Last updated: June 5th, 2025
Section 512 of the Copyright Law of the United States (17 U.S.C. §512) limits liability for copyright infringement by service providers if the service provider has designated an agent for notification of claimed infringement by providing contact information to the Copyright Office and through the service provider’s website. D&E Printing Co., Inc (Choose Hope, “we”, “us”, or “ours”) has designated an agent to receive notification of alleged copyright infringement (our agent is identified below). This notification is made without prejudice or admission as to the applicability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C., Section 512, to D&E Printing Co., Inc.
If you believe that any of your exclusive rights under United States copyright law have been violated in a manner that constitutes infringement, and that the allegedly infringing material is accessible through Choose Hope as an online service provider, you must notify our designated agent.
The law requires that to be valid, your claim of copyright infringement must be written and addressed to our agent (identified below) and must provide the following information (the list below comes straight from the statute; if you do not understand the language please seek independent advice):
Upon receipt of a valid claim (i.e., a claim in which all required information is substantially provided) D&E Printing Co., Inc. will undertake to have the disputed material removed from public view. We will also notify the user who posted the allegedly infringing material that we have removed or disabled access to that material. D&E Printing Co., Inc. has no other role to play either in prosecuting or defending claims of infringement, and cannot be held accountable in any case for damages, regardless of whether a claim of infringement is found to be true or false.
Please note: If you materially misrepresent that material infringes your copyright interests, you may be liable for damages (including court costs and attorneys fees) and could be subject to criminal prosecution.
If you are a Choose Hope user and you feel that material that you have placed online that has been removed following an infringement complaint is in fact NOT an infringement, you may file a counter notification. Section 512 (g)(3) requires that to be valid, the counter notification must be written and addressed to our agent (identified below) and must provide the following information (again, the list below comes straight from the statute; if you do not understand the language please seek independent advice):
Our designated agent will present your counter notification to the person who filed the infringement complaint. Once your counter notification has been delivered, D&E Printing Co., Inc. is allowed under the provisions of Section 512 to restore the removed material in not less than ten or more than fourteen days, unless the complaining party serves notice of intent to obtain a court order restraining the restoration.
D&E Printing Co., Inc. has adopted and implemented a policy to terminate users who are found to be repeat infringers.
D&E Printing Co., Inc.’s designated agent is ERIC MIZELL.
By Mail:
D&E Printing Co., Inc.
Attn: Eric Mizell (DMCA)
2 East Main St
Brownsburg, IN 46112
By e-mail:
[email protected] (subject line: DMCA)