Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), [Your Sports Website Name] has adopted the following policy concerning copyright infringement. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on our website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the process outlined below to submit a notice of copyright infringement.

Notification of Copyright Infringement

To file a notice of copyright infringement with us, you must provide a written communication that includes the following information:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works, a representative list of such works.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
  4. Contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Counter-Notification

If you believe that the material you submitted was removed in error, or that you have the legal right to post and use the material, you may send a counter-notification. Your counter-notification must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
  4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which [Your Sports Website Name] may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original copyright infringement notification or an agent of such person.

Contact Information

Please send your DMCA notices and counter-notifications in:

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Please Note

Under the DMCA, anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages. This process is intended to facilitate the resolution of disputes regarding potentially infringing content while respecting the rights of copyright holders and individuals who believe that the content they have posted is not infringing.