copyright notice

copyright material

All content on this website is protected by copyright law.

Copyright laws provide the original creator, the originator, of content the exclusive right to protect his or her works. Under no circumstances may another person or program take or scrape from this website any of its content for commercial use or for personal use that is inconsistent with usage laws.

Copyright Infringement

A copyright infringement exists whenever a person or program takes content from its copyright holder and publishes it in any medium whatsoever.

A copyright violation is the criminal act of committing a copyright infringement.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright holder may demand that his or her copyright protected materials be immediately removed from a server, if for example content is copied and then published on another website. See warning below; demand that a website be taken down because it contains illegally acquired copyright protected materials (including content); file a complaint with authorities that may result in the temporary or permanent removal of a website; and file a lawsuit for damages resulting from duplication of content.

Tweaking Content is a copyright infringement

Plagiarism is the near copying or exact copying of another's works, regardless of whether notice of copyright is stated. For purposes of protecting content on the web, plagiarism is a copyright infringement.

terms of use

By using this website, you assert that you agree to the terms of use of this website.

The use of this website does not form an attorney-client relationship.

The act of reading, accessing or using this website or any of its features or forms shall not be construed as having contacted Hawkins Law Firm or its attorneys, having received legal advice, or engaging an attorney or furthering an existing relationship with an attorney.

warning: take down demands

If you own a website that contains content from this website, and you receive a demand to remove copyright protected materials from a website - often referred to as a 'take down demand' - you should act immediately to remedy the issue. If you fail to act, a demand to take down may be issued to your host, who must comply with the demand or risk the penalties available under Georgia law. If both you and your host refuse to comply with the take down notice, a complaint can be filed with the search engines; such a complaint may result in temporary or permanent removal of your domain from the search engine rankings.

attorney-client relationships

The content on this website, including this notice of copyright - a declaration and public notice that this content is copyright protected - is not nor is intended to be legal advice; it is a warning not to copy the content from this website.

privileged information

If you violate the copyright notice or copyright laws of the State of Georgia with regard to this website, or violate any other laws - criminal or civil - with regard to this website, no information regarding your illegal acts that you provide to the law firm or its agents will be privileged.

questions about this notice

If you have questions about Georgia and Federal Copyright Law, please contact your attorney.

Questions about the content on this website

If you have any questions about the content on this website, please direct them to Attorney Michael Hawkins at Hawkins DUI Law Firm who is available to speak with you if you call his office at (770) 685-6400 or toll free at 1-877-537-2368, or can reply to you via e-mail if you contact him with the e-mail form.