Tiger DMCA & Intellectual Property Compliance Policy

Tiger holds unconditional respect for the rights of sports broadcasters, film studios, production houses, and independent creators, in India and worldwide. This policy explains how copyright complaints are processed, under the Copyright Act, 1957 of India and the doctrines of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

A search conduit, not a repository

Tiger functions strictly as an automated indexing protocol and technical directory. It operates no content distribution network, no video locker, and no media repository, and it does not host, broadcast, archive, or store any media files on its own infrastructure. The system works as a high-speed search conduit, gathering and organising publicly reachable third-party links. As a neutral intermediary with no editorial control over, and no actual knowledge of, the material behind those links, Tiger operates within the statutory safe-harbour standards for technical intermediaries.

Submitting a takedown notice

A rights holder, or a delegate legally authorised to represent one, who finds a link in the Tiger interface, search leaderboard, or fixture directory pointing to infringing material may file a takedown notice through our official compliance interface. For it to be actionable, the notice must carry each of the following:

  1. A verifiable physical or secure electronic signature of the person certified to act for the copyright holder.
  2. Explicit identification of the infringed work, such as the production title, studio registration, or a reference link to the original.
  3. The exact URLs or in-app locators that resolve to the disputed file; broad catalogue mentions, generic keywords, or screenshots give our engineers no executable target.
  4. Complete complainant credentials: legal name, acting officer, mailing address, telephone line, and email contact.
  5. A good-faith assertion that the disputed material is not authorised by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
  6. A declaration, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that the filer holds authority to enforce the rights.

On validation of a complete notice, our compliance team expeditiously expunges the offending locators from the search index, language feeds, and trending tables.

The limits of de-indexing

Removing a locator from Tiger de-indexes the link from our discovery engine, but it does not physically delete the underlying file from the third-party server that stores it. Because Tiger exercises no custodial or administrative oversight over foreign hosts, a rights owner seeking permanent deletion across the wider web must contact the primary website or file host directly. Within its own index, Tiger applies removals dependably.

Counter-notification

Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 preserves fair dealing, which extends to criticism, review, news reporting, and similar lawful purposes. A party who considers a link to have been removed by mistake or misidentification may submit a counter-notification through the same interface, stating the exemption relied on, identifying the removed material and its former location, providing signature and contact details, and consenting to the jurisdiction of the courts of New Delhi or Mumbai. Where it is sustained and no proceedings begin within the statutory period, the link may be reinstated.

Repeat infringers

Tiger enforces a graduated three-strike response against any party that repeatedly misuses the platform or attempts to inject illegitimate locators into the index. The first instance brings a formal warning with the offending links dropped; the second, a temporary suspension from the relevant tools; the third, permanent exclusion from the service. Severe or plainly deceptive conduct may reach the final stage directly, and a notice filed in knowing bad faith exposes its sender to legal liability rather than any advantage.