DMCA and Copyright Policy
Effective date: October 1, 2026
We respect copyright and expect contributors to do the same. If you believe material on eCommerceFastlane.com infringes your copyright, tell us and we’ll review it promptly. We respond to notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and to equivalent complaints from Canada and other countries.
Designated copyright agent
Steve Hutt, Fastlane Media Inc.
British Columbia, Canada
Email: [email protected]
How to file a notice
Send a written notice to the agent above that includes:
- Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for them.
- Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed.
- The URL or other details that let us find the material on our Site.
- Your name, address, phone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use isn’t authorized 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’re the owner or authorized to act for the owner.
Under US law, anyone who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notice may be liable for damages.
What happens next
If the notice is complete, we’ll remove or disable the material and notify the person who supplied it. If the material is part of a paid or contributed article, we’ll also contact that partner or contributor and may ask them to supply a replacement.
Counter-notice
If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, send a counter-notice to our agent that includes:
- Your physical or electronic signature.
- Identification of the material removed and where it appeared before removal.
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, address, and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the US federal district court for your address, or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Fastlane may be found, and that you’ll accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice.
Unless the complaining party tells us within 10 to 14 business days that they’ve started a court action, we may restore the material.
Repeat infringers
We stop accepting submissions from contributors or partners who repeatedly supply infringing material.
Complaints from outside the United States
If you’re in Canada or another country, send the same information to the agent above. We review every complete complaint, regardless of the country.
