The images/videos from television programs on Television Style are used for critical, teaching, and scholarship purposes. It is our understanding of Section 107 “Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use” of U.S. copyright law that these purposes constitute “fair use” of copyrighted material.
We believe that our use of television images/videos passes the “Four Factor Fair Use Test” that encapsulates the main provisions of Section 107. Moreover, we believe that the arguments made in favor of fair use in Kristin Thompson’s “Fair Usage Publication of Film Stills” should also apply here.
However, we do not wish to infringe upon any copyrights. If you are a copyright holder and you believe our use of an image/video infringes upon your copyright, please notify us and we will immediately remove that image/video from Television Style.
Process for Notification of Claimed Infringement
As per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (512(c)(3)(A)(i-vi)):
- A notification of claimed infringement must be a written communication
provided to the designated agent of a service provider that
includes substantially the following:- (i) A physical or electronic signature of a person
authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive
right that is allegedly infringed. - (ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed
to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted
works at a single online site are covered by a single
notification, a representative list of such works at that
site. - (iii) Identification of the material that is claimed
to be 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 the service provider to locate the material. - (iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit
the service provider to contact the complaining party,
such as an address, telephone number, and, if available,
an electronic mail address at which the complaining
party may be contacted - (v) 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. - (vi) 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.
- (i) A physical or electronic signature of a person
For purposes of notification, the designated agent is:
Jeremy Butler
Professor
Telecommunication and Film Department
The University of Alabama
Box 870152
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
