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Cause Cart’s Copyright &  DMCA Policy:

This is ’s general policy regarding copyright in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Cause Cart removes any material that is the subject of a compliant DMCA takedown notice. Section 512 of the DMCA provides the rules for reporting copyright infringement and for filing a counter-notification.

If you believe your copyright is being infringed, you can report the alleged violation.

If your project was the subject of a takedown notice, you can submit a counter-notification.

If you’ve backed a project that was the subject of a takedown notice, you can learn what that means.

Cause Cart’s policy, as with any use in inappropriate circumstances, terminates user accounts that  infringe on the intellectual property rights of others.

How do I report a copyright violation?

If you’re not sure whether material infringes on your copyright, please consult with an attorney before filing a DMCA notification. Misrepresenting that material infringes on your copyright may subject you to liability for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by Project Creators or other parties.

If you believe that your copyright is being infringed, you can file a DMCA notification by completing our contact form or by emailing us at info@causability.org. Your claim must include the following information (please note that all information must be submitted in English):

  • an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
  • a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
  • a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site, sufficient for Kickstarter to locate the material;
  • your address, telephone number, and email address;
  • a statement by you that you understand that under 17 U.S.C § 512(f) you may be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, if you knowingly and materially misrepresent that reported material or activity is infringing;
  • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • a statement by you that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Submitting your notification via our form is the fastest way to file your claim, but you may also send the required information to our copyright agent at the following address:

Attn: Copyright Agent
DMCA/Causability 13101 Preston Rd. Ste 110 Box 1016
Dallas, TX 75240

What happens if I receive a DMCA notification about my project? 

If Cause Cart receives a DMCA notice about your project, our policy is to remove the infringing material or disable access to your project until the dispute is resolved or the DMCA process is complete. You will receive an email from Cause Cart attaching the alleged copyright owner’s notice and providing instructions for filing a counter-notification. Cause Cart will process DMCA notifications and counter-notifications that it receives, but we cannot adjudicate these disputes.

How do I file a counter-notification to dispute the claims?   

If you receive a DMCA notification and believe that your work has been removed or disabled by mistake or because of misidentification, you can submit a counter-notification to Cause Cart’s  copyright agent by emailing us at: info@causability.org. Your counter-notification email must contain the following information (please confirm these requirements with your legal counsel or see the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3) for more information. Please also note that all information must be submitted in English:

  • a physical or electronic signature of the user of the services;
  • 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 to it was disabled;
  • a statement made under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material; and
  • the subscriber’s name, address, telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriber’s address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the user will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), or an agent of such person.

This information can also be mailed to Cause Cart’s copyright agent at the following address:

Attn: Copyright Agent

Attn: DMCA/Causability: 13101 Preston Rd. Ste 110 Box 1016 Dallas, TX 75240

Under the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

What happens after I submit a counter-notification?

After Cause Cart receives your counter-notification, we’ll forward it to the copyright owner. If we do not receive a notice within 10 business days after forwarding the counter-notification that the owner has filed an action seeking a court order to prevent further infringement, may reinstate the project at issue.

Access to your project or to the infringing material will remain disabled after we receive your counter-notification until the dispute is resolved or until 10 business days have passed without notification that the owner has filed an action seeking a court order. During this time, you will still have the option to message your backers, edit your project, or cancel your project.

Will anyone see my DMCA notification or counter-notification?  

Cause Cart is committed to transparency in disabling access to users’ content. We publish a copy of each DMCA notification and counter-notification on our site. Personally-identifying information such as the claimant’s name, email and telephone number will be removed from notifications and counter-notifications before they are published. However, a claimant’s address and company name (if provided) will be posted publicly.

Cause Cart also reserves the right to forward all materials received (including full contact details) to the opposing party in the DMCA dispute.

What happens to my donation if the project I backed is subject to a copyright dispute?

If a project you’ve backed becomes the subject of a copyright dispute and Kickstarter removes part or all of the project from public view, you’ll get an email that explains the status and next steps. Any material that becomes subject to a copyright dispute will be removed until the dispute is resolved or the DMCA process is complete. If a project or any of its contents are removed because of a dispute, you’ll still be able to manage your pledge by going to the project page.

If we aren’t able to re-post the project within 30 days, we will cancel it, all donations will expire, and the project will be permanently unavailable. If, on the other hand, the dispute is resolved or the DMCA process resolves within 30 days, the project will be restored to public view. We’ll update you by email if any of these steps are taken.

How do I report a project for patent infringement?

If you believe that a project is offering an item or service that infringes on a valid and enforceable patent, please submit the valid patent registration number and a court order finding infringement of the patent by the project to info@causability.org.

Additionally, please be sure to include the following information in your message:

  • URL of infringing project
  • Your full legal name
  • Your email address (please use company email address)
  • Company name (optional)
  • Company street address (optional)
  • A statement that you understand that Kickstarter may provide third parties, including the affected user, with a copy of this complaint.
  • A statement under penalty of perjury that the information in this complaint is true and correct and that you are the patent holder or are authorized to act on the patent holder’s behalf.

Cause Cart will review claims of patent infringement and will remove from public view any project that is the subject of a court order finding infringement of a valid and enforceable patent.

 

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Scholarship Rules

These scholarships are prohibited and if used, violate Causability’s terms of service. Your cause will be automatically be deleted from the platform.

  1. Any item claiming to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent an illness or condition (whether via a device, app, book, nutritional supplement, or other means).
  2. Contests, coupons, gambling, and raffles.
  3. Energy food, vitamins or health supplements and drinks.
  4. Offensive material (e.g., hate speech, encouraging violence against others, etc).
  5. Offering a genetically modified organism as a perk.
  6. Live animals. Perks cannot include live animals.
  7. Offering alcohol.
  8. Offering financial, money-processing, or credit services; financial intermediaries or cash-equivalent instruments; travel services (e.g., vacation packages); phone services (e.g., prepaid phone services, 900 numbers); and business marketing services.
  9. Political fundraising.
  10. Any nudity, graphic displays of body parts or pornographic material.
  11. Perks that promote discrimination, bigotry, or intolerance towards any and all marginalized groups.
  12. Perks that share things that already exist, or repackage a previously-created product, without adding anything new or aiming to iterate on the idea in any way.
  13. Resale. All perks must have been produced or designed by the project or one of its creators — no reselling things from elsewhere.
  14. Drugs, nicotine, tobacco, vaporizers and related paraphernalia.
  15. Violent materials such as images of weapons, replicas of weapons, and weapon accessories.
  16. Any perks that are deemed illegal, heavily regulated, or potentially dangerous for donors, as well as perks that the creator did not make.
  17. Previously copyrighted materials from any and all forms of literature, art or music.

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    • Perks Terms & Conditions

    Causability prohibits all ‘cause based campaigns’ that are illegal, heavily regulated, or potentially dangerous for (users) donors, as well as any offered ‘perks’ (donation incentives) that the ‘creator’ did not make either physically or offered as digital downloads.

    1. Any item claiming to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent an illness or condition (whether via a device, app, book, nutritional supplement, or other means).
    2. Contests, coupons, gambling, and raffles.
    3. Energy food and drinks.
    4. Offensive material (e.g., hate speech, encouraging violence against others, etc.)
    5. Offering a genetically modified organism as a reward.
    6. Live animals. Campaigns can not include live animals as a reward.
    7. Offering alcohol as a reward.
    8. Offering financial, money-processing, or credit services; financial intermediaries or cash-equivalent instruments; travel services (e.g., vacation packages); phone services (e.g., prepaid phone services, 900 numbers); and business marketing services.
    9. Political fundraising.
    10. Any pornographic or sexually explicit material.
    11. Campaigns that promote discrimination, bigotry, or intolerance towards marginalized groups.
    12. Campaigns that share things that already exist, or repackage a previously created product, without adding anything new or aiming to iterate on the idea in any way.
    13. No resale. All ‘perks’ (donation incentives) must have been produced or designed by the project or one of its creators — no reselling things from others or elsewhere.
    14. Drugs, nicotine, tobacco, vaporizers, and related paraphernalia.
    15. Weapons, replicas of weapons, and weapon accessories.
    If your project involves something illegal, heavily regulated, or potentially dangerous for backers and it is not on this list, please contact us before starting your campaign.

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