & Public Domain Standards

As an educational institution, Name 100 Women enforces a strict open-access visual policy:

  • Public Domain & Open Access Repositories: All photographic portraits, archival plates, and historical engravings displayed on this platform originate from museum archives (e.g., The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access, Library of Congress, National Archives, and Wikimedia Commons) under verified Public Domain (PD-US, PD-expired) or Creative Commons attribution licenses.
  • Transparent Provenance Logging: We record the photographer, original capture year, accession number, and licensing URL for every image in our codebase.
  • No Commercial Stock Scraping: We strictly prohibit the use of proprietary commercial stock photography across our platform.

2. Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice

If you hold a valid copyright interest or represent a rights owner and believe that any visual asset, biographical text, or material published on Name 100 Women infringes upon your copyright, you may submit a formal notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).

To be legally effective, your written notification must include:

  1. Signature: A physical or verified electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.
  2. Identification of Work: A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or a representative list if multiple works are involved).
  3. Specific Location (URLs): The precise URL(s) on name100women.com where the contested material is located. Generic domain references are legally insufficient.
  4. Contact Details: Your full legal name, physical address, direct telephone number, and official email address.
  5. Good-Faith Statement: A formal statement: “I 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.”
  6. Perjury Statement: A formal statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”

3. Designated Copyright Agent Contact

Direct all statutory copyright notices to our Designated Agent:

Recipient Designated Copyright Agent / Legal Compliance Team
Entity Name 100 Women Project
Primary Email [email protected] (Fastest Processing)
Secondary Email [email protected]
Subject Line DMCA Takedown Notice: [Asset / Name]

Notice: Messages unrelated to copyright ownership or statutory DMCA claims sent to this inbox will be discarded without response.

4. Investigation & Takedown Protocol

Upon receipt of a valid, actionable DMCA notice:

  • We review the claim and cross-reference our archival provenance records within 24 to 48 business hours.
  • If an inadvertent rights conflict is confirmed, we immediately disable access to or remove the contested file.
  • We update our public credits registry accordingly.

5. Counter-Notification Procedure

If you believe that your content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification (for example, if the work is demonstrably within the public domain under statutory term expirations), you may submit a formal Counter-Notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3).

Your counter-notice must provide your physical or electronic signature, specific identification of the removed file, a statement under penalty of perjury asserting your good-faith belief in the mistake, and your consent to federal district court jurisdiction. Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we provide a copy to the claimant and may restore the material within 10 to 14 business days unless legal action is initiated.

6. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with Section 512(i) of the DMCA, Name 100 Women enforces a policy of terminating access privileges for any contributors or users who repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights.