Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Protocol

Compliance & Intellectual Charter 2026

Sportsurge operates strictly as an open-access intellectual directory and structural information aggregator. We strongly uphold legal copyright systems globally under the guidelines of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 512). This compliance architecture details our passive directory system and the legal framework required to submit formal notification indices.

1. Passive Aggregation & No Content Hosting Mandate

Our infrastructure maintains a strictly passive operational stance. Sportsurge does not host, stream, duplicate, store, or upload rich media assets, live streaming feeds, binary video data, or static broadcasting packages onto our local servers.

All structural elements displayed represent open-source chronological event schedules, descriptive indexing data, and text hyperlinks leading to independent external broadcast clusters completely decoupled from our control networks. Consequently, we lack structural capabilities to eradicate copyrighted materials at the broadcast origin.

2. Proper Jurisdiction for Takedown Directives

Because our database merely references publicly indexed network data, we strongly urge legal corporate copyright holders to file takedown notifications directly with the **external media storage clouds or web network hosts** executing the transmission of the active video streams. Removing a directory hyperlink from our search interface does not disrupt the digital stream payload at its physical core.

3. Requirements for Formal DMCA Notifications

If a copyright owner or an officially accredited licensing agent identifies a specific link structure within our directory index that references copyrighted media without proper clearance, a formal notification must be compiled. The document must contain the following structural items:

1. A verifiable physical or advanced electronic signature of the copyright entity or the designated legal counsel authorized to execute the directive.
2. Comprehensive identification of the targeted intellectual property claimed to have been structurally infringed.
3. The precise, explicit pathing URL strings from our platform directory to locate and eliminate the referenced hyperlink.
4. Direct communication metrics including full legal name, physical mailing address, corporate phone number, and a secure administrative email channel.
5. A clear statement affirming a good faith belief that the distribution matrix of the material is not authorized by the genuine copyright owner, its legal agent, or current statutory provisions.
6. A signature under penalty of perjury asserting that the structural metrics embedded inside the legal notice are completely accurate and legitimate.

4. Counter-Notification Framework

If a third-party link partner believes their indexed route was removed via administrative error or faulty identification parameters, they may forward a counter-notification file. This documentation must explicitly feature full contact credentials, proper path mapping of the suppressed data node, a statement of good faith error under perjury, and legal submission to regional federal court jurisdictions.

5. Repeat Infringement Resolution Policy

We maintain a strict administrative system to eliminate persistent copyright abuse. Any programmatic indexing feed or submission terminal determined to repeatedly upload verified structural infringements into our network schedules will face instant and permanent access termination.