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Snappville.com Copyright Policy

Snappville.com advocates its belief that the rights of copyright holders should be respected and protected. The management of the website strongly disapproves any activity by any of its members in violation of copyright laws within the United States of America. Because it is impossible for us to censor every single piece of material posted by the users of our service, we rely on users, copyright owners and their agents to help us to identify cases of copyright infringement.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Snappville.com with the following information in the form of a Notice of Claims of Copyright Infringement through mail to the copyright agent of Snappville.com:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;

4. Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;

5. 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;

6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Snappville.com's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:

Copyright Agent

Snapp Networks, Inc.

50 West San Fernando, Suite 320

San Jose, California 95113

USA

Snappville.com will take the following steps to protect third parties' intellectual property rights if it receives a Notice of Copyright Infringement:

1. Send an e-mail to the owner of the suspected infringing material informing him/her that the suspected material is under copyright infringement investigation, requesting them to clarify the ownership of the suspected material, suggesting the suspected material be removed from the location if he/she could not provide valid argument of their proper usage of the material;

2. Investigate on the case of the Notice to verify the validity of your claim;

3. Remove the infringing material from the website if the case is proved to be infringing, or reject your claim if the case is proved not to be infringing, or request more supporting material from you if a sound judgment on the case cannot be reached with all material and evidence gathered;

4.Issue a warning e-mail to the owner of the infringing material, if your claim is proved to be valid;

5. Suspend or revoke the membership of repeated copyright law violators.