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Copyright Policy & DMCA Takedown

Effective: May 2026  ·  Last updated: May 2026

This policy explains how Resultpedia ("we", "us", "the Site") treats copyright in the material we publish, what is and is not protected, and the procedure to follow if you believe content on resultpedia.com infringes your copyright. The policy is written to comply with the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. We additionally accept takedown notices submitted in the standard DMCA format used in the United States, since most rights-holders are familiar with that template.

1. What Resultpedia owns

The editorial content on this Site is created by the Resultpedia editorial team. Original articles, comparison tables we build from scratch, explainers, FAQs, our author bios, our internal taxonomy and category descriptions, hero banner images we commission, and the structure and design of the Site are © Resultpedia 2026. You may not reproduce, republish or redistribute this material elsewhere without prior written permission, except for the limited fair-dealing uses recognised under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (private use, research, criticism, review and news reporting with proper attribution).

2. What Resultpedia does NOT own

A substantial portion of the factual information on the Site originates from the conducting authority of the relevant examination or recruitment — UPSC, SSC, RRB, IBPS, the various State Public Service Commissions, school boards (CBSE, ICSE/ISC, UPMSP, BSEB, MPBSE, RBSE, GSEB, MSBSHSE, TNDGE, DHSE Kerala) and similar bodies. We treat that information as follows:

  • Government notifications, gazettes, exam patterns and syllabi — these are official government works. Under Section 52(1)(q) of the Copyright Act, 1957 the reproduction of any matter published in any official gazette or any Act of a Legislature is not an infringement. We rely on this exception and we link to the original source PDF on every page.
  • Logos, emblems and seals — the Government of India emblem, State emblems, and the official logos of recruiting authorities are protected separately under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. We do not reproduce these emblems on Resultpedia and we do not authorise their use.
  • Official PDFs hosted by the conducting authority — we link to these, we do not host or mirror them. The copyright remains with the original publisher.
  • Photographs and third-party media — where we use a photograph that is not our own, it is either licensed (with credit) or in the public domain. If you believe an image on the Site is yours and is not properly licensed, please use the takedown procedure below.

3. How to report copyright infringement

If you are the copyright owner (or the authorised agent of the copyright owner) of a work that you believe has been reproduced on Resultpedia without authorisation, please send a written notice to our Grievance Officer (Section 5 below). Your notice must include all of the following:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed — title, registration number if any, the URL of the original work where it is published.
  2. Identification of the allegedly infringing material on Resultpedia — the full URL on resultpedia.com of every page where the material appears, plus a description sufficient for us to locate the specific text, image or element you are objecting to.
  3. Your contact details — full legal name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
  4. A good-faith statement that you believe the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, the owner's agent or applicable law.
  5. 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.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Incomplete notices may delay our response. If any of the six elements above is missing, we will write back asking for the missing element before processing the notice.

4. Where to send the notice

  • Email (preferred): contact@resultpedia.com with the subject line "Copyright takedown — [domain of complainant]".
  • Postal (if you prefer): Grievance Officer, Resultpedia, India — request the postal address by email first; we will share the current correspondence address on request.

We acknowledge every complete notice within 48 hours of receipt. We complete our review and act on the notice within 7 working days, in line with Rule 3(2) of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2021.

5. Grievance Officer (IT Rules 2021)

In accordance with Rule 3(2) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the Grievance Officer for Resultpedia receives and acts on grievances arising from content on the Site, including copyright infringement, defamation, privacy violation, factual inaccuracy, and any content the user believes violates the Rules.

  • Designation: Grievance Officer, Resultpedia
  • Email: contact@resultpedia.com
  • Acknowledgment SLA: 24 hours of receipt
  • Resolution SLA: 15 days of receipt

For urgent grievances that fall outside copyright — for example removal of personal information, unlawful content, or content that endangers a child — please use the same email channel and mark the subject line with "Urgent — IT Rules 2021".

6. What happens after we receive a notice

  1. Acknowledgment — we email you a receipt within 48 hours, with a complaint reference number.
  2. Review — our editorial team examines the URL(s) you flagged against the work you identified. We do not adjudicate complex fair-use questions; if your notice is complete and the alleged copying appears reasonable on its face, we act on it.
  3. Action — if the complaint is upheld, we remove or modify the material within 7 working days and confirm by email. If the material is the result of a clear reproduction, we also disable the relevant content URL until the matter is resolved.
  4. Notification to the contributor — if the disputed material was contributed by a specific author or section editor, that person is notified internally so they can correct the editorial process that produced the issue.

7. Counter-notice

If you are a contributor, author or user whose content was removed in response to a takedown notice, and you believe in good faith that the removal was the result of mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same email address. Your counter-notice should include:

  • Identification of the material that was removed and the URL where it appeared before removal.
  • A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  • Your name, address, telephone and email.
  • Your physical or electronic signature.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will share it with the original complainant. If the complainant does not file legal proceedings within a reasonable period (we use 10 working days as the working benchmark), we may restore the material at our editorial discretion.

8. Repeat-infringer policy

We maintain a policy of removing access for any contributor, author or third-party feed that is the subject of three or more substantiated copyright complaints within any 12-month rolling window. Repeat infringement at the editorial level results in suspension of the relevant contributor account; repeat infringement from a third-party feed results in termination of the feed.

9. Fair use, fair dealing and quotation

Quoting short excerpts of news articles or official notifications — with attribution and a link to the source — for the purpose of criticism, review or news reporting is a recognised fair-dealing use under Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957 in India and a recognised fair-use right under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act. We rely on these statutory exceptions where applicable, and we always link back to the original source. If you believe a particular quotation on the Site exceeds fair-dealing limits, please use the takedown procedure above.

10. AI-generated content disclosure

A subset of hero banner images on the Site is produced using OpenAI image-generation tooling under the standard commercial licence offered by OpenAI for content generated through its API. Where any such image inadvertently reproduces a copyrightable element of a third-party work, we will treat the takedown notice in the same manner as any other complaint and remove or replace the image promptly. We do not knowingly publish AI-generated images that reproduce identifiable third-party characters, logos or trade dress.

11. Misuse of the takedown channel

Submitting a takedown notice that is materially false or sent in bad faith is itself an unlawful act. Under Indian law, false or vexatious complaints can expose the complainant to liability for defamation, criminal intimidation or abuse of process. Under United States law, knowingly material misrepresentation in a DMCA notice is actionable under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). We may share evidence of bad-faith complaints with the affected party so they can pursue remedies available to them.

12. Updates to this policy

We may revise this Copyright Policy & DMCA Takedown procedure from time to time, particularly as Indian intermediary law evolves. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the version currently in force. Material changes that affect how we handle notices will be additionally noted in the changelog at the bottom of this page when we add one.

13. Quick contact

  • Copyright takedown: contact@resultpedia.com
  • Grievance Officer (IT Rules 2021): contact@resultpedia.com
  • Editorial corrections (non-copyright): editorial@resultpedia.com — see Correction Policy
  • Privacy / DPDP requests: contact@resultpedia.com — see Privacy Policy

For general editorial queries that don't fall under any of the above, see our Contact page.