Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice
Introduction:
Welcome to sportlance.com. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and are committed to complying with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This page outlines our procedures and policies regarding notices of alleged copyright infringement. If you believe that your copyright-protected work has been used or shared on our website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the instructions below to submit a notification of claimed infringement.
Submitting a DMCA Notice:
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe that any content hosted on sportlance.com infringes your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our designated copyright agent with the following information in writing:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
- 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 sportlence.com to locate the material.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit sportlence.com to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
- A statement that the complaining party has 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.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Please send your DMCA Notice to:
Counter Notification:
If you believe that material you submitted to [Your Sport Website] that was removed or to which access was disabled is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the content in your submission, you may send a counter notification to [Your Sport Website’s] designated agent containing the following information:
- 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 was disabled.
- 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.
- 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 the address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which [Your Sport Website] may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
Please send your Counter Notification to:
Conclusion:
Please note that any misrepresentation of material fact in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs, and attorney’s fees incurred by sportlence.com in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.
Thank you for your cooperation in protecting intellectual property rights on [Your Sport Website].
