Hudson Street Media LLC DMCA Copyright Policy
Last Updated: May 23, 2009

At Hudson Street Media LLC (“Hudson Street Media”) we respect the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that our website visitors do the same. We have adopted the following general policy regarding copyrights in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable laws.

This policy covers the following websites that are owned and/or operated by Hudson Street Media: Capitol Hub; Political Lunch; Your World in 5; That Sports Show; American Microphone; Now Reporting; New Reporting.

It is our policy to block access to or remove material that we believe in good faith to be infringing on a copyrighted work. We also disable and/or terminate the membership of those who we believe in good faith are repeatedly infringing copyrighted works.

Notice of Infringing Material

We respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the DMCA and other applicable laws. In accordance with the DMCA, we have assigned a Designated Agent to handle copyright infringement claims. Our Designated Agent’s contact information is:

Vogele & Associates for Hudson Street Media LLC
Attn: Colette Vogele, Esq.
12 Geary Street, Suite 701
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: 415-391-3311
email: copyright@capitolhub.com

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on our website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send to the Designated Agent a notice of copyright infringement under the DMCA containing the following information:

Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed on our website;
Identification of the material that you claim has infringed on the identified copyrighted work, including (a) a description of how the material in question is using the copyrighted work in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, and (b) a description of where the material in question is located on the website, with sufficient detail that we may verify the existence of the material on the web site;
Your contact information, including your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
Statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted materials is not authorized by the copyright holder, its agents, or the law;
Statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information provided in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright holder or are the authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder; and
Electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder.

In addition to the above items, it would be helpful to include any information to allow us to verify with certainty the copyright status of the work you claim has been infringed (for example, a copy of the copyright registration for the work, if one exists).

Review of Notices

Once received, we will review your notice. If your notice contains all of the appropriate information under the DMCA, and if we believe in good faith that the material in question is being used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, then we will promptly remove or disable access to the infringing material.

Counter-Notification

If material that you have posted on our site has been removed or disabled due to alleged copyright infringement, you may send our Designated Agent a counter-notification containing the following information:

1) Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled, including a description of the where the material in question appeared on the [COMPANY] website before it was removed or disabled;
2) Statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or blocked as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material in question;
3) Your contact information, including full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
4) Statement by you that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which your address is located or, if your address is outside of the USA, for the judicial district in which Hudson Street Media is located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement;
5) Your electronic or physical signature.

Once received, we will review your counter-notification and will take action that we believe in good faith to be appropriate.

Original User-Submitted Works

If you are looking for information on how copyrights for original member[user]-submitted content are treated by Hudson Street Media, please see our Terms of Use, available at this link: http://www.CapitolHub.com/legal/.

Contact Information for Designated Agent

The contact information of Hudson Street Media’s DMCA Designed Agent is:

Vogele & Associates for Hudson Street Media LLC
Attn: Colette Vogele, Esq.
12 Geary Street, Suite 701
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: 415-391-3311
email: copyright@capitolhub.com

Please note that submissions by email will generally receive the most prompt review.