Copyright and DMCA Policy
Last updated: July 30, 2026
College Football Alerts respects the intellectual-property rights of writers, photographers, designers, publishers, athletes, schools, teams, conferences, media organizations, and other rights holders. This policy explains the ownership and permitted use of content published on collegefootballalerts.com. It also explains how copyright owners may report material they believe infringes their rights. College Football Alerts is operated by [INSERT LEGAL BUSINESS OR ENTITY NAME].
IN THIS POLICY
Ownership of College Football Alerts content · Copyright notice · Permitted sharing · Uses requiring written permission · Photography rights · Contributor content · Third-party names, trademarks, and media · Reporting copyright infringement · Incomplete or inaccurate complaints · Review and removal process · Counter-notification · Restoration of removed material · Repeat infringement · False or misleading notices · Retractions, corrections, and privacy complaints · Trademark complaints · Requests concerning College Football Alerts content elsewhere · Policy updates · Contact information
1. Ownership of College Football Alerts content
Unless otherwise identified, original content published on College Football Alerts is owned by, commissioned by, or licensed to College Football Alerts or its operating entity. Protected content may include: Articles and written reporting; headlines, summaries, and editorial copy; original photographs; videos and audio recordings; graphics, illustrations, and social media designs; logos and visual brand elements; website layouts and design systems; newsletters; databases, directories, and content organization; original statistics, research, and compilations to the extent protected by law; and code and original website functionality. Some content may remain owned by an individual writer, photographer, designer, contributor, agency, publication, licensing partner, or other third party. Ownership and usage rights for contributor-created material may be controlled by a separate written agreement. Accessing the website does not transfer ownership or licensing rights to the visitor.
2. Copyright notice
Unless otherwise stated, original College Football Alerts content is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The absence of a visible copyright notice on an individual article, photograph, graphic, video, or other work does not mean that the work is free to use. The website footer should display: © [CURRENT YEAR] [INSERT COPYRIGHT OWNER]. All rights reserved. The year must update automatically.
3. Permitted sharing
Visitors may share a direct link to a College Football Alerts article or page; share the website’s official social media post; quote a limited portion of an article for legitimate commentary, criticism, reporting, or discussion; print or save a reasonable number of pages for personal, noncommercial use; and use built-in sharing tools provided by the website. Any quoted material must include clear attribution to College Football Alerts, the author’s name when one is provided, a direct link to the original article, and no changes that misrepresent the original meaning. Sharing a link does not grant permission to copy the entire article, image, graphic, video, or post.
4. Uses requiring written permission
Written permission is required before anyone may republish an article in full or substantial portions of an article; reproduce or distribute College Football Alerts photographs; use content in advertising, marketing, merchandise, commercial presentations, publications, applications, databases, newsletters, services, datasets, search products, answer engines, or content-generation systems; sell, sublicense, redistribute, or syndicate content; remove or alter author credits, photo credits, watermarks, or copyright notices; create commercial derivative works; systematically collect or archive website content; or use original content to train, evaluate, develop, or operate an artificial-intelligence or machine-learning system. Permission requests should be sent to cfbalerts3@gmail.com and include the content requested, intended use, requesting organization, distribution method, expected audience, and whether the use is commercial. Permission is not granted unless College Football Alerts or the applicable rights holder provides written authorization.
5. Photography rights
Photographs published through College Football Alerts may be owned by College Football Alerts, an individual photographer, a contributor, a licensing agency, a university, team, conference, league, event organization, or another third-party rights holder. The appearance of a photograph on the website does not grant permission to download, screenshot, edit, crop, reproduce, repost, distribute, sell, license, or otherwise use it. Photo credits and watermarks may not be removed, covered, cropped out, or altered. Editorial, commercial, advertising, promotional, merchandise, and social media uses may require different licenses. Permission must be obtained from the actual copyright owner. To request photography usage, contact cfbalerts3@gmail.com.
6. Contributor content
Writers, photographers, designers, videographers, and other contributors may retain some or all rights to their work depending on their written contributor agreement. Nothing on this page transfers ownership of contributor-created material. Requests involving contributor content may be forwarded to the appropriate contributor or rights holder. College Football Alerts cannot grant rights that it does not own or control.
7. Third-party names, trademarks, and media
College Football Alerts may reference or display third-party names, trademarks, school logos, team logos, conference marks, uniforms, photographs, videos, screenshots, statistics, broadcasts, social media posts, or other materials for news reporting, commentary, identification, criticism, or other editorial purposes. Third-party trademarks and copyrighted works remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on College Football Alerts does not imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, authorization, or affiliation unless expressly stated. A rights holder who believes third-party material has been used improperly may contact College Football Alerts using the procedure below.
8. Reporting copyright infringement
A copyright owner or authorized representative who believes material available through College Football Alerts infringes a copyright may submit a written copyright complaint. The complaint should include the copyright owner’s physical or electronic signature; identification of the copyrighted work and disputed material; the exact URL where the disputed material appears; sufficient information to locate it; the complaining party’s full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address; a good-faith statement that the disputed use is not authorized; a statement that the information is accurate; and a statement under penalty of perjury that the complaining party is authorized to act for the copyright owner. Send copyright complaints to: DMCA agent: [INSERT REGISTERED AGENT NAME OR ORGANIZATION]. Email: cfbalerts3@gmail.com. Mailing address: [INSERT REGISTERED DMCA ADDRESS]. Telephone: [INSERT REGISTERED DMCA PHONE NUMBER]. Do not describe this contact as a registered DMCA agent unless College Football Alerts has completed the appropriate registration using this exact email address and the other information displayed on this page. Until registration is completed, change the label from “DMCA agent” to “Copyright contact.”
9. Incomplete or inaccurate complaints
A complaint may not be effective if it does not contain the information required to identify the copyrighted work, disputed material, claimant, and basis of the complaint. College Football Alerts may request additional information before taking action. Submitting a copyright complaint does not guarantee that material will be removed. College Football Alerts may consider whether the disputed use is authorized, licensed, in the public domain, or potentially protected by an exception or limitation to copyright.
10. Review and removal process
After receiving a sufficiently complete copyright complaint, College Football Alerts may review the identified material; request additional information; temporarily restrict access; remove or disable access; contact the person who supplied or published the material; forward the complaint to the affected contributor or user; restore the material when appropriate; decline to remove material when the complaint is incomplete or unsupported; or take other action reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. College Football Alerts may document and retain copyright complaints, responses, and related communications.
11. Counter-notification
A person who believes their material was removed or disabled because of a mistake or misidentification may submit a written counter-notification. The counter-notification should include the person’s physical or electronic signature; identification of the removed or disabled material and the location where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury of a good-faith belief that removal was a mistake or misidentification; the person’s full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address; consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate United States federal district court; and a statement that the person will accept service of process from the party who submitted the original complaint or that party’s agent. Send counter-notifications to cfbalerts3@gmail.com. Submitting a counter-notification may have legal consequences. Anyone considering one should consider speaking with a qualified attorney.
12. Restoration of removed material
When a valid counter-notification is received, College Football Alerts may forward it to the party who submitted the original complaint. Material may be restored when permitted by applicable law unless the original complaining party provides notice that it has filed an appropriate legal action seeking to prevent restoration. College Football Alerts may leave material unavailable while evaluating a dispute, responding to legal process, or protecting the rights of the parties involved.
13. Repeat infringement
When College Football Alerts hosts content submitted by users or contributors, it may restrict or terminate access for people who repeatedly infringe copyrights or repeatedly submit unauthorized material. College Football Alerts may consider the circumstances and severity of each case when applying this policy. Account termination does not prevent College Football Alerts from taking additional legal or technical action.
14. False or misleading notices
Copyright complaints and counter-notifications must be submitted honestly and accurately. A person may face legal consequences for knowingly making material misrepresentations about whether content is infringing or was removed through mistake or misidentification. Do not submit a copyright complaint merely because you disagree with an article, dislike criticism, object to reporting, or want accurate but unfavorable information removed. Copyright complaints should concern ownership or unauthorized use of protected creative material.
15. Retractions, corrections, and privacy complaints
This copyright process should not be used to submit factual correction requests, requests to update an article, editorial disagreements, defamation claims, privacy concerns, requests to remove accurate public information, general customer-support questions, or trademark complaints that do not involve copyright. Direct those requests to the appropriate contact page, corrections process, privacy contact, or legal contact.
16. Trademark complaints
A trademark owner who believes the website is using a protected mark in a misleading or unlawful manner may submit a separate trademark complaint. The complaint should identify the trademark owner, protected mark, applicable registration information, exact disputed URL, nature of the claimed infringement, contact information, and authority to act for the trademark owner. Send trademark complaints to cfbalerts3@gmail.com. A trademark complaint does not guarantee removal of editorial references to a team, school, conference, organization, company, product, or service.
17. Requests concerning College Football Alerts content elsewhere
This page primarily explains how copyright complaints concerning material hosted by College Football Alerts should be submitted. To report unauthorized use of College Football Alerts content on another website, social platform, publication, application, advertisement, product, or service, send cfbalerts3@gmail.com a link to the original content, a link or screenshot showing the unauthorized use, the name of the person or organization using the content, the date discovered, known contact information, and a brief description of the use. Do not contact schools, teams, conferences, platforms, advertisers, or publishers on behalf of College Football Alerts unless specifically authorized to do so.
18. Policy updates
College Football Alerts may update this policy when its services, publishing practices, submission features, or legal obligations change. The current version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
19. Contact information
General copyright questions, photography licensing, copyright complaints, trademark complaints, and rights-enforcement requests: cfbalerts3@gmail.com. College Football Alerts. Operated by: [INSERT LEGAL BUSINESS OR ENTITY NAME]. Website: collegefootballalerts.com. Before publishing, confirm the legal owner, photography ownership, contributor agreements, email monitoring, user-generated content practices, and any registered DMCA agent details. Have a qualified attorney review the completed policy.
