Copyright & DMCA Policy

How to notify our designated agent of copyright infringement (DMCA), counter-notices, and reporting other illegal content.

Our content

The FootballPlazza site, its text, design, software and forecasts are protected by copyright and database rights owned by Tech Improvement Inc or our licensors. See the Terms of Service for how you may use them.

Our designated agent

We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). Send notices to our designated agent:

  • Agent: Copyright Agent, Tech Improvement Inc
  • Postal address: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Email: [dmcaAgentEmail — set in Administration]

What a copyright notice must contain

To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must be in writing and include:

  • a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them
  • identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed (or a representative list, if several works are covered)
  • identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it, such as its exact web address (URL)
  • your name, postal address, telephone number and email address
  • a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law
  • a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly makes a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notice may be liable for damages.

What we do with a notice

We confirm receipt, review the notice promptly and remove or disable access to the material where appropriate. If we act on content a member added, we tell that member what we did and why, and give them a copy of the notice unless the law prevents it.

Counter-notices

If your content was removed and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to our designated agent with:

  • your physical or electronic signature
  • identification of the material removed and where it appeared before removal
  • a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification
  • your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the US federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the US, any judicial district in which we may be found) and will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice

We forward the counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action, we restore the material within 10 to 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We close, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of members who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others. We may ignore notices that are manifestly unfounded or repeatedly abusive.

Other illegal content (including EU Digital Services Act)

To report content that infringes other rights (such as trademarks) or is otherwise illegal, email [contactEmail — set in Administration] with the exact location of the content, why you believe it is illegal, your name and email address, and a statement that the report is accurate and complete. For users in the European Union, this is our notice-and-action mechanism under the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065), and [contactEmail — set in Administration] is our single point of contact for users and authorities. We can communicate in English. If we act on a member's content, we explain our decision, and the member can ask us to review it.