1. Scope of This Policy

This policy applies to copyright complaints concerning material available through the Lodge’s production website, https://osia2738.com.

The website may contain Lodge-created material, historical photographs and documents, submitted community content, licensed materials, public-domain materials, and embedded or linked content supplied by third-party websites.

This procedure is intended for copyright claims. Questions involving privacy, trademarks, defamation, historical accuracy, accessibility, or other matters should be directed through the Lodge’s general contact information.

2. Before Submitting a Copyright Notice

Before sending a notice, please consider whether the use may be authorized by the copyright owner, permitted by a license, in the public domain, or allowed under an exception or limitation such as fair use.

A copyright notice is a legal communication. You may wish to consult an attorney before submitting a notice, particularly when ownership, licensing, fair use, or other legal questions are uncertain.

3. How to Submit a Notice of Claimed Infringement

A copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf, may send a written notice to the Lodge’s Copyright Contact. To allow the Lodge to identify and review the claim, the notice should include all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If one notice covers multiple works at a single online location, provide a representative list.
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, together with information reasonably sufficient to locate it, such as the exact page address, image address, title, caption, or location on the page.
• Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address so the Lodge can contact you.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, the owner’s agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Notices that omit required information may be delayed or may not provide sufficient information for the Lodge to act.

4. Copyright Contact

Copyright notices concerning the Lodge website may be sent to:

Copyright Contact — Sons of Italy Lodge 2738
Pueblo, Colorado
Email: info@osia2738.com

Please place DMCA Copyright Notice in the email subject line and include the complete information described above.

This contact information provides a direct procedure for reporting copyright concerns. It should not be interpreted as a representation that the Lodge has completed a formal service-provider designation with the U.S. Copyright Office.

5. Review and Response

Upon receiving a complete and credible notice, the Lodge may investigate the claim, contact the person or organization responsible for the material, temporarily restrict access, remove the material, or take another action considered appropriate under the circumstances.

The Lodge may forward the notice, including the claimant’s contact information, to the person who supplied or requested publication of the affected material so that person can understand and respond to the claim.

Removal of material is not an admission that infringement occurred. The Lodge may remove or restrict material while reviewing a dispute or while the parties determine ownership, permission, attribution, licensing, or fair-use questions.

6. Counter-Notice Procedure

A person whose material was removed or disabled as a result of a copyright notice may submit a written counter-notice when that person believes the material was removed because of a mistake or misidentification.

A counter-notice should include all of the following:

• The affected person’s physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where it appeared before removal or restriction.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that the person has a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled because of mistake or misidentification.
• The person’s name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States Federal District Court for the person’s address—or, when the person is outside the United States, an appropriate judicial district in which the website operator may be found—and accepting service of process from the person who submitted the original notice or that person’s agent.

Counter-notices should be emailed to info@osia2738.com with DMCA Counter-Notice in the subject line.

7. Restoration Following a Counter-Notice

When legally applicable, the Lodge may provide the counter-notice to the original claimant. The affected material may be restored after the statutory waiting period unless the claimant informs the Lodge that a court action has been filed seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

The timing and availability of restoration depend on the completeness of the submissions, applicable law, technical considerations, and any court proceedings or agreements between the parties.

8. Repeat Infringement

Where appropriate and technically applicable, the Lodge may restrict or terminate access, accounts, submission privileges, or publication privileges of persons who repeatedly infringe copyright or repeatedly submit material without the necessary ownership or permission.

9. Misrepresentations and Abuse of This Process

Copyright notices and counter-notices must be submitted honestly. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation that content is infringing, or that content was removed by mistake or misidentification, may result in legal liability.

The Lodge may disregard submissions that are abusive, fraudulent, threatening, unrelated to copyright, or plainly insufficient to identify the work or disputed material.

10. Third-Party and Embedded Content

Some videos, maps, social-media features, Heritage Minute material, images, and other resources may be hosted or controlled by another website. When disputed content is hosted entirely by a third party, the copyright owner may need to contact that third party directly.

The Lodge may assist by identifying the external provider or removing an embed or link when appropriate, but it cannot remove material from a server or account controlled by another organization.

11. No Legal Advice

This policy provides general information about the Lodge’s copyright complaint procedure. It is not legal advice and does not replace the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, other copyright laws, court rules, or advice from a qualified attorney.

12. Changes to This Policy

The Lodge may update this policy when website features, copyright procedures, contact information, legal requirements, or organizational practices change. The current version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

13. Related Policies

Website use and information practices are also governed by the Lodge’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.