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DMCA Policy & Designated Agent

Last updated: May 18, 2026

1. Designated Copyright Agent

Plan Your Passing has designated the following agent under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(2) to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement:

A registered agent designation may also be on file with the U.S. Copyright Office. The agent of record there controls in the event of any conflict with this page.

2. What a valid takedown notice must include

Per 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A), a written notice of claimed infringement must include substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, in the case of multiple works at a single online site, a representative list of such works).
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material — most usefully, a direct URL to the page in question.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party — at minimum an email address, and where applicable a phone number and mailing address.
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notices that do not substantially comply with §512(c)(3) may not be actionable. We are not obligated to investigate ambiguous or incomplete notices.

3. False claims and §512(f)

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that material was removed by mistake — may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer or by the service provider. We may forward your contact information to the affected user.

4. Counter-notification procedure

If your material was removed or disabled in response to a DMCA notice and you believe in good faith that the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to our designated agent. A valid counter-notice under §512(g)(3) must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party or its agent.

On receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original complaining party and may restore the removed material after 10 business days unless the complaining party files a court action against you.

5. Repeat-infringer policy

Consistent with 17 U.S.C. §512(i), we maintain a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of subscribers, account holders, or partners who are repeat infringers. Two valid, uncontested DMCA takedowns is generally sufficient to trigger termination.

6. Our own content

Most content on this site is original work owned by Plan Your Passing and Roger Daniel Grubb. We do not authorize republication of the book, the 8-module course, the workshop kits, or the manuscript materials except by white-label partners with an active license. If you find content from this site reproduced elsewhere without attribution or license, please report it to dmca@planyourpassing.org.

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