Terms and Conditions

GTI Energy complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, and specifically in accordance with 17 USC § 512(c)(3), GTI Energy will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the GTI Energy website if such claims are properly reported, as described below, to GTI Energy’s Designated Copyright Agent identified below. If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on GTI Energy’s website, please contact the agent designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement.

Designated Copyright Agent: The designated agent for GTI Energy to receive notification of claimed infringement under Title II of the DMCA is:

​​Quinton Ford
GTI Energy
1700 S Mt Prospect Road
Des Plaines, IL 60018
(847) 768-0700
qford@gti.energy

The DMCA specifies that notification of any alleged copyright infringement existing on or through GTI Energy’s website must be in writing (either email or paper letter) to the Designated Copyright Agent and must include the following to be valid:

• Your full legal name and a physical or electronic signature, as the copyright holder or a person authorized to act on the copyright holder’s behalf;
• A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of copyrighted works claimed to have been infringed;
• A description of the material or link that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material, including at minimum the URL of the link shown on the website or the exact location on the website where the material is found;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address and telephone number, email address, and your company or business affiliation, if any;
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law (such as a fair use); and
• A statement that the information in your notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or of an exclusive right under copyright law that is allegedly infringed.

Upon receipt of Notice as described below, GTI Energy will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the website. Please note that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section and of 17 USC § 512(c)(3), your DMCA notification may not be valid.

Counter-Notices Policy: If you believe that your content that was removed (or to which access was restricted) is not infringing, or that you have authorization from the copyright holder, the holder’s agent, or pursuant to law, to post and use the material in your content, you may send a Counter-Notice, which must contain the following to be valid, to GTI Energy’s Copyright Agent:

• Your full legal name, address, telephone number, email address if any, and a physical or electronic signature;
• A description of the content that was removed or to which access has been removed or restricted as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and
• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Cook County, Illinois, and a statement that you will accept service of process from GTI Energy and/or the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

If a valid Counter-Notice is received by the Copyright Agent, GTI Energy may send a copy of the Counter-Notice to the original complaining party informing that person that GTI Energy may replace the removed content or cease restricting it in ten business days. Unless the person claiming copyright ownership files an action seeking a court order against GTI Energy or the person who has posted allegedly infringing content, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in ten business days or more after receipt of the Counter-Notice.

​​Policy Regarding Repeat Infringers: GTI Energy does not condone or tolerate copyright infringement or any violation of the intellectual property rights, whether of GTI Energy or of others. GTI Energy reserves the right to terminate the access and/or use privileges of any person who has been determined to be a ‘repeat infringer’ of the copyrights either of GTI Energy or any other persons. GTI Energy reserves the right to define the criteria by which GTI Energy will determine that a person is a ‘repeat infringer.’ In the event that ‘repeat infringer’ is defined by applicable statute, law, or regulation for purposes of 17 USC § 512, GTI Energy will adopt that definition as a minimum standard. Without limiting GTI Energy’s right to define ‘repeat infringer,’ as a general rule, GTI Energy will define a ‘repeat infringer’ as any person or entity about whom GTI Energy has received two or more DMCA Notices of Alleged Infringement. GTI Energy will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances when determining whether or not termination of access and/or use privileges of a ‘repeat infringer’ is appropriate.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER GTI ENERGY TERMINATES OR RESTRICTS ACCESS AND/OR USE PRIVILEGES OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY, WHETHER A ‘REPEAT INFRINGER’ OR OTHERWISE, GTI ENERGY IN NO WAY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY AVAILABLE REMEDY AT LAW OR IN EQUITY AGAINST COPYRIGHT INFRINGERS OR ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS VIOLATORS, NOR WILL GTI ENERGY INDEMNIFY OR PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO ANY ALLEGED INFRINGER IN ANY ACTION ARISING FROM THE ALLEGED INFRINGER’S USE OF GTI ENERGY’S WEBSITE, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE.