Wells Fargo promises a prompt response to clear infringement notices
Wells Fargo says it will respond expeditiously to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement reported to its designated copyright agent. It describes this response as being in accordance with the DMCA; the page does not set a numerical response deadline.
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Wells Fargo will respond expeditiously to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement that are reported to Wells Fargo’s designated copyright agent identified below.
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice must be clear and reported to the designated copyright agent.
Wells Fargo may remove or disable access to material claimed to infringe
As part of its response, Wells Fargo may remove material or disable access to it when it resides on a site Wells Fargo controls or operates and is claimed to infringe copyright. The wording allows this response without promising removal in every case.
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As part of our response, we may remove or disable access to material residing on a site that is controlled or operated by Wells Fargo that is claimed to be infringing,
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to material on a site controlled or operated by Wells Fargo.
contrast (model-proposed): Affected site administrators or content providers may counter-notify — Wells Fargo may remove allegedly infringing material and may later reinstate it after a counter notification from an affected administrator or provider. These are opposing possible outcomes in the same procedure; neither is guaranteed.
After removal, Wells Fargo will try to contact the content submitter
If Wells Fargo removes material or disables access as part of its infringement response, it says it will make a good-faith attempt to contact the person who submitted it so that the person may make a DMCA counter notification. This promises an attempt to contact them.
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in which case we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the person who submitted the affected material so that they may make a counter notification, also in accordance with the DMCA.
Qualifications & exceptions
Triggered by removal or disabling access in the infringement response.
Copyright owners and authorized representatives can report infringement
The notice procedure is for a copyright owner, or someone authorized to act for an owner of the copyright or an exclusive right under it, who believes their work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement. They are instructed to provide the listed information to Wells Fargo’s designated copyright agent.
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If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of an owner of the copyright or of any exclusive right under the copyright, and believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please report your notice of infringement to Wells Fargo by providing Wells Fargo’s designated copyright agent listed below with the following information:
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires a belief that the work was copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement.
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An infringement notice needs an authorized person’s signature
The requested information includes a physical or electronic signature of someone authorized to act for the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed. The procedure also separately instructs the sender to sign the notice.
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A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
Sign the notice;
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The page links a downloadable DMCA notice PDF whose text is not supplied here; any additional signature or submission instructions in that file are unknown.
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Identify the copyrighted work in sufficient detail
The notice must identify the work believed to have been infringed in sufficient detail. A single notice covering multiple copyrighted works at one online site may instead give a representative list of those works at that site.
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Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
Qualifications & exceptions
A representative list is allowed when one notification covers multiple works at a single online site.
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Identify the allegedly infringing material and how to locate it
The notice must identify the material claimed to infringe the copyrighted work identified earlier in the notice and sought to be removed or have access disabled. It must also give information reasonably sufficient for Wells Fargo to locate that material.
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Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work listed in #2 above and that is to be removed or access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Wells Fargo to locate the material;
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Provide contact details with the infringement notice
The notice must provide information reasonably sufficient for Wells Fargo to contact the sender, including a name, address, telephone number and email address.
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Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Wells Fargo to contact you, including a name, address, telephone number and email address;
If possible, help Wells Fargo notify the content owner or administrator
The notice asks the sender, if possible, to provide enough information for Wells Fargo to notify the owner or administrator of the allegedly infringing content. The request is expressly conditional on that information being possible to provide.
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If possible, provide information sufficient to allow Wells Fargo to notify the owner/administrator of the allegedly infringing content;
Qualifications & exceptions
Requested if possible.
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State a good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized
The infringement notice must include a statement that the sender has a good-faith belief that the described allegedly infringing use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
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"I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
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Swear to the notice’s accuracy and your authority under penalty of perjury
The infringement notice must include a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, that its information is accurate and that the sender is the copyright owner or is authorized to act for the owner of an exclusive right allegedly infringed.
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"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
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Send infringement notices to Wells Fargo’s copyright attorney
The listed recipient is Wells Fargo & Company, ATTN: Copyright Attorney, Wells Fargo Legal Department, 90 S. 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903. The notice instructions also list intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com as the email address.
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Send the notice to: Wells Fargo & Company ATTN: Copyright Attorney Wells Fargo Legal Department 90 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903 Email: intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com
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A copy of the infringement notice will go to the content provider
Wells Fargo says a copy of the legal infringement notice will be forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content. The notice requirements include the sender’s contact details.
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Please note that a copy of this legal notice will be forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content.
Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Wells Fargo to contact you, including a name, address, telephone number and email address;
Affected site administrators or content providers may counter-notify
The administrator of an affected site or the provider of affected content may make a counter notification under the cited DMCA sections 512(g)(2) and (3). Wells Fargo says it may reinstate the material when it receives a counter notification; reinstatement is discretionary in this wording.
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The administrator of an affected site or the provider of affected content may make a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. When we receive a counter notification, we may reinstate the material in question.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to the administrator of an affected site or provider of affected content.
Receipt of a counter notification does not promise reinstatement.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Wells Fargo may remove or disable access to material claimed to infringe — Wells Fargo may remove allegedly infringing material and may later reinstate it after a counter notification from an affected administrator or provider. These are opposing possible outcomes in the same procedure; neither is guaranteed.
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Counter notifications must be written and sent by fax or regular mail
To file a counter notification, the page says you must provide a written communication by fax or regular mail containing the listed items. A later instruction also lists an email address, but does not explain whether email satisfies this delivery requirement.
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To file a counter notification with us, you must provide a written communication by fax or regular mail that sets forth the items specified below:
Send the notice to: Wells Fargo & Company ATTN: Copyright Attorney Wells Fargo Legal Department 90 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903 Email: intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com
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The page does not say whether email meets its fax-or-regular-mail requirement or provide a fax number.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Sign and send the counter notification to the copyright attorney — The filing instruction requires a written counter notification by fax or regular mail, while the destination instruction also lists email. The source does not clarify whether email satisfies the delivery requirement, so these cards preserve that tension without asserting email acceptance.
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Identify the material Wells Fargo removed or disabled
A counter notification must identify the specific URLs or provide other unique identifying information for material Wells Fargo removed or made inaccessible.
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Identify the specific URLs or other unique identifying information of material that Wells Fargo has removed or to which Wells Fargo has disabled access.
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Provide contact details with a counter notification
A counter notification must give the sender’s name, address, telephone number and email address.
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Provide your name, address, telephone number, email address
Counter-notifiers must consent to federal court jurisdiction and service
The counter notification must state consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district where the sender’s address is located, or the Northern District of California if their address is outside the United States. It must also state that the sender will accept service of process from the person who provided the notification under the cited subsection (c)(1)(C), or that person’s agent.
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a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or the Northern District of California if your address is outside of the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
Qualifications & exceptions
An address outside the United States selects the Northern District of California.
Include the specified sworn counter-notification statement
The counter notification must include a statement under penalty of perjury of a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled through mistake or misidentification, or that the material identified by the complainant has been removed or disabled and will no longer be shown. The page’s statement expressly includes this alternative.
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"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled, or that the material identified by the complainant has been removed or disabled and will no longer be shown."
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Sign and send the counter notification to the copyright attorney
The counter-notification instructions say to sign the notice and send it to Wells Fargo & Company, ATTN: Copyright Attorney, Wells Fargo Legal Department, 90 S. 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903. They also list intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com, although the preceding filing instruction requires a written communication by fax or regular mail.
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Sign the notice;
Send the notice to: Wells Fargo & Company ATTN: Copyright Attorney Wells Fargo Legal Department 90 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903 Email: intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com
To file a counter notification with us, you must provide a written communication by fax or regular mail that sets forth the items specified below:
Qualifications & exceptions
The preceding instruction specifies written delivery by fax or regular mail.
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Whether email is accepted as a counter-notification delivery method is not explained.
The page links a downloadable DMCA notice PDF whose text is not supplied here; any additional signature or submission instructions in that file are unknown.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Counter notifications must be written and sent by fax or regular mail — The filing instruction requires a written counter notification by fax or regular mail, while the destination instruction also lists email. The source does not clarify whether email satisfies the delivery requirement, so these cards preserve that tension without asserting email acceptance.