Buzztime® Copyright Policy
LAST UPDATED MARCH 29, 2021
This Copyright Policy applies to eGames.com Holdings, LLC’s websites, doing business as “Buzztime” and which include but are not limited to, buzztime.com, get.buzztime.com, to the Buzztime services and content we provide through businesses, networks, mobile devices, apps, and websites operated by our partners (the “Services”). In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”), Buzztime responds promptly to claims of copyright infringement reported to its designated agent.
Buzztime reserves the right to remove any content posted by its users that infringes or appears to infringe, on the intellectual property rights of others. Users do not have to register or establish accounts in order to use some Services. However, Buzztime will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
SENDING NOTICES OF INFRINGEMENT
If you are the owner of any exclusive right under copyright laws, or are authorized to act on behalf of such an owner, and you believe that a copyrighted work is being used on a Buzztime website or service in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our agent with the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyright infringements at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a comprehensive list of such works;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Buzztime to locate the material (such as the URL or video number);
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit Buzztime to contact you, including a true name, address, telephone number and, if available, an email address at which you may be contacted;
- 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; and
- 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.
Claims of copyright infringement should be sent as follows:
eGames.com Holdings, LLC
Attention: Legal Department 6965 El Camino Real, Suite 105 #517
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Email: Legal@buzztime.com
Please note that under the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)), any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.
COUNTER-NOTIFICATION
Users who have posted content that is removed because it is the subject of a claim of infringement may provide a counternotification under the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512(g)). If we receive a counter-notification, we may reinstate the material in question.
To file a counter-notification with us, you must provide a written communication (by regular mail or by email to address above) that sets forth all of the items required by the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see http://www.loc.gov/copyright/ for details. Please note that you may be liable for damages if you materially misrepresent that content or an activity is not infringing the copyrights of others. If you are not sure whether certain material infringes the copyrights of others, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.