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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Heat Advisory respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), the text of which can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website, we will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Heat Advisory website or other network that are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent, identified below.

Filing a DMCA Notice

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Heat Advisory website by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent. Upon receipt of the Notice as described below, Heat Advisory will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the site.

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed: Provide sufficient detail to identify the copyrighted work, e.g., an active link to the original work or a copy of the work.
  2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing: Provide sufficient detail to locate the material on our website (e.g., a specific URL).
  3. Your contact information: Provide your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  4. A statement of your good faith belief: A statement that you have 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.
  5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  6. Your electronic or physical signature.

Filing a DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that material you posted on the site was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us by submitting a written notification to our Designated Copyright Agent, identified below. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter-Notice must include substantially the following:

  • Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled: Provide the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled (e.g., specific URL).
  • A statement under penalty of perjury: A statement 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.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you are outside of the U.S., for any judicial district in which Heat Advisory may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
  • Your electronic or physical signature.

All DMCA notices and counter-notifications should be sent via our contact page.