DMCA Takedown & Copyright Policy

1. Commitment to Intellectual Property Rights

Welcome to Legal School (www.legalschool.in). We operate as a legal education and career portal owned by Gulshan Kumar, registered under MSME (Udyam Reg. No: UDYAM-BR-25-0033333) from Bihar, India. We respect the intellectual property rights of creators, law firms, universities, and publishers.

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2021, we respond expeditiously to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement.

2. Educational Aggregation & Fair Dealing (Sec 52, Copyright Act)

Many internship notices, exam schedules, and legal updates published on Legal School are aggregated from official public domain notifications or press releases issued by courts, universities, and government bodies.

• Fair Dealing Protection: Under Section 52(1)(a) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, reporting current events, academic notices, and educational summaries does not constitute infringement when proper context and attribution are provided.
• Good Faith Intent: We make every effort to include official application source links and original credits for every post. If you believe your copyrighted material has been used beyond fair dealing bounds, please notify us immediately.

3. How to File a DMCA / Copyright Takedown Notice

If you are a copyright owner (or authorized agent thereof) and believe that any content hosted on www.legalschool.in infringes your copyright, you must submit a written notice containing the following details to our Grievance Officer:

• Identification of Work: A clear description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.
• Infringing URL(s): The exact URL or web page link on Legal School where the alleged infringing material is located.
• Contact Information: Your full legal name, organizational affiliation, postal address, telephone number, and valid email address.
• Good Faith Statement: A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• Perjury Statement: A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf.
• Signature: A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

4. Takedown Response Timeline & Procedure

Upon receipt of a valid and fully compliant copyright infringement notice:

• Acknowledgment: Our team will acknowledge receipt of your notice within 24 to 48 hours.
• Removal or Disablement: We will expeditiously review the reported URL and remove or disable access to the infringing content within 3 to 5 business days in compliance with IT Intermediary Rules.
• Counter-Notice: If a user or author believes their content was removed in error, they may submit a counter-notice with supporting proof of ownership for reinstatement review.

5. Penalties for Unauthorized Scraping & Theft

While we respect external copyright owners, we simultaneously protect our own proprietary quizzes, database architecture, and original articles under Indian law:

• Copyright Act 1957: Unauthorized duplication or commercial theft of our content is punishable under Section 63 and 63A (imprisonment up to 3 years and fines up to ₹2 Lakhs).
• IT Act 2000: Unauthorized server scraping, bot crawling, or data extraction violating our security parameters is punishable under Section 43 and Section 66.

6. Official DMCA Takedown Contact Desk

Please send all copyright infringement notifications, takedown requests, and IP inquiries directly to our designated officer with the subject line "DMCA Takedown Notice":