Copyright and Takedown Policy
Where to send a notice that something on the platform infringes your copyright, what it must contain, and what we do with it.
Drafted against
- Copyright Act, 1957 — section 52(1)(c)
- Copyright Rules, 2013 — rule 75
- Information Technology Act, 2000 — section 79
- Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 — rules 3(1)(b) and 3(1)(d)
- United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act — 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)
1.What this covers
Lawzer stores documents, notes and other material that our customers upload to their own workspaces, and publishes its own pages and help articles. If you believe any of it copies your work without permission, this is how to tell us, and what we will do.
We do not read customers’ workspaces to look for infringement, and a workspace is private to the organisation that owns it. We act on notices.
2.Where to send a notice
| Designated agent | Post | |
|---|---|---|
| Grievance Officer — Siddhant Mallah | contact@lawzer.in | Mallah Software Services Private Limited, Plot No. 347, Flat No. 301, Status-2 CHSL, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400055, India |
Notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act are accepted at the same address and handled in the same way.
Put “Copyright notice” in the subject line. A notice sent anywhere else still counts, but it may reach the right person later.
3.What a notice must contain
Rule 75(2) of the Copyright Rules and 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) ask for broadly the same things. A notice we can act on gives us:
- The work you say is infringed, described well enough to identify it, and evidence that you own the copyright or are authorised to act for whoever does.
- Where the copy is: a link, or a description precise enough for us to find it.
- Whether the copy is an infringing copy and why, and — for a notice under rule 75 — that the use is not one permitted by section 52 of the Copyright Act.
- Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
- A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law.
- A statement that the notice is accurate and, for a DMCA notice, that you are authorised to act for the owner under penalty of perjury.
- Your physical or electronic signature.
If something is missing we will tell you what, rather than ignore the notice.
4.What we do with it
| Stage | Our commitment |
|---|---|
| Acknowledgement | Within 24 hours of receipt |
| Access to the material disabled, where the notice is complete | Within 36 hours of receipt (rule 75(3), Copyright Rules 2013) |
| The customer who uploaded it told | When access is disabled, with the notice and how to respond |
| Access restored, unless a court order is produced | After 21 days (rule 75(4)), or sooner on a valid counter-notice under the DMCA |
We remove or disable material at once, without waiting for a notice, when a court or an authorised government agency directs us to under rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules.
5.If your material was taken down
A customer whose material was disabled can reply to the same address, explaining why it is not infringing — that they own it, hold a licence, or that the use is permitted by section 52. We pass the reply to the person who sent the notice.
For a notice under the DMCA, a counter-notice must identify the material and where it was, state under penalty of perjury that it was removed by mistake or misidentification, consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court, and be signed. We restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the person who sent the notice tells us they have filed suit.
6.Repeat infringement and false notices
We close the accounts of customers who repeatedly upload infringing material, in line with the Acceptable Use Policy.
Knowingly misrepresenting that material infringes, or that it was taken down by mistake, can make the person who did so liable for the costs it causes, including under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Please be sure before you send one.