Please read: This document is a starting-point template written in plain language. It is not legal advice. Before relying on it, please have an attorney licensed in your state review it against your specific business practices.
The Crick Code respects the intellectual-property rights of others. If you believe that content on this site infringes your copyright, please follow the procedure below.
Filing a copyright infringement notice (DMCA takedown)
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and equivalent laws, you may notify us of alleged infringement by sending a written notice to our designated agent (contact information below). Your notice must include all of the following (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or an authorized agent.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If multiple works, a representative list of them.
- Identification of the material on our site that is alleged to be infringing, with enough detail to let us find it (a URL is best).
- Your contact information: address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
Send your notice to:
DMCA Designated Agent
Betsy Cluff
Email: betsy.cluff@gmail.com
Please note that we may forward any DMCA notice we receive to the person whose content is claimed to infringe.
Filing a counter-notice
If we remove material because of a DMCA notice and you believe the removal was a mistake — for example, the material was posted by you and does not actually infringe, or the removing party misidentified it — you may file a counter-notice with our designated agent. A valid counter-notice must include (17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)):
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before it was removed.
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in the district where you live (or, if you are outside the U.S., in any judicial district in which we may be found).
- A statement that you will accept service of process from the party who filed the original DMCA notice or their agent.
Repeat infringers
We reserve the right to terminate the accounts of anyone who is a repeat infringer, in appropriate circumstances.
Our copyright
All original content on this site is copyright © 2014–2026 Betsy Cluff and Brenda Holm. The novel The Crick Code is copyright © Betsy Cluff and Brenda Holm and is published in paperback via Amazon’s print-on-demand platform.
To request permission to republish, translate, or excerpt any of our content beyond what our Terms of Use permit, please email betsy.cluff@gmail.com. We are generally happy to say yes; we just need to be asked.