Roland Corporation U.S. Policy Relating to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) updated U.S. copyright law in order to reflect the digital age.  Roland complies with all applicable U.S. copyright laws, including the DMCA.

Roland respects the intellectual property rights of others and is committed to complying with all applicable laws. The DMCA provides a copyright owner with certain recourse if that owner believes that its rights have been infringed via the Internet.

The DMCA provides certain recourse for copyright owners who believe that their rights have been infringed.  Roland  is committed to complying with U.S. Copyright law, including the DMCA.

Copyright Infringement Notification

Roland complies with the DMCA and our authorized copyright agent will accept and review all claims submitted to it. Our designated agent is Joe Sparacio.  For details as to what must be present in a valid notification, see 17 U.S.C.A. §512(c)(3)(A).

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible from this site in a way that violates U.S. copyright law, please provide notice to our designated agent at:

DMCA Complaints
Corporate Web Department
Roland Corporation U.S.
5100 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90040
Fax: (323) 722-9233
Email: dmcagent@rolandus.com

(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.

Counter-Notification

Upon receipt of a copyright infringement notification, we will promptly advise the party who has placed the material which is the subject of the notification of this fact and that their material has been removed from the site or access to the material has been blocked. A party who has placed material on our website about which a copyright infringement notification has been filed has the right to file a counter-notification with us in accordance with Section 512(g) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

A written counter notification must contain the following:

(A) A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.

(B) Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.

(C) A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.

(D) The subscriber’s name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriber’s address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided notification or an agent of such person.

Please note that the DMCA provides for substantial penalties for filing a false counternotice in response to a notice of copyright infringement.

Before providing your notification of claimed infringement [or counter notification] please review your claim to ensure that it is accurate and is being made in good faith as the law provides for substantial penalties for making false claims.

Please note that you may potentially be liable for damages, including costs and attorney’s fees, if you materially misrepresent a copyright infringement claim. Thus, before making a claim you may wish to contact an attorney to determine your rights under copyright laws.

Your written notification should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
Corporate Web Department
Roland Corporation U.S.
5100 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90040
Fax: (323) 722-9233
Email: dmcagent@rolandus.com

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification will be liable for any resulting damages. Please also be advised that we enforce a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers who are repeat infringers. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether certain material infringes the copyrights of others, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.

Upon receipt of your counter-notification, we will forward a copy of it to the party who submitted the original notification alleging copyright infringement. Please note that by submitting a counter-notification, you consent to having your personal information revealed to the party who filed the original notification. If the party who filed the original copyright infringement notification notifies us within ten (10) days of our receipt of your counter-notification that he or she has filed an action seeking a court order against you with respect to the subject matter of the copyright infringement notification, we are not permitted to restore the material to our website. If we do not receive such notice, we may reinstate the material.