DMCA & Copyright Policy

How to submit a DMCA takedown notice or counter-notice to Ethical Founder Law, what our content licence permits, and our position on AI training and scraping.

Effective date: 4 September 2026

1. Our copyright

All original content on law.ethicalfounder.com — articles, guides, tables, structure, layout and code — is © Ethical Founder unless otherwise stated. It is protected under Indian copyright law, the Berne Convention, and the copyright laws of other jurisdictions.

2. What you may do without asking

We want our work to be useful. You may, without permission:

  • Read, save and print anything here for personal use;
  • Quote briefly — a sentence or a short passage — with clear attribution and a working link to the original page;
  • Link to any page freely, including deep links;
  • Cite our work in academic, professional, journalistic or legal writing.

3. What requires written permission

  • Republishing an article in whole or in substantial part;
  • Syndicating our content on another site, app or newsletter;
  • Translating our work into another language for publication;
  • Commercial redistribution in any medium;
  • Systematic copying of tables, datasets or research compilations;
  • Using our content to train commercial machine learning models.

To request permission, write to admin@ethicalfounder.com with the URL, the intended use, and where it will appear. We frequently say yes to non-commercial and educational uses.

4. Scraping and AI training

We reserve all rights in our content with respect to text and data mining and machine learning training, including under Article 4(3) of EU Directive 2019/790.

Automated systems that copy content at scale — beyond ordinary search engine indexing — are not authorised and are blocked where we detect them.

5. If we have infringed your copyright

We take this seriously and act quickly. We do not use others’ work without permission.

If you believe material on this site infringes your copyright, send a notice to admin@ethicalfounder.com with DMCA NOTICE in the subject line, containing:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  3. Identification of the material on our site claimed to be infringing, with enough detail to locate it — a direct URL is best;
  4. Your contact information: address, telephone number and email;
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner.

These elements mirror the requirements of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Notices missing them may be invalid and may delay our response.

What happens next

We aim to acknowledge a complete notice within five business days. If a claim is valid on its face, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the material and notify the person who posted it, where applicable.

A warning worth taking seriously: under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please do not send a takedown notice for content you simply dislike.

6. Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address containing:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature;
  2. Identification of the removed material and the location where it appeared;
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
  4. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court and to accepting service of process from the complaining party.

7. Repeat infringers

We terminate access for repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

8. Third-party material we use

Where we quote statutes, regulations, court opinions or government publications, we do so on the basis that such materials are generally in the public domain or usable under fair use / fair dealing, and we cite the source.

Where we quote a third party’s copyrighted work, we do so briefly, for purposes of commentary, criticism, reporting or scholarship, with attribution. If you believe a particular quotation exceeds fair use, tell us and we will review it promptly.

9. Trademarks

Third-party company names, brands and trademarks appearing on this site remain the property of their owners and are used nominatively — for identification, comparison and commentary only. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any company we name unless we say so. See our Disclaimer.

10. Contact

All copyright matters: admin@ethicalfounder.com · contact page

See also: Terms & Conditions · Editorial Policy