DMCA Notice & Takedown Procedure

A valid takedown notice must include all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the owner (or authorized agent) of the copyrighted work.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with enough specificity for us to locate it (URL is best).
4. Your contact information: full legal name, mailing address, phone, and email.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed.

Send notices to the Designated Agent above. An incomplete notice may not result in takedown. We will forward the notice (including your contact details) to the user who posted the material.

If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake or a misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification to the Designated Agent containing:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and its prior location.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, phone number, and consent to jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which you reside (or the Middle District of Florida if you reside outside the U.S.), and that you will accept service of process from the complainant.

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we will forward it to the original complainant. If the complainant does not notify us within 10–14 business days that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material.

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. Two substantiated DMCA notices against a user within a rolling 12-month period may result in permanent termination of the account and loss of access to portal content, including saved service history.

Before sending a notice, please consider fair use (17 USC § 107) and whether the material you see truly infringes your rights. If the use is minor, non-commercial, or transformative, a DMCA notice may be inappropriate. Courts have held that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending a takedown (Lenz v. Universal Music, 801 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2015)).

Under 17 USC § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, costs, and attorneys' fees.

Any dispute arising from a DMCA notice or counter-notification submitted to us is governed by the DMCA and the laws of the State of Florida, and must be brought in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, except as otherwise required by 17 USC § 512(g).