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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Flood Watch 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), we will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Flood Watch service and website, provided such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

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 Flood Watch website (the "Site") by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent.

Filing a Notice of Copyright Infringement

To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a written communication that sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that a product or activity is infringing your copyrights.

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work: Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice, you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
  2. Identification of the infringing material: Identify the material that you claim is infringing (or to be the subject of infringing activity) and that is to be removed or access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, including, at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Site where such material may be found.
  3. Your contact information: Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
  4. Statement of good faith belief: Include a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  5. Statement under penalty of perjury: Include a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  6. Physical or electronic signature: Provide your full legal name and your physical or electronic signature (e.g., typing your full name).

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice, Flood Watch will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the Site.

Counter-Notification Procedures

If you believe that your material has been removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us by submitting a written communication which sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that a product or activity is not infringing the copyrights of others.

  • Identification of the removed material: Identify the material that Flood Watch has removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location (e.g., URL) at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  • Statement under penalty of perjury: Include a statement that, under penalty of perjury, 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 contact information: Provide your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  • Consent to jurisdiction: Include 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 your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Flood Watch 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.
  • Physical or electronic signature: Provide your full legal name and your physical or electronic signature (e.g., typing your full name).

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, Flood Watch will forward it to the party who submitted the original DMCA Takedown Notice. The original party will then have 10 business days to notify us that they have filed legal action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Flood Watch. If we receive no such notification within 10 business days, we may, at our sole discretion, restore the material.

For all DMCA notices and counter-notifications, please use our contact page to submit your communication, clearly indicating that it is a DMCA notice or counter-notification in the subject line or message body.