SpoVote respects the intellectual property of others and expects the people who use SpoVote to do the same. Photos, videos, live streams, captions, and messages on SpoVote are posted by our users. If you own a copyright and believe something on SpoVote infringes it, this page explains how to tell us, how we respond, and how an uploader can dispute a removal. Our process follows the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512).
1. How to send a copyright notice
Send a written notice to our designated agent (section 2). To be valid under §512(c)(3), your notice must include all of the following:
- Your signature — a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or of a person authorized to act on their behalf.
- The copyrighted work — identify the work you believe has been infringed (or a representative list if one notice covers several works).
- The infringing material and where it is on SpoVote — enough detail for us to find it: the session link (for example app.spovote.com/session/…), the clip or photo, the group, the profile, or the message, plus a description of what it contains.
- Your contact details — your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
- A good-faith statement — that you have a good-faith belief the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- An accuracy statement under penalty of perjury— that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
Warning about false notices.Under §512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing (or that it was removed by mistake) can be liable for damages, including the costs and attorney's fees of the uploader, the copyright owner, or SpoVote. Please make sure you own the work — or are authorized to act for the owner — before you send a notice, and consider whether the use might be fair use or otherwise permitted.
A notice that is missing one of the six elements above is incomplete. We will reply and tell you what is missing, but we may not act on it until it is complete. Reports filed in the app with the Copyright reason are welcome and help us prioritise, but they are not a formal DMCA notice on their own.
2. Designated agent
Send copyright notices and counter-notices to support@spovote.com. Put “DMCA notice” or “DMCA counter-notice” in the subject line so it reaches the right queue.
3. What happens next
When we receive a complete notice we act promptly — our target is within one business day. We will:
- Remove or disable access to the material identified in the notice.
- Notify the uploader that their content was removed and share a copy of the notice with them, so they know who made the claim and can respond.
- Record a copyright strikeagainst the uploader's account (see section 5).
We may also remove other copies of the same material and, for repeat problems, take the account-level steps described below. We keep a log of every notice, removal, counter-notice, and restoration.
4. Counter-notice
If your content was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification — for example, you own the rights, you have a licence, or the use is fair use — you can send a counter-notice to the designated agent above. Under §512(g)(3), a counter-notice must include:
- Your signature — physical or electronic.
- Identification of the removed material and where it appeared before it was removed (the session, group, profile, or message, and which clip or photo).
- A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- Your name, address, and telephone number, and 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 the United States, any judicial district in which SpoVote may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.
When we receive a valid counter-notice we forward it to the person who sent the original notice, including your contact details. Unless they tell us within that time that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you from the infringing activity, we will restore the material 10 to 14 business days after receiving your counter-notice. Sending a counter-notice is a legal step with real consequences, so please read it carefully before you send it.
5. Repeat infringers
Each removal under a valid copyright notice adds a strike to the uploader's account. Strikes expire 12 months after they are recorded. An account that reaches 3 strikes within that window is terminated, and the person may not create a new account. A strike is withdrawn if the material is restored after a successful counter-notice or if the claimant withdraws their notice.
We may also terminate an account for a single, serious act of infringement. If you believe a strike or termination was wrong, email support@spovote.com with the details and we will review it.
6. Other questions
This page covers copyright. To report abuse, harassment, or other content that breaks our rules, use the Report action in the app or visit our Support page. Our Terms of Service describe the licence you grant us for content you post and the rules everyone on SpoVote agrees to. Nothing on this page is legal advice.