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Proudjersey creates and sells original sports-style jerseys, and we take other people’s creative rights as seriously as our own. This page explains how to tell us if you believe something on https://proudjersey.com infringes your copyright, what your notice needs to contain, how we respond, and how someone whose content was removed can ask for it to be restored. It follows the notice-and-takedown process of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). For trademark, design and other non-copyright concerns, please use our Intellectual Property Policy instead.
At a glance
- Where to send notices: [email protected], subject line “Copyright notice”.
- What to include: the six elements listed in section 3.
- Acknowledgement: within 1 business day of receipt.
- Review: complete notices are reviewed within 5 business days; valid claims lead to removal or disabling of the material.
- Counter-notices: available for anyone who believes material was removed by mistake (section 6).
1. Who we are and what this page covers
Proudjersey is a single-brand online store. We do not operate a marketplace and there are no third-party sellers on our site. This page therefore covers material that we publish ourselves, together with the limited content that customers can submit, such as product reviews or photos sent to us for publication. In practice, that includes:
- jersey designs, artwork, lettering and graphics shown on product pages;
- product photographs, lifestyle images, banners and category images;
- product descriptions, policy pages, guides and any blog articles;
- customer reviews and customer-submitted photos, where we publish them.
Our business details are: Proudjersey, 525 Gardner Way, Clifton, CO 81520, United States.
2. Before you send a notice
Copyright protects original creative works such as artwork, photographs and text. It does not protect general ideas, common sports-jersey features such as stripes, piping, button plackets or number placement, or short words and phrases on their own. Names, logos and slogans are usually protected by trademark law rather than copyright; if your concern is about a brand name or logo, our Intellectual Property Policy is the right route.
Please also consider whether the use might be authorised, for example under a licence, or permitted under fair use or a similar exception in your country. If you are not sure whether material infringes your rights, it may be worth getting independent legal advice before contacting us. We are happy to answer process questions, but we cannot give you legal advice.
3. What your copyright notice must include
To be effective, your written notice must include all of the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or of a person authorised to act on their behalf. A typed full name at the end of an email is accepted as an electronic signature.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed, such as a link to the original artwork or photo, a registration number if one exists, or a clear description.
- Identification of the material you believe is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it, ideally the exact URL of each page on proudjersey.com and a description of the specific image or text.
- Your contact information: full name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.
Send the notice to [email protected] with the subject line “Copyright notice”. You can also use the pre-filled link on our Submit a Ticket page. Attach any supporting files, such as images of your original work, directly to the email.
An example of a complete notice
You do not have to use any particular format, but a notice written like the outline below contains everything we need:
- “I am the photographer and copyright owner of the image at [link to my portfolio page].”
- “The same image appears without my permission on this Proudjersey page: [exact proudjersey.com URL], as the second photo in the product gallery.”
- “My contact details are: full name, postal address, telephone number, email address.”
- “I have a good-faith belief that this use is not authorised by me, my agent or the law.”
- “The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am the copyright owner.”
- “Signed: full name, date.”
Replace the descriptions in brackets with your real details and links. If you are acting for someone else, such as a client or an employer, say so and confirm that you are authorised to act for them.
How we use the information in your notice
We use the information in a notice only to investigate and respond to it, to keep records of notices received and, where required, to share the notice with the person who submitted the content. When we share a notice with a customer, we remove your personal contact details where the law allows. Our Privacy Policy explains how long we keep these records and the rights you have over your personal information.
4. How we handle a notice
| Step | What happens | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgement | We confirm we have received your notice and tell you if anything required is missing. | Within 1 business day |
| Review | We compare your work with the identified material and check that the notice is complete. | Within 5 business days of a complete notice |
| Action | If the notice is valid, we remove or disable access to the material. | As soon as the review concludes |
| Confirmation | We email you to confirm what was removed, or explain why we did not act. | With the outcome |
| Notification | If the material was submitted by a customer, we let them know it was removed. | With the outcome |
Incomplete notices can delay our response, because we may need to ask you for missing information before we can act. If a notice concerns a product we sell, we may also pause sales of that product while we review it.
5. If material you submitted is removed
If we remove a review, photo or other content that you submitted because of a copyright notice, we will tell you by email, explain what was removed and, where the law allows, share a copy of the notice with the complainant’s personal contact details withheld. You then have the option of sending a counter-notice if you believe the removal was a mistake.
6. Counter-notices
If you believe material was removed because of a mistake or misidentification, you may send us a counter-notice. It must include:
- your physical or electronic signature;
- identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal;
- a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
- your name, postal address and telephone number;
- a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, any judicial district in which Proudjersey may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.
Send counter-notices to [email protected] with the subject line “Copyright counter-notice”. We forward valid counter-notices to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 to 14 business days that they have started court proceedings to stop the infringement, we may restore the material.
7. False or misleading notices
Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notice may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please make sure your notice is accurate and made in good faith. Sending repeated notices that are clearly unfounded may lead us to stop responding to that sender.
8. Repeat infringement
Where customers can submit content, we remove material from, and may close the accounts of, people who repeatedly submit infringing content. We keep a record of valid notices for this purpose.
9. Our own designs and how we check them
Our jerseys are designed to be original. We do not use professional league or team names, logos or crests, and we do not knowingly copy other creators’ artwork. Before a design is published, we check it against these rules. If we ever get it wrong, we want to know, and we will act quickly when a valid notice reaches us. If you have a question about one of our designs rather than a formal complaint, you are welcome to email us informally first.
Customer orders and third-party marks
Some customers ask for personal details such as a name or a number on a jersey, where that option is offered. We do not accept personalisation requests that reproduce someone else’s copyrighted artwork, a professional team’s logo or crest, or a celebrity’s likeness, and we may cancel and refund an order that does. If you believe an order made through our site reproduces your work, the notice process above applies in the same way.
10. Notices about content elsewhere
This page covers only content on proudjersey.com. If you see Proudjersey product photos or descriptions copied onto another website or marketplace without our permission, please tell us at [email protected]; we appreciate the help. If someone is selling items that copy your own work and claims a link to us, we would also like to hear about it.
11. Questions about this policy
For questions about the process, email [email protected]. For general questions about orders, visit Contact Us. Related documents: our Terms of Service, which explain how customers may use the site and submit content, and our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle the personal information included in notices.
12. Changes to this page
We may update this page when the law or our processes change. The “Last updated” date at the top shows the current version. Notices are handled under the version in force when we receive them.