Last Updated: March 17, 2025

maxiwines.com respects copyright law and operates under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Most of our original content—articles, images, and more about home, garden, shopping, living, and lifestyle—is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), meaning you’re free to use it with proper credit (see our Terms of Use). This DMCA Notice explains how we handle copyright claims for content not covered by CC BY or misused beyond its terms.

Reporting Copyright Infringement

If you believe content on maxiwines.com infringes your copyright (e.g., a third-party social media post we’ve featured or misuse of our CC BY work), please send a written notice to our designated DMCA agent:

  • Email: via the contact page here.

Your notice must include:

  1. A description of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed.
  2. The exact location (e.g., URL) of the allegedly infringing content on our Site.
  3. Your contact info (name, address, phone, email).
  4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn’t authorized by the copyright owner, their agent, or the law.
  5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you’re the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Our Response

  • We’ll review valid notices promptly and, if appropriate, remove or disable access to the content.
  • We’ll notify the content poster (if applicable) and give them a chance to file a counter-notice.
  • We aim to respond within 3-5 business days, though legal processes may adjust this timeline.

Counter-Notices

If you believe your content was wrongly removed, you can submit a counter-notice to us with:

  1. A description of the removed content and its location before removal.
  2. Your contact info.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your consent to jurisdiction in a federal court in California (or your local district if different) and to accept service from the claimant.
  5. Your signature.

We’ll forward valid counter-notices to the original claimant and may restore the content if they don’t pursue legal action within 10-14 business days, per DMCA rules.

Third-Party Content

Content like YouTube videos, Google Maps, or affiliate links is governed by those providers’ terms—we can’t control their copyright status but will address claims about how we use them on our Site.

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