DMCA Policy

Houston Severe Weather ("we," "us," or "our") 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), the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Houston Severe Weather service and/or website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

This policy outlines the information required to submit a notification of alleged infringement to us, as well as the procedure for submitting a counter-notification if your content has been removed due to an alleged infringement claim.

Please note that this DMCA policy is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you believe your copyright has been infringed, you should consult with a legal professional.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Infringement

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content hosted on the Houston Severe Weather website infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification of claimed infringement to our Designated Copyright Agent. Please provide the following information in your notice:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Houston Severe Weather to locate the material (e.g., the URL(s) of the allegedly infringing material).
Information reasonably sufficient to permit Houston Severe Weather to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
A statement that the complaining party has 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.
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please send your DMCA notice to our Designated Copyright Agent via our contact page, clearly indicating it is a DMCA notice.

Counter-Notification Procedures

If you believe that material you posted on the Site was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with our Designated Copyright Agent. To be effective, a counter-notification must be a written communication provided to our Designated Copyright Agent that includes substantially the following:

Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location (URL) at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
A statement under penalty of perjury that 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 name, address, and telephone number.
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 Houston Severe Weather may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of infringement or an agent of such person.

Please send your DMCA counter-notification to our Designated Copyright Agent via our contact page, clearly indicating it is a DMCA counter-notification.

For any questions or to submit a DMCA notice or counter-notification, please visit our Contact Us page.