Copyright & DMCA Policy

1 Our position

Architectena respects copyright. We respond to valid takedown notices promptly, and we require every user to respect the intellectual property of others. Posting work you did not create — without permission and without credit — is a violation of our Community Guidelines and may result in removal of the content and termination of your account.

2 Filing a takedown notice

To report content on Architectena that you believe infringes your copyright, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line "DMCA Notice". Notices that omit the required elements below may be returned for clarification before we can act on them.

3 Required elements

Your notice must include each of the following (these mirror the requirements set out in the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), stated here in plain language):

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner — or of someone authorised to act on their behalf.
2. Clear identification of the copyrighted work you claim is being infringed (title, registration details if any, or a link to the original).
3. Identification of the infringing material on Architectena — please include the full URL of each page or upload.
4. Your contact information: full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

4 Our response

We aim to review valid takedown notices within 48 hours of receipt. If the notice is valid, we will remove or disable access to the material and notify the user who uploaded it, providing them with a copy of the notice (with personal contact details redacted where appropriate). We may also terminate the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers.

5 Counter-notice

If you believe your content was removed in error, you may file a counter-notice by emailing [email protected] with the subject line "Counter-Notice". Your counter-notice must contain:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal (the original URL on Architectena).
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your full name, address, telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the courts in the district where you are located (or, if outside the United States, of any judicial district in which Architectena may be found).

6 Repeat infringer policy

Accounts that receive multiple valid takedown notices will be terminated. Architects whose work has been used without permission in the past can contact us proactively to set up account-level monitoring or content blocking — we will do our best to help.

7 Note for non-US users

The DMCA is a United States legal framework. Architectena is operated from Egypt and serves a global community, so we handle international copyright requests through the same process. Where the US-specific "penalty of perjury" language does not apply in your jurisdiction, an equivalent good-faith belief and ownership statement under the laws of your country is acceptable.