Take down notices

Sistema Global is an Online Service Provider. It respects the legitimate rights of copyrights owners, and has adopted an efficient notice and takedown procedure as required by the DMCA and described herein. This policy is intended to guide copyright owners in utilizing that procedure, and also to guide webmasters in restoring access to websites that are disabled due to a mistake.

Notice to Owners of Copyrighted Works


How to Write a Proper DMCA Notice

A Proper DMCA Notice will notify Sistema Global of particular facts in a document signed under penalty of perjury. We refer to this as a “Proper DMCA Notice”. To Write a Proper DMCA notice, please provide the following information:

  • Identify yourself as either:
    • The owner of a copyrighted work(s), or
  • Identify the material that you claim is infringing your copyrighted work, to which you are requesting that Sistema Global disable access over the World Wide Web.
  • Identify the location of the material on the World Wide Web by providing information reasonably sufficient to permit Sistema Global to locate the material. That meaning the URL of the content.

Sending The Proper DMCA Notice to the Designated Agent

To exercise your DMCA rights, you must send your Proper DMCA Notice to the following agent designated by Sistema Global (the “Designated Agent”.) The contact information for Sistema Global’s Designated Agent is: gcthomas@sistemaglobal.org

What We Do When We Receive A Proper DMCA Notice


Notice and Takedown Procedure

It is expected that all users and contributors to any part of the Sistema Global website will comply with applicable copyright laws. However, if Sistema Global is notified of a claimed copyright infringement, or otherwise becomes aware of facts and circumstances from which infringement is apparent, it will respond expeditiously by removing, or disabling access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. Sistema Global will comply with the appropriate provisions of the DMCA in the event a counter notification is received by its Designated Agent.

Notice to Users of Sistema Global’s Website

Pursuant to the Terms of Service Agreement you agreed to when you were permitted to become a System User, you are required to use only lawfully-acquired creative works as website content, and your account may be disabled upon receipt of notice that infringing material is appearing there. Sistema Global also respects the legitimate interests of users in utilizing media content lawfully, being permitted to present a response to claims of infringement, and obtaining timely restoration of access to a website that has been disabled due to a copyright complaint. Your System Use privileges will also be suspended. You may protest a DMCA notice by submitting a Counter-notification as described below.

Writing and Submitting a Counter-notification

If access to your account is disabled due to operation of the Sistema Global notice and takedown procedure described above, and you believe the takedown was improper, you should submit a Counter-notification.

Writing a Counter-notification


  • State, under penalty of perjury:
    • Your name, address, and telephone number,

Sending the Counter-notification

To exercise your DMCA rights, you must send your Counter-notification to the “Designated Agent” for Sistema Global , whose contact information is: gcthomas@sistemaglobal.org

Repeat Infringers



Policy With Regard To Non-Compliant Communications

Sistema Global has discretion to handle non-compliant notices in whatever manner appears to be reasonable given the circumstances presented.

Submission of Misleading Information

The submission of misleading information of any sort in a notification or counter-notification submitted to Sistema Global voids any claim of right made by the submitting party.