DMCA Policy & Notice-and-Takedown Procedure

Last updated: May 2026

SlotMap respects the intellectual property rights of others. This page describes how to notify us of alleged copyright infringement under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512), the European Directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce, and equivalent national notice-and-takedown frameworks.

1. Designated Copyright Agent

Notices of alleged copyright infringement should be sent to our designated agent:

To ensure prompt processing, please use the email channel.

2. What constitutes a valid DMCA notice

To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must contain substantially all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material on our Site claimed to be infringing, with sufficient detail (a URL is the simplest form) to allow us to locate it.
4. Your contact information: full name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

3. Sample notice format

To: Designated Agent, SlotMap
Subject: DMCA Notice

I, [full name], hereby notify SlotMap of alleged copyright
infringement at the following URL(s):

  - https://slotmap.space/[page-or-resource]

The original copyrighted work(s) of which I am the owner (or
authorized agent) is/are:

  - [Title, publication date, URL of original, registration
    number if any]

I have a good faith belief that the use of the material described
above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the
law.

The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of
perjury I am the copyright owner or authorized to act on the
copyright owner's behalf.

[Signature]
[Full name]
[Postal address]
[Telephone]
[Email]
[Date]

4. Our response to a valid notice

Upon receipt of a properly formatted notice, we will:

1. Acknowledge receipt within 48 business hours.
2. Review the notice and the disputed material.
3. If the claim is well-founded, remove or disable access to the material expeditiously.
4. Notify the relevant content contributor (if applicable) of the takedown.
5. Maintain records of the notice, our response, and any subsequent counter-notice for at least seven years.

Where a claim is unclear or appears to be in bad faith (a recurring pattern in our niche is operator-affiliated parties using DMCA notices to suppress critical reviews), we may seek clarification before acting. We do not act on automated takedown bot submissions without human verification.

5. Counter-notice procedure

If material you posted has been removed and you believe in good faith that the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. To be effective, a counter-notice must contain:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed and the location at which it appeared.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
4. Your contact information.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, of any judicial district in which SlotMap may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the original notifier.

Send counter-notices to dmca [at] slotmap [punto] space with the subject line “DMCA Counter-Notice.”

6. Repeat-infringer policy

It is our policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the access of users (including contributors and commenters) who are determined to be repeat infringers.

7. Misrepresentations

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents either that material is infringing or that material was removed by mistake or misidentification may be liable for damages. We have seen attempted misuse of DMCA notices in our niche to suppress legitimate reviews. We reserve the right to seek damages and to publicly identify any party who knowingly submits false notices.

8. Operator-related considerations

Casino-industry DMCA notices have specific characteristics in our experience. Operators occasionally claim copyright in their bonus terms, T&Cs, screenshots of their game library, or their published policies, in an effort to suppress critical review coverage. To be clear:

• Brief quotation of operator T&Cs and bonus terms in the context of editorial review constitutes fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107 and fair-dealing equivalents in other jurisdictions. We will not retract such quotations on a DMCA basis.
• Screenshots of operator-published material used for editorial illustration are similarly protected.
• Brand logos and trade marks used to identify the operator being reviewed are used under standard nominative fair use.
• Where an operator believes our coverage exceeds these boundaries, we engage on the substance, not on opportunistic DMCA filings.

9. Our use of third-party material

Our editorial content uses limited third-party material under fair-use principles, fair-dealing exceptions, the Italian “diritto di critica e di cronaca” (Article 70 of Legge 633/1941), and equivalent provisions in other jurisdictions. Specifically:

• Brief quotations from operator T&Cs and policies in the context of review.
• Operator brand logos for purposes of identifying the operator being reviewed.
• Screenshots from the operator’s site captured during the testing cycle.
• Brief quotations from regulator notices and ADR rulings as primary-source citation.

If you are a rights holder who believes our use exceeds fair-use boundaries, please send a DMCA notice as described above and we will review promptly.

10. Privacy of submitted notices

DMCA notices and counter-notices we receive may be shared with the relevant counterpart (the alleged infringer for notices, the original notifier for counter-notices) and, where required, with hosting providers and law enforcement. They may also be summarized in transparency reports if we publish such reports in the future. By submitting a notice you accept this disclosure as part of the procedure.

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