This website copyright policy explains what Casino Sites Review owns, the third-party material we use under licence or permission, how others may reuse or reference our content, and how to report unauthorised content use. It’s our combined copyright and trademark policy for the Australian online casino reviews, bonuses, games, payment methods, security testing, mobile testing, and responsible gambling guidance published across this site.
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Why This Online Copyright Policy Exists
Casino Sites Review publishes original, hands-on testing of Australian-facing online casinos covering bonuses and wagering terms, pokies and table games, payment methods, account security, mobile usability and responsible gambling tools alongside operator logos, software provider branding, and regulator marks that belong to other companies. Several different kinds of rights sit on the same pages, and readers, rights-holders, and other publishers deserve clear copyright information about how each is handled.
This copyright statement and website copyright notice sets out what we claim ownership of, what we use under permission from others, our website content usage rights and content reproduction policy, and a single, clear route for copyright infringement reporting. It functions as our content ownership policy, content usage policy, and broader intellectual property policy for the site, and sits alongside our Editorial Policy, Advertising Disclosure and Terms and Conditions — published so our handling of website intellectual property and intellectual property rights can be checked, not assumed.
Governing Law
This policy is issued under, and our rights are protected by, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) of Australia. Because our readership isn’t limited to Australia, the same protections generally apply under equivalent legislation elsewhere — including the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom), Title 17 of the U.S. Code (the U.S. Copyright Act), and the Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985 (Canada) — as well as under the Berne Convention, which extends copyright protection for original works across its member countries without formal registration. Trademark elements referenced on this page (operator, provider, and regulator marks) are protected separately under applicable trademark law in their owners’ home jurisdictions, not under copyright law.
Website Content Ownership: What We Own
Unless stated otherwise on the material itself, the following is the intellectual property of Casino Sites Review, protected under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and this content ownership policy.
Original editorial content covering the whole Australian casino experience
All reviews, guides, rankings, comparison tables, and FAQ content written by our editorial team — including our hands-on testing of welcome bonuses, free spins, and wagering requirements; pokies, live dealer games, blackjack, roulette and other table games; PayID, crypto, card, and e-wallet payment methods; licensing, RNG fairness, and account security; mobile browser and app-based usability and responsible gambling tools such as deposit limits and self-exclusion. This covers the text itself as well as the testing methodology, scoring criteria, and editorial judgement behind it.
Design system and visual assets
The Casino Sites Review layout, comparison-table design, original graphics, and any charts or illustrations we have created ourselves. Under our image copyright policy, the particular arrangement and presentation of our testing data is itself a protected work, even where the underlying facts (such as a licence number or a withdrawal time) are not.
Proprietary rights notice: brand marks
The Casino Sites Review name and logo are marks of this site. They may not be used in a way that implies affiliation, endorsement, or authorship by Casino Sites Review without our written permission. This proprietary rights notice applies to any use of our name, logo, or visual identity off-site.
Third-Party Content Policy: Material We Use Under Licence
Some material on our site belongs to others and appears under licence, permission, or the limited exceptions allowed by law, including fair use / fair dealing. We don’t claim ownership of it under this fair use policy, and its presence here doesn’t transfer any rights to readers.
Casino and operator logos
Casino brand names, logos, and promotional artwork shown in our bonus and payment comparison tables and reviews are the property of the respective operators. They’re reproduced to identify the casinos we’ve tested and reviewed, under permission or the nominative fair use doctrine (which allows a trademark to be used to identify the actual trademarked product being discussed or compared), and remain the trademarks of those operators. Our wider trademark policy on third-party marks is covered below.
Software provider assets
Names and logos belonging to game studios such as Pragmatic Play, NetEnt, Play’n GO, and Evolution — the studios behind the pokies and live dealer games we review — are used solely to identify which providers supply the games discussed in our guides. These remain the property of their respective owners under this third-party content policy.
Regulator and certification marks
References to gambling regulators (for example the Malta Gaming Authority, the Curaçao licensing framework, or Australian state and territory bodies) and independent RNG/security certification marks are used descriptively, to explain licensing and fairness testing, and are not endorsements by those bodies of our content.
Screenshots and imagery
Where a casino lobby, game screen, mobile interface, or cashier/payment page is shown to illustrate a review, the underlying software and artwork belongs to the casino or its game providers. Under our image copyright policy, we use these images to support factual, first-hand commentary on our own testing, not as standalone assets for others to copy.
User-generated content copyright
Where we publish reader comments, ratings, or submitted feedback, the contributor retains ownership of their own words, but by submitting it they grant us a licence to display, edit for length or clarity, and moderate it on this site. We don’t claim broader rights over user-generated content beyond what’s needed to publish and moderate it here.
Copyright And Licensing In The Wider Gambling Industry
Copyright on this site doesn’t exist in isolation from the wider legal and regulatory framework the casinos we review actually operate under, and readers are better served by understanding how the two connect.
Operator licensing sits alongside, not instead of, IP law. A gambling licence from a regulator such as the Malta Gaming Authority or under the Curaçao framework governs whether an operator may legally offer casino games, accept payment methods, and process withdrawals in a given market. It says nothing about who owns the software, artwork, or brand assets running on that licence — those rights belong separately to the game studios and the operator’s own brand team, and are enforced through copyright and trademark law rather than gambling regulation.
Game assets carry their own copyright, independent of the casino using them. The pokie titles, table-game software, and audio-visual design referenced throughout our guides are original creative works in their own right. A casino licensing a game doesn’t acquire copyright in it; it acquires a right to offer it to players — which is why the same title, and the same certified RNG behind it, can appear at dozens of unrelated casinos.
Themed and branded games raise their own licensing questions. Slot titles built around film, TV, or music IP require a separate licensing agreement between the game studio and the rights-holder, on top of the studio’s own copyright in the game itself. We don’t independently verify those underlying licences and rely on the game studio’s own representations when we describe a themed title in a review.
Payment and security infrastructure is licensed technology, not editorial content. PayID, card processing, and e-wallet integrations we test are supplied by regulated payment providers and secured using TLS/SSL encryption standards; our role is to test and report on how they perform at each casino, not to claim any rights in the underlying payment or security technology itself.
Ethical and responsible-gambling commitments run in parallel with our IP policy. Where we discuss RNG fairness, mobile usability, or a casino’s licensing and responsible gambling status, that content is our own editorial analysis under the ownership terms set out above — not a legal or regulatory determination, and not a substitute for checking a licence directly with the issuing regulator, or contacting Gambling Help Online (1800 858 858) if gambling is affecting you.
Website Content Usage Rights: Our Reuse Licence
This section is our content licensing policy in practice — a limited, revocable licence, not an open licence — covering what a reader or another publisher may do with our content without asking first, and what requires our written permission.
Can I copy website content from Casino Sites Review? In short: short, attributed quotes are fine; republishing website content wholesale, scraping it, or reusing website content as your own comparison data is not. If you’re asking for permission to use website content beyond quoting and linking, see the licence conditions and contact details below.
Limited personal and editorial use licence: Casino Sites Review grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to quote, link to, and reference our published content, provided all of the following conditions are met:
- The material is used in unaltered form — quoted accurately, not edited to change its meaning
- The use is for personal, editorial, educational, or non-commercial reference (news reporting, commentary, research, or academic citation)
- A clear, visible, hyperlinked attribution is given in this form: “Source: Casino Sites Review — [link to the specific page]”
- The quoted excerpt is short relative to the original article — a paragraph or two, not the whole piece
- No implication is created that Casino Sites Review authored, endorsed, or partnered on the surrounding content
This licence does not extend to commercial republication, scraping, syndication, or reproduction of our comparison tables, tested figures (such as withdrawal times, bonus terms, or RTP data), ratings, or original graphics as your own. It also doesn’t extend to using the Casino Sites Review name or logo in any way suggesting affiliation without our written permission. This licence is granted subject to good-faith use and may be withdrawn for any individual party found to be in breach of these conditions.
If you’d like to use our content beyond what this licence permits — licensing, syndication, bulk data use, or anything else — contact us using the details below and we’ll consider your request.
Copyright Infringement Policy: How To Request Copyright Permission Or fFile A Complaint
If you own or control the rights to material published on Casino Sites Review and believe it’s been used without authorisation, we want to hear from you. This copyright complaints policy — covering both our copyright permission policy for reuse requests and our takedown process — explains how to request copyright permission or file a complaint and we act on legitimate notices promptly.
- Send a written notice to our copyright contact below. A clear notice for our copyright takedown policy should include: identification of the work you say has been infringed; the exact URL(s) on our site where it appears; confirmation you’re the rights-holder or authorised to act on their behalf; your contact details; and a good-faith statement that the use isn’t authorised by the rights-holder, an agent, or the law.
- We review the notice against the material and our records of any licence or permission that applies to it.
- We act on legitimate complaints. Where a complaint is valid, we remove or amend the material and confirm this back to you. Where material is used under a licence or permission we hold, or we consider the use lawful under our fair use policy, we’ll explain our position rather than remove it.
Submitting a copyright notice you know to be false or made in bad faith may carry legal consequences for the sender under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and equivalent legislation elsewhere.
Copyright Contact
Copyright complaints, permission requests, and licensing enquiries should be directed to our designated copyright contact:
Copyright & Legal Enquiries
Casino Sites Review — Compliance Team
Email: copyright@casinositesreview.io
Postal address: Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Please mark the subject line clearly as a copyright matter so it reaches the right team without delay. For urgent matters, include a direct phone contact in your notice and we’ll respond during business hours.
For our wider editorial standards, see the Editorial Policy. For how we handle affiliate relationships, see our Advertising Disclosure. For the terms governing use of the site, including our copyright terms, copyright rules, and copyright guidelines, see our Terms and Conditions.
