Copyright and DMCA Policy

Effective date: January 1, 2025

Intellectual Property Notice

VELOCE Media Agency GmbH ("VELOCE", "we", "us" or "our") operates websites, editorial properties, marketplaces, social media accounts and other digital channels, hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Platforms".

We respect the intellectual property rights of authors, photographers, artists, publishers, companies and other rights holders.

Content published through our Platforms, including photographs, illustrations, videos, articles, texts, graphics and other materials (collectively, the "Media"), may be owned by VELOCE, its contributors, partners, licensors or other third parties.

Where Media is owned by third parties, VELOCE publishes or uses such Media only where we reasonably believe that we have obtained the necessary rights, licences, permissions or other lawful basis for such use.

Contributors and partners providing Media to VELOCE are expected to submit only material that they own, are authorised to provide, or are otherwise legally entitled to use. They are also expected to inform VELOCE of any relevant restrictions affecting publication or reuse.

Unless otherwise indicated, no content published on the Platforms may be reproduced, distributed, modified, republished or otherwise used without the permission of the relevant rights holder, except where such use is permitted by applicable law.

VELOCE takes copyright infringement seriously.

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorised to act on behalf of one, and believe that material published or made available through one of our Platforms infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, please contact us.

To allow us to assess your request efficiently, your notification should include:

identification of the copyrighted work or other protected material concerned;
identification of the material that you believe infringes your rights;
the URL or other information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the material;
an explanation of why you believe the use of the material infringes your rights;
your name and contact details, including an email address and, where appropriate, postal address and telephone number;
confirmation that you are the rights holder or are authorised to act on behalf of the rights holder; and
any supporting information or documentation that may assist us in assessing the request.

Upon receiving a sufficiently detailed notification, VELOCE will review the matter and may remove or disable access to the relevant material while the matter is being investigated or where we determine that removal is appropriate.

VELOCE Media Agency GmbH
Attn: Copyright Compliance
welcome@velocemedia.ch

DMCA Notices

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") is a United States copyright law that includes procedures through which copyright owners may request the removal of allegedly infringing material from certain online services.

Where the DMCA applies, a copyright owner or a person authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner may submit a notification of claimed infringement.

A DMCA notification should include substantially the following information:

A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, where multiple copyrighted works are concerned, a representative list of those works.
Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, together with information reasonably sufficient to allow VELOCE to locate the material.
Information reasonably sufficient to allow VELOCE to contact the complaining party, such as a postal address, telephone number and email address.
A statement that: "I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
A statement that: "I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the information contained in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."

DMCA notifications may be sent by email to:

VELOCE Media Agency GmbH
Attn: Copyright Compliance
welcome@velocemedia.ch

Please note that knowingly or materially misrepresenting that material is infringing may give rise to liability under applicable law. If you are uncertain whether material infringes your rights, you should consider obtaining appropriate legal advice before submitting a notification.

Counter-Notifications

If material that you submitted or provided to VELOCE has been removed or access to it has been disabled following a copyright notification, and you believe that the removal resulted from a mistake or misidentification, you may contact us and request that the matter be reviewed.

Where a counter-notification is submitted pursuant to the DMCA, it should include substantially the following information:

Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the material that was removed or to which access was disabled, together with the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
A statement that: "I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
Your name, postal address and telephone number.
Where required under the DMCA, a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States Federal District Court, including, where your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which the service provider may be found.
A statement confirming that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notification of claimed infringement, or an authorised agent of that person.

Counter-notifications should be sent to:

VELOCE Media Agency GmbH
Attn: Copyright Compliance
welcome@velocemedia.ch

Submitting a counter-notification may have legal consequences. If you are uncertain about your rights or the applicability of copyright law to the material concerned, you should consider obtaining appropriate legal advice.

Review and Enforcement

VELOCE reserves the right to investigate copyright complaints and to remove, restrict or disable access to material where we reasonably consider such action appropriate.

Where relevant, we may contact the person who provided the material in question and may share sufficient information concerning the complaint to allow the matter to be properly assessed or resolved.

Repeated or deliberate infringement of third-party intellectual property rights may result in the suspension or termination of a contributor's ability to submit material to VELOCE or otherwise use the relevant Platform.

Nothing in this Policy limits any rights or remedies available to VELOCE, copyright owners, contributors or other parties under applicable law.

Contact

Questions regarding this Copyright and DMCA Policy may be addressed to:

VELOCE Media Agency GmbH
welcome@velocemedia.ch