Section 54 Copyright Act

Section 54 Copyright Act 2022 is about Notice to take down. It is under Part VII (Provisions Relating to Online Content) of the Act.

(1) The owner of copyright in a work, in respect of which copyright has been infringed, may issue notice of the infringement to the relevant service provider requesting the service provider to take down or disable access to any infringing content or link to the content, hosted on its system or network.

(2) A notification under subsection (1), shall be in writing and may be transmitted electronically, or by any other means, to the service provider or his designated agent and shall include —
(a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the right allegedly infringed ;
(b) identification of each work claimed to have been infringed ;
(c) identification of the infringing material or the subject of infringing activity that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, including information sufficient to enable the service provider to locate the material ;

(d) information sufficient to enable the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an electronic mail address, telephone number, or a location address at which the complaining party may be contacted ;
(e) a declaration on oath that the complainant believes that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the owner of copyright, his agent or the law ; and
(f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and that the complainant is authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the right allegedly infringed.