Copyright and DMCA Policy - Freedom Road Living

Copyright and DMCA Policy

How we respect copyright, how to report infringement under the DMCA, how counter-notices work, and our repeat-infringer policy.

Freedom Road Living respects the intellectual property of others and expects readers and contributors to do the same. We publish only original work, content we are licensed to use, and properly attributed material used within fair use. We do not copy images from search engines or other websites, and we do not republish proprietary campground databases, reviews, or photos.

Our content

Unless otherwise noted, text, calculators, graphics, logos, and original images on this Site are owned by Freedom Road Living. Licensed stock photos are used under their license terms, and we keep records of their source. See our Terms for permitted uses.

Reporting infringement (DMCA notice)

If you believe content on this Site infringes your copyright, send a written notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)) to our designated agent at hello@freedomroadliving.com with “DMCA Notice” in the subject line. Your notice must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the owner or a person authorized to act for the owner.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed (or a representative list if there are several).
  3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing and enough information to locate it, such as the page URL.
  4. Your contact information: name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

We will review complete notices promptly and remove or disable access to material where appropriate. Please note that under 17 U.S.C. 512(f) you may be liable for damages if you knowingly misrepresent that material is infringing. Consider fair use before sending a notice.

Counter-notice

If material you submitted was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address including: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the removed material and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; and your name, address, and telephone number, with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found) and will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice. We may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the original complainant notifies us that they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringers

We will remove the ability to submit content from anyone who repeatedly infringes others’ copyrights.

Canada

If you are in Canada, we will also respond to notices under the Copyright Act’s notice-and-notice regime where applicable.

Other intellectual property concerns

For trademark or other concerns, email hello@freedomroadliving.com with details and we will review them promptly.

More about copyright on Freedom Road Living

Images we use

Our photos come from licensed stock libraries such as Pexels, from images we create, or from owners who give us permission. We record the source and license for each image. Some government works, such as many National Park Service materials, are in the public domain in the United States, but we still check each item’s terms, because some images on government sites belong to others.

Quoting and fair use

We may quote short passages from sources to report, comment, or explain, with attribution, consistent with fair use in the United States and fair dealing in Canada. If you believe a quotation goes beyond that, contact us and we will review it.

Our designated agent

Copyright notices should go to hello@freedomroadliving.com with “DMCA notice” in the subject line.

Using our content

You may share a link to any page and quote a short excerpt with a link back. Republishing full articles, calculators, or our original data tables requires written permission. For permission requests, email hello@freedomroadliving.com.