HotLink.cc respects the intellectual property of others and expects its users to do the same. Although HotLink.cc is not a United States entity, it does its best to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512, "DMCA") and its takedown procedure.

1. Filing a notice

If you believe content stored on HotLink.cc infringes your copyright, send a notice here, including:

  • 1.1Identification of you as the owner of the copyrighted work, or as a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
  • 1.2Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
  • 1.3Identification of the infringing material with information sufficient to locate it. Direct file links speed up processing.
  • 1.4Your contact information: full name, address, telephone number and e-mail.
  • 1.5A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
  • 1.6A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
  • 1.7A physical or electronic signature of the authorized person. Scanned signatures are accepted.

2. Our response

  • 2.1Upon receiving a valid notice, we remove or disable access to the material as soon as possible.
  • 2.2Accounts of repeat infringers are suspended or deleted.
  • 2.3Material involving violence, child exploitation, gore, Nazism or brutality is deleted without notice and without the procedure described above.

3. Counter notification

  • 3.1If you believe your material was removed by mistake, you may send a counter notification through our support containing: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the removed material and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that it was removed by mistake or misidentification; your name, address and telephone number.
  • 3.2After receiving a valid counter notification, we may restore the material unless the person who filed the original notice informs us that they have filed a court action.