Prohibition of Listing Modification
No MLS GRID Data made available to a Member Participant for IDX display shall be modified by such Member Participant; except that the display of IDX listings or other data may be augmented with additional data not otherwise prohibited from display so long as the source of the other data is clearly identified. This requirement does not restrict the modification of the listing using RESO-approved synonyms for normalization purposes. This requirement does not restrict the format of the display of the IDX listings or display of fewer than all of the IDX listings or display of fewer than the authorized data fields.
Identifying the Listing Brokerage
With the display of any IDX listings, all listings displayed pursuant to IDX shall identify the listing brokerage name, the listing number, and the status of the listing immediately adjacent to the property information. When displaying a sold listing, the name of the cooperating brokerage OR the following disclaimer must also appear: “Properties displayed may be listed or sold by various participants in the MLS”; as established by the applicable MLS Governing Documents. With the display of IDX Listings from Northwest MLS, all listings displayed pursuant to IDX shall identify the listing brokerage name, the listing number, and the status of the listing immediately adjacent to the primary photo or group of prominent photos. Required items must be displayed in a readily visible color and typeface not smaller than the median used in the display of listing data. For example, no tiny text or gray text displayed on a gray background. Displays of minimal information (e.g., “thumbnails, text messages, “tweets”, etc. of two hundred (200) characters or less) are exempt from this requirement but only when linked directly to a display that includes all required disclosures. For audio delivery of listing content, all required disclosures must be subsequently delivered electronically to the registered consumer performing the property search or linked to through the devices application.
Required DMCA Notice
Member Participant’s IDX site must comply with The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 by including appropriate notification instructions to users. A Vendor or Member Participant that receives a DMCA notice of infringement must immediately (no later than 24 hours after receipt) notify MLS GRID at DMCAnotice@MLSGrid.com. A Member Participant’s IDX site must include the conspicuous display of the following two paragraphs:
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, 17 U.S.C. § 512 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that any content or material made available in connection with our website or services infringes your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the content or material be removed, or access to it blocked. Notices must be sent in writing by email to DMCAnotice@MLSGrid.com.
“The DMCA requires that your notice of alleged copyright infringement include the following information:
(1) description of the copyrighted work that is the subject of claimed infringement;
(2) description of the alleged infringing content and information sufficient to permit us to locate the content;
(3) contact information for you, including your address, telephone number and email address;
(4) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the content in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or by the operation of any law;
(5) a statement by you, signed under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you have the authority to enforce the copyrights that are claimed to be infringed; and
(6) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. Failure to include all of the above information may result in the delay of the processing of your complaint.
Prohibited Language
Member Participant shall not indicate or imply in any manner that the Member Participant is a multiple listing service or broker listing cooperative, or that the consumer has access to or may search Member Participant’s applicable MLS. For example Member Participant shall not state that the consumer may “search the MLS”/”search the BLC” or “access the MLS”/”access the BLC,” or similar language. MLS GRID reserves the right to object to any Member Participant’s company name or domain name, if MLS GRID believes in its sole discretion the name used is confusingly similar to any name used in commerce by MLS GRID or its MLS members. MLS GRID similarly reserves the right to object to the use of any combination of the words “Multiple” (or “Multi”), “Listing” (or “List”), or “Service” (or “System”). Member Participants using prohibited language will not be granted access to MLS GRID Data for IDX display.