DMCA & Copyright Takedown

iGaming Times respects the intellectual-property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. If you believe content available on this site infringes your copyright, the procedure below sets out how to submit a takedown notice to our designated agent and how a counter-notice can be filed.

iGaming Times also operates from the United Kingdom; this page satisfies the parallel notice obligations under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) Article 16 trusted-flagger pathway. Notices submitted under any of these regimes are handled through the same procedure.

1. Designated Agent

All copyright takedown notices must be addressed to our designated agent. We accept notices by email; postal notices are also accepted but slow our response time.

The agent is registered with the United States Copyright Office; the Copyright Office’s public DMCA Designated Agent Directory lists the same contact details.

2. What to Include in a Takedown Notice

A valid DMCA notice under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) must contain all of the following. Notices that omit any of these elements may be rejected or delayed.

• Your contact information — full legal name, postal address, telephone number, and email.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works are involved, a representative list is sufficient.
• Identification of the allegedly infringing material — the exact URL on iGaming Times where the material appears, with enough detail to let us locate it (a screenshot helps).
• A good-faith statement: “I have a good-faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material described above is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”
• An accuracy & authority statement, signed under penalty of perjury: “The information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorised to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or person authorised to act on their behalf.

3. What Happens Next

• We will acknowledge receipt of a complete notice within one working day.
• If the notice is valid on its face, we will remove or disable access to the identified material expeditiously and notify the user who submitted it (if any) so they may file a counter-notice.
• If the notice is incomplete or appears to be in bad faith (see §6), we will reply explaining what is missing or why we are unable to act.
• Repeated notices against the same identifiable user may result in termination of that user’s account, in line with our repeat-infringer policy (see §5).

4. Counter-Notice Procedure

If you believe material you submitted was removed in error or by misidentification, you may file a counter-notice with our designated agent. A valid counter-notice must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and the URL 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, postal address, telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the United States, of any judicial district in which iGaming Times may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the original notice.

We will forward a complete counter-notice to the original complainant. If they do not file an action seeking a court order against you within 10 to 14 business days, we will restore the material.

5. Repeat-Infringer Policy

In line with 17 U.S.C. §512(i)(1)(A), we maintain a policy of terminating accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers. “Repeat” here means two or more validated takedown notices within any rolling 12-month period. Termination decisions are reviewable by the editor on request.

6. Misuse of the DMCA Process

Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. We reserve the right to publish (in redacted form) takedown notices we believe were submitted in bad faith — for example, to suppress legitimate criticism or factual reporting — and to forward such notices to the Lumen Database.

7. Editorial Use & Fair Use

iGaming Times is a news and analysis publication. We routinely reproduce small portions of operator press releases, regulator statements, court documents, and trade-mark-protected logos for the purpose of news reporting, criticism, comment, and review. Such uses are protected by the doctrine of fair use under 17 U.S.C. §107 (and the corresponding fair-dealing exceptions in UK / EU law). Notices that target editorial use of clearly-identified third-party material in a news context will be evaluated under that framework before any takedown action is taken.

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