Member Participant’s IDX site must comply with The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 by including appropriate notification
instructions to users. A Vendor or Member Participant that receives a DMCA notice of infringement must immediately (no later than 24
hours after receipt) notify MLS GRID at [email protected]. A Member Participant’s IDX site must include the conspicuous
display of the following two paragraphs:
“The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, 17 U.S.C. § 512 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that
material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that any content or material
made available in connection with our website or services infringes your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting
that the content or material be removed, or access to it blocked. Notices must be sent in writing by email to
“The DMCA requires that your notice of alleged copyright infringement include the following information: (1) description of the
copyrighted work that is the subject of claimed infringement; (2) description of the alleged infringing content and information sufficient to
permit us to locate the content; (3) contact information for you, including your address, telephone number and email address; (4) a
statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the content in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, or its agent, or by the operation of any law; (5) a statement by you, signed under penalty of perjury, that the information in the
notification is accurate and that you have the authority to enforce the copyrights that are claimed to be infringed; and (6) a physical or
electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. Failure to include all of the
above information may result in the delay of the processing of your complaint.