Copyright and Content Complaints

Introduction

This policy explains how to report content on hybytes.com or our blog that you believe is illegal or infringes your intellectual property rights.

1. Why this policy looks different from a platform's

Formal legal regimes like the US DMCA notice-and-takedown process (17 U.S.C. 512) and the EU Digital Services Act's hosting-service rules exist to govern platforms that host content uploaded by other people, and to give those platforms legal protection from liability for what their users post. Hybytes.com is a corporate and marketing site: the pages, service descriptions, and blog posts on it are written and published by Hybytes Ltd itself, not by the public.

Because we do not host third-party user-generated content, we do not need, and have not registered for, DMCA safe-harbour status, and we are not a hosting service for the purposes of the EU Digital Services Act.

If that changes, for example if we add a public comments section or a feature allowing visitors to submit content, we will register a DMCA agent, appoint an EU representative under the DSA, and update this policy to reflect the fuller process that would then apply.

2. What you can report

Content on hybytes.com that infringes your copyright, trade mark, or other intellectual property rights, for example text, images, or case study material used without permission.
Content that is unlawful, defamatory, or otherwise breaches applicable law.
Content submitted by a third party, such as a blog comment, that breaches our Acceptable Use Policy.

3. How to report it

Your name, organisation, if any, and contact details.
The exact URL or location of the content on our site.
Identification of the work or right you believe has been infringed, and enough detail for us to assess the claim.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorised, and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act on their behalf.

This works for reports of any nationality or legal basis, including US copyright claims: because we are not relying on DMCA safe harbour, we do not require the formal statutory notice format, though you are welcome to use it if you prefer.

4. What happens next

We acknowledge complete reports within 5 business days.
We review the reported content and, where we agree action is warranted, remove or correct it.
Where the content was submitted by a third party rather than written by us, for example a blog comment, we tell them what was decided and why, and give them a reasonable opportunity to respond before a final decision, unless doing so would be unlawful.
If we decline to act on a report, we will explain why.

5. If you disagree with our decision

If content of yours is removed and you believe this was mistaken, or if we decline to remove content you reported, contact us explaining why. We will review the decision again, and you retain the right to bring a claim before the courts of England and Wales, which have jurisdiction over disputes arising from this policy.