Copyright Infringement

As ExtremeTravelJunkie.com asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by The Website violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify us. We will promptly respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material from our Website or disabling all links to the infringing material in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act if properly notified that the materials infringe a third party's copyright.

Responsibility of Contributors

ExtremeTravelJunkie.com has simply established a system whereby software automatically processes user-submitted content and recasts it in a format that is readily accessible to its users. We preselect the software parameters for the process from a range of default values set by the third party software. But the Website does not itself actively participate or supervise the uploading of files. Nor does it preview or select the files before the upload is completed. Instead, Content is uploaded through an automated process which is initiated entirely at the volition of the Website's users.

Therefore, each user is solely responsible for ensuring that the materials they upload to ExtremeTravelJunkie.com do not infringe any third party copyright.

In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of ExtremeTravelJunkie.com or others, we may, in our sole discretion, terminate his/her account or deny access to and use of the Website.

Fair Dealing (Fair Use)

There are several images posted on the Website to demonstrate certain activities in accordance to Fair Dealing/Fair Use concept. The basis for such approach is explained below:

1. The purpose of use is for non-commercial educational reasons;

2. Images of these activities were not available to purchase at major stock photo websites (such as iStockphoto.com, Fotolia.com, and some other);

3. The use of these images does not damage the commercial value of the work;

4. The images are not a substitute product for the copyrighted work;

5. The copied work is factual rather than creative;

6. The images to be used for a limited time period; and

7. The images are properly attributed.

At the same time, if you are the copyright holder of such image and you absolutely hate the idea of your work appearing on ExtremeTravelJunkie.com without your permission, please, let us know and we will remove your image as soon as possible.

Description Videos

Most extreme-sport-activity pages have 2 YouTube videos uploaded by the Website’s admin in order to demonstrate what this activity or sport is about in addition to the textual description and the image that serve the same purpose. These videos are used in full compliance with the YouTube Terms of Use.

Most of these videos contain added musical track. We have done our best to avoid uploading videos with added songs from such obviously famous bands as Metallica, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, and some others. However, we do not know and cannot possibly know every single song/melody ever released. We do not know and cannot possibly know whether a YouTube user who had added a song to his/her video uploaded to YouTube does have or does not have a right to use a song he/she added.

In addition, we do believe that we have a right to use these videos in accordance to Fair Dealing/Fair Use concept due to all the reasons explained in the section above.

At the same rime, we guarantee that we will remove any description video that violates your copyright within reasonable time, if you, a copyright holder, properly notify us about such infringement.
 

DMCA Notice to Remove Copyrighted Content

If you believe that your work has been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please, provide us with the following information:

1. Identify yourself as either the copyright holder or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf;
2. Your contact information - your true name, address, phone number, and email address;
3. A URL of the infringing page and a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
4. A statement that you 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;
5. A statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate;
6. Your electronic or physical signature.

Submit this information here.