DMCA policy

DraftCast respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects the same from everyone who uses the product. This page explains our process under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for a notice of claimed infringement and for a counter-notice — it is standard boilerplate, not a substitute for legal advice.

What might be reported here

DraftCast's broadcast is produced from your own league's draft data and licensed synthetic commentary voices; we do not host a general-purpose media library. The material a DMCA notice could realistically concern is user-supplied content a commissioner uploads for their own league's broadcast — a team logo, an entrance song, or a soundboard clip (see our terms of service: that content is the commissioner's property and responsibility, and we store and play it without generating, altering, or claiming it).

Filing a notice of claimed infringement

If you believe material available through DraftCast infringes a copyright you own or control, send our designated agent (below) a written notice that includes:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (the league and broadcast it appeared in, if known).
• Your contact information — address, telephone number, and an email address.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf.

A notice missing any of the above may not be actionable. Misrepresenting that material infringes your copyright can expose you to liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) — if you are not sure the material actually infringes, consider talking to a lawyer before filing.

Our designated agent

Registration pending. DraftCast has not yet completed registration of a designated DMCA agent with the U.S. Copyright Office. Until that registration is on file, please send any notice of claimed infringement or counter-notice through our contact form — write "DMCA" at the start of the notes field and include everything the sections above require. We will still act on it; we just cannot yet point you at a registered agent of record.

What happens next

On receiving a valid notice, we will remove or disable access to the identified material and make a good-faith effort to notify whoever posted it. Under a standing repeat-infringer policy, an account responsible for repeated, substantiated infringement may have its broadcast content removed and its access to DraftCast terminated.

Filing a counter-notice

If material you posted was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send our designated agent a counter-notice that includes:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was 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 federal court for your district (or, if outside the U.S., any district where DraftCast may be found) and will accept service of process from the original claimant.

On receiving a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original claimant. If they do not notify us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you within 10 business days of receiving it, we may restore the material within the following 4 business days, at our discretion — this is the standard DMCA timeline, not a promise beyond what the statute requires.