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WHERETHEYPLAY

DMCA and Copyright Policy

Effective date: September 28, 2026

Version: 2026-09-28

WhereTheyPlay LLC ("WhereTheyPlay") respects copyright and expects the organizations and people who use wheretheyplay.com (the "Service") to do the same. We respond to proper notices of claimed copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 512).

Our designated agent

Send copyright notices to our designated agent, who is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office:

  • Designated agent: DMCA Agent, WhereTheyPlay LLC
  • Address: 123 2nd Ave S, Suite 230 #67, Edmonds, WA 98020
  • Phone: (206) 659-6651
  • Email: leads@wheretheyplay.com

How to send a takedown notice

If you believe something on the Service (for example, a photo on an organization's page) infringes your copyright, email leads@wheretheyplay.com with the subject line "DMCA takedown notice", or mail it to the address above. Your notice must include all of these (17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)):

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. The copyrighted work you say is infringed.
  3. The material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it: the page address and a description of the photo or text.
  4. Your name, mailing address, phone number and email address.
  5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
  6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or allowed to act for the owner.

What we do when we get a complete notice

  1. We remove the material, or block access to it, promptly.
  2. If an account holder posted it, we tell them it was removed and send them a copy of the notice.
  3. We record the notice in our copyright log, against the account that posted the material and the page it was on.

Pages we compiled ourselves. Some pages are written by us from an organization's own public website, and no user posted them. If you tell us something on one of those pages is yours, we remove it the same way. We do not need a formal notice for that, and you can use the removal and correction buttons on the page or email us.

Counter-notices

If your material was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to our designated agent with the subject line "DMCA counter-notice." It must include (17 U.S.C. 512(g)(3)):

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. The material that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your name, address and phone number.
  5. A statement that you agree to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which WhereTheyPlay may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice, or that person's agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice, we will:

  • promptly send a copy of it to the person who sent the original notice, and tell them we will put the material back in 10 business days; and
  • put the material back not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days after we received the counter-notice, unless our designated agent first receives notice that the person who sent the original notice has filed a court action to stop the infringement.

Repeat infringers

We end, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright.

Our policy: we keep a log of every valid takedown notice we act on, by account. If an account is the subject of valid notices about two or more separate uploads within 12 months, we will review it, and in appropriate circumstances we will close the account and take down every page it manages. A notice that was withdrawn, or that was answered by a counter-notice that led to the material being put back, does not count.

False notices

Under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may have to pay damages, including costs and attorney fees.

This page explains our process. It is not legal advice. If you are unsure whether something infringes your rights, you may want to talk to a lawyer.