1. LICENSES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
1.1 Limited License
The Company grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:
– Access and view Website content for personal, non-commercial use
– Download articles for personal reference (with attribution)
– Share articles through social media (with proper credit)
– Create an account and use Website features
1.2 Restrictions
You may NOT:
– Republish, redistribute, or resell Website content
– Modify, translate, or create derivative works
– Remove, obscure, or alter copyright notices
– Use automated tools to scrape, crawl, or download content
– Mirror or duplicate the Website or its content
– Use content for commercial purposes without a license
– Frame or embed Website content on third-party sites
1.3 Intellectual Property Ownership
All content on the Website is owned by the Company or licensed from third parties:
– Articles, stories, headlines, and text
– Images, photographs, videos, and multimedia
– Graphics, logos, trademarks, and design elements
– Layout, structure, and user interface
– Code, software, databases, and algorithms
– Comments and user-generated content
All rights reserved under Indian Copyright Act, 1957, and international copyright laws.
1.4 Third-Party Licensed Content
Some content is licensed from third parties (news agencies, photographers, etc.):
– Third parties retain ownership and copyright
– Use is restricted to terms of the license
– Company acts as licensee, not owner
– You must comply with all applicable license terms
1.5 User-Generated Content License
When you submit comments, articles, reviews, or other content (“Material”):
– You retain ownership of your Material
– You grant the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to:
– Use, copy, display, and publish your Material
– Modify and create derivative works
– Distribute across all platforms and media
– Archive and preserve your Material
– Sublicense to third parties as needed
1.6 User Content Responsibility
By posting Material, you represent that:
– You own or have rights to the Material
– Material doesn’t infringe third-party rights
– Material complies with all laws and policies
– You grant necessary rights and permissions
– Material is not confidential or proprietary
You accept full liability for your Material, and the Company shall not be held responsible for:
– Use of your Material
– Infringement claims related to your content
– Damages arising from your Material
– Third-party claims against your submissions
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT
2.1 Copyright Infringement
The Company respects intellectual property rights and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and equivalent laws in India.
2.2 DMCA Notifications
To report copyright infringement:
Send written notification to:
Email:
Your notification must include:
1. Physical or electronic signature
2. Identification of copyrighted work
3. Location of infringing content on Website
4. Your contact information (name, address, phone, email)
5. Statement that you believe use is not authorized
6. Statement that information is accurate
7. Statement under penalty of perjury that you are the copyright owner or authorized agent
2.3 Takedown Procedure
Upon receipt of valid copyright notice:
– Company will investigate the claim
– Company will remove or disable infringing content
– Company will notify the user of the removal
– User may submit counter-notice within 10 days
– Company will restore content if valid counter-notice provided
2.4 Counter-Notice
User may submit counter-notice if they believe:
– Content was removed by mistake
– They have rights to the content
– Fair use applies to the content
Counter-notice must include:
– Physical or electronic signature
– Identification of removed content
– Statement under penalty of perjury
– Consent to jurisdiction and service of process