LinkedIn says its User Agreement requires Members to post accurate, lawful, non-infringing information
LinkedIn states that it respects other people’s intellectual property rights and wants a platform with no content that violates those rights. It summarizes its User Agreement as requiring that information Members post be accurate, lawful and not violate the rights of third parties. This policy only describes that requirement; the User Agreement itself is not part of this document.
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LinkedIn respects the intellectual property rights of others and desires to offer a platform which contains no content that violates those rights.
Our User Agreement requires that information posted by Members be accurate, lawful and not in violation of the rights of third parties.
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This is LinkedIn’s summary of its User Agreement, not the User Agreement text itself.
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The User Agreement is linked by name only and is not supplied here, so its exact wording and consequences are not shown.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
LinkedIn offers a process to complain about content posted by Members
To support those goals, LinkedIn provides a process for submitting complaints about content that Members post. The policy says its procedures are described or referenced in the sections that follow: copyright claims use the notice and counter-notice procedure in this policy, while issues other than copyright infringement are directed to LinkedIn’s Help Center, which explains how to flag and report other content violations.
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To promote these objectives, LinkedIn provides a process for submission of complaints concerning content posted by our Members.
Our policy and procedures are described and/or referenced in the sections that follow.
For issues other than copyright infringement please visit our
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Only copyright claims are handled through the notice and counter-notice steps set out in this policy; other complaint types are referred to the Help Center.
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The Help Center pages are linked but not supplied, so the procedure for non-copyright complaints is not shown in this source.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Copyright owners can send LinkedIn a DMCA notice of claimed infringement
LinkedIn states that, pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), it has procedures for receiving written notifications of claimed infringement and has designated an agent to receive them. If you believe in good faith that your copyright has been infringed, you may complete LinkedIn’s online Notice of Copyright Infringement form or otherwise send a written communication containing the listed elements.
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Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), LinkedIn has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed infringements.
LinkedIn has also designated an agent to receive notices of claimed copyright infringement.
If you believe in good faith that your copyright has been infringed, you may complete and submit a
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The route is for a good faith belief that your copyright has been infringed.
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is an external law that is not supplied here; its requirements are not reproduced in this source.
The policy does not say how quickly, or whether, LinkedIn removes content after a valid notice.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
A written copyright notice must include a signature, the work, its location, contact details and two statements
If you send a written communication instead of using the form, it must contain: (1) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act for the copyright owner; (2) a description of the copyrighted work you claim was infringed; (3) a description of where on LinkedIn’s website the allegedly infringing material is located; (4) your email address and your mailing address and/or telephone number; (5) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (6) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner.
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or otherwise provide a written communication which contains:
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 specifying the location on our website of the material that you claim is infringing;
Your email address and your mailing address and/or telephone number;
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, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
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The source lists these elements for the written-communication alternative; the online form’s own fields are not shown.
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The online Notice of Copyright Infringement form is linked but not supplied.
Send copyright notices to LinkedIn’s Copyright Agent online or by mail to Sunnyvale, California
Copyright notices go to LinkedIn Corporation’s Copyright Agent, either through LinkedIn’s online submission form or by mail to: LinkedIn Corporation, ATTN: Copyright Agent, Legal Department, 1000 West Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.
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Please submit your notice to LinkedIn Corporation’s Copyright Agent as follows:
Fill out our online submission form to contact the LinkedIn Copyright Agent
Or contact us by mail at:
LinkedIn Corporation ATTN: Copyright Agent Legal Department 1000 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA
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The mailing address is as stated in a policy dated March 26, 2014; the source does not say whether it is still current.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
If a copyright notice was improperly filed against you, you may submit a counter-notice
If you believe a notice of copyright infringement was improperly submitted against you, you may submit a Counter-Notice, which the policy says is pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You can use LinkedIn’s online Counter-Notice form or send a written communication containing the listed elements.
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If you believe that a notice of copyright infringement has been improperly submitted against you, you may submit a Counter-Notice, pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
You may complete the
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The counter-notice is tied to a copyright notice submitted against you; it is not described for other complaint types.
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Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act are external law not supplied here.
The policy does not say whether, when or under what conditions LinkedIn restores removed material after a counter-notice, or whether it forwards the counter-notice to the complainant.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
A written counter-notice must include a signature, the removed material, a sworn mistake statement and your details
A written counter-notice must contain: (1) your physical or electronic signature; (2) identification of the material removed or to which access was disabled; (3) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed or disabled by mistake or was misidentified; and (4) your full name, email address and mailing address, together with the jurisdiction consent and service-of-process statement described separately.
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or otherwise provide a written communication which contains:
Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the material removed or to which access has been disabled;
A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that removal or disablement of the material was a mistake or that the material was misidentified;
Your full name, your email address, your mailing address
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These are the listed contents of a written counter-notice; the online form’s own fields are not shown.
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The online Counter-Notice form is linked but not supplied.
Send counter-notices to LinkedIn’s Copyright Agent online or by mail to the same address
Counter-notices go to LinkedIn’s Copyright Agent through LinkedIn’s online submission form or by mail to the address given for notices: LinkedIn Corporation, ATTN: Copyright Agent, Legal Department, 1000 West Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.
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Please submit your Counter-Notice to LinkedIn’s Copyright Agent via
or mail to the address specified above.
LinkedIn Corporation ATTN: Copyright Agent Legal Department 1000 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA
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The mailing address is as stated in a policy dated March 26, 2014; the source does not say whether it is still current.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Complaints other than copyright go through LinkedIn’s Help Center, not this notice procedure
For issues other than copyright infringement, LinkedIn directs you to its Help Center, where it says you will find how to flag and report other types of content violations. The policy links three related pages: Reporting Inappropriate Content, Messages, or Safety Concerns; LinkedIn’s Trademark Policy; and LinkedIn’s False Profile Policy. Trademark and false-profile complaints are therefore not handled through the copyright notice and counter-notice steps. The general statement that LinkedIn may forward a notice to the posting Member also covers notices of "other content violation."
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For issues other than copyright infringement please visit our
where you’ll find information on how to flag and report other types of content violations.
Reporting Inappropriate Content, Messages, or Safety Concerns
LinkedIn's Trademark Policy
LinkedIn's False Profile Policy
LinkedIn has received notice of an alleged violation of intellectual property rights or other content violation.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only copyright claims use the notice and counter-notice procedure in this policy.
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The Help Center, Reporting Inappropriate Content, Trademark Policy and False Profile Policy pages are linked but not supplied, so their procedures and requirements are not shown here.
You may not republish or redistribute Associated Press material found on LinkedIn
Associated Press (AP) text, photo, graphic, audio and video material on LinkedIn may not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication, or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. AP material, or any portion of it, may not be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. Users may not download or reproduce a substantial portion of the AP material found on the site.
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Notice regarding Associated Press content on LinkedIn:
Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use.
Users may not download or reproduce a substantial portion of the AP material found on this web site.
Qualifications & exceptions
Storage is allowed only for personal and non-commercial use.
The download and reproduction limit is for a "substantial portion" of AP material.
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The source does not define "substantial portion" or say how LinkedIn identifies AP material on the site.