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Copyright Policy

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We respect the rights of artists, photographers and brand owners, and we expect everyone who uploads to or orders from beldisegno.com to do the same. This page explains how to tell us that something on our site, or something we have been asked to print, infringes your copyright or trademark, and what happens next.

Where to send a notice

Send notices to our copyright contact:

  • Email: support@beldisegno.com (subject line "Copyright notice")
  • Post: BelDisegno, Attn: Copyright, 6 Greenbriar Rd, North York, ON M2K 0H6, Canada

Our registration of a designated agent with the U.S. Copyright Office is pending. Until it appears in the Copyright Office's directory, please use the contact details above; we act on notices sent there.

What your notice must include (United States, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3))

  1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say is infringed (or, if several works, a representative list).
  3. Identification of the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it — the page address (URL), the product or order, or a description.
  4. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
  5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

A notice that leaves out one of these may not be effective. Knowingly misstating that material is infringing can make you liable for damages (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)). We may share your notice, including your name and contact details, with the person who provided the material.

What we do with a valid notice

  • We remove or disable access to the material on our site, or decline to print the order, and we tell the person who provided it.
  • If an order has not yet been produced, we may cancel and refund it.
  • We keep a record of the notice and what we did.

Counter-notice (United States, 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3))

If material you provided was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith 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 U.S. federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice we send a copy to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action to stop the infringement, we may restore the material within 10 to 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We disable the accounts of, and stop accepting orders from, people who repeatedly upload or order material that infringes others' rights, in appropriate circumstances. We decide what is appropriate case by case, considering the number of valid notices and whether a counter-notice succeeded.

Canada — notice and notice

If you are a copyright owner in Canada, you may also send a notice under the Copyright Act (sections 41.25 to 41.27). Your notice should state your name and address, identify the work and the material you say infringes it, describe your interest or right in the work, and give the date and time of the alleged infringement. Where that regime applies to material we host, we forward the notice to the person who provided the material and tell you that we did, and we keep the records the Act requires.

European Union — Digital Services Act notices

If you believe content on our site is illegal under EU or member-state law, you may notify us by email at support@beldisegno.com, which is also our single point of contact for users and for authorities. Please include an explanation of why you consider the content illegal, its exact location (URL), your name and email address (unless the notice concerns certain child sexual abuse offences), and a statement that you believe in good faith that the information in your notice is accurate and complete. We confirm receipt, decide without undue delay, and tell you the outcome and how you can seek redress. Communications can be in English or French.

Trademarks and other rights

For a trademark, a right of publicity or another right, send the same kind of notice to the same address, explaining the right and where it is registered or how it arises. We check our own designs and AI image prompts against a list of trademarks, but no check is perfect, and we would rather hear from you.

This is not legal advice

If you are unsure whether material infringes your rights, you may want to consult a lawyer before sending a notice.