Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Policy & Takedown Protocol

Compliance with 17 U.S.C. § 512 & International Copyright Standards

NHLBite ("the Platform") respects the intellectual property rights of others and adheres strictly to the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (17 U.S.C. § 512) and the European Union Electronic Commerce Directive. It is our policy to respond expeditiously to legitimate infringement notices and remove or disable access to any infringing hyperlink indexed on our site.

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Non-Hosting Operational Clarification

Please be advised that NHLBite does not host, upload, broadcast, retransmit, or store any video, audio, or media content on our web servers. NHLBite functions exclusively as an automated information location tool and indexer, providing hyperlinks to media publicly accessible across third-party web servers.

Because we do not control the destination servers hosting external broadcasts, removing a link from NHLBite will not delete the original stream from the internet. To remove content at its root, copyright owners should also contact the network host or CDN provider serving the underlying media files.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Infringement

To submit a valid DMCA notification, you must provide our Designated Copyright Agent with a written communication containing all of the following elements pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

1. Authorized Signature: A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of Copyrighted Work: Clear identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (e.g., "Broadcast of NHL game: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings, Oct 2026").
3. Identification of Infringing Link: Identification of the specific URL(s) on nhlbite.org containing the hyperlink claimed to be infringing, sufficient to permit us to locate the link (e.g., "https://nhlbite.org/edmonton-oilers-vs-los-angeles-kings/").
4. Contact Information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, including your legal name, physical address, telephone number, and email address.
5. Good-Faith Statement: 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.
6. Perjury Statement: 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.

Designated Copyright Agent Contact

Counter-Notification Procedure

If you believe that a link you submitted or referenced was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a formal counter-notification to our Designated Agent meeting the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will provide a copy to the complaining party and may restore the link within 10 to 14 business days unless legal action is initiated.