Southern Missouri Regional MLS

Broker Reciprocity

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Policy

Created October 2017
Updated July 2023

SOMO MLS respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects you to do the same.
Per the DMCA, SOMO MLS will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement on
the Site if submitted to SOMO MLS's Copyright Agent as described below. Upon receipt of a
notice alleging copyright infringement, SOMO MLS will take whatever action it deems
appropriate within its sole discretion, including removal of the allegedly infringing materials.
If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated by SOMO MLS or by a
third party who has uploaded materials to the Site, please provide the following information to
SOMO MLS's designated Copyright Agent listed below:
a. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has
been infringed;
b. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
c. An address, telephone number, and e-mail address where SOMO MLS can contact you
and, if different, an e-mail address where the alleged infringing party, if not SOMO MLS, can
contact you;
d. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the
copyright owner or other intellectual property rights owner, by its agent, or by law;
e. A statement by you under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate
and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or are authorized to act on the
owner's behalf;
f. Your electronic or physical signature.

SOMO MLS may request additional information before removing any allegedly infringing
material. In the event SOMO MLS removes the allegedly infringing materials, SOMO MLS will
immediately notify the person responsible for posting such materials that SOMO MLS
removed or disabled access to the materials. SOMO MLS may also provide the responsible
person with your e-mail address so that the person may respond to your allegations.
SOMO MLS reserves the right to terminate, limit or suspend any user's access to the Site in
the event of repeated infringing activity. If you believe that a user of this Site is a repeat
infringer, please follow the above instructions to contact SOMO MLS's Copyright Agent. Please
include sufficient information to assist SOMO MLS in determining that the user repeatedly
engaged in infringing activity.
SOMO MLS registered a designated agent with the Copyright Office pursuant to 17
U.S.C. 512(c). SOMO MLS's designated Copyright Agent is:
Laurie Joecks
Southern Missouri Regional MLS, LLC 1310 E
Primrose
Springfield, MO 65804
Phone: 417-883-1226
Email: laurie@gsbor.com