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Copyright & Takedown Procedure

Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last Updated: August 19, 2026

TechToolsHQ respects the copyright of others and expects the same in return. If you believe material published here infringes a copyright you own or represent, this page tells you exactly how to tell us, what a valid notice must contain, and what happens next.

1. Our position on other people’s work

Articles on TechToolsHQ are written by us. Where we quote, cite figures from, or build on someone else’s research or testing, we attribute it by name and link to the source.

Images are either original artwork produced for the article, or licensed stock used within its licence terms and credited on the page. Product logos and screenshots, where used, appear for identification and commentary. If you believe we have got any of that wrong, tell us — a factual dispute about attribution does not need a formal notice, and an email is usually faster for both of us.

2. Sending a takedown notice

Send notices to hi@techtoolshq.com with “Copyright notice” in the subject line. To be actionable under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), a notice must include all of the following:

  1. 1A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
  2. 2Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed. If several works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them.
  3. 3Identification of the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it — a direct URL is best.
  4. 4Your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. 5A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. 6A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on their behalf.
Notices are not free of consequence

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Please be satisfied that the use is not authorised — and is not fair use, quotation, or reporting — before sending a notice.

3. What we do when we receive one

We acknowledge valid notices and act on them promptly. Where a claim appears well-founded, we remove or disable access to the material while we look into it — acting first and investigating second, because the alternative leaves disputed material live.

We will tell you what we have done. Where the material was contributed by a reader — a comment, for example — we notify them that it was removed and why, and pass on the substance of the notice.

If a correction or attribution would resolve the matter, say so. We would rather credit you properly than delete something readers find useful.

4. 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. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g), it must include:

  1. 1Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. 2Identification of the material that was removed, and the location where it appeared before removal.
  3. 3A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  4. 4Your name, postal address and telephone number, and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court, and that you will accept service of process from the party who filed the original notice.

We forward valid counter-notices to the party who filed the original claim. The material may be restored in not less than 10 and not more than 14 business days, unless we are told that court proceedings have been started to restrain the conduct in question.

5. Repeat infringement

Where a reader account repeatedly posts infringing material, we terminate it. This applies to comments and any other reader contribution. Judgement is applied to the pattern rather than to a single disputed item.

Copyright contact
hi@techtoolshq.com

Subject line: Copyright notice. For anything that is not a copyright matter, use our contact page. See also our Terms of Use for what you may and may not do with our own material.