DMCA Notice and Takedown Policy

Change Risk Intel respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects readers, contributors, and commenters to do the same. This page explains how to notify us of allegedly infringing content on the site under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), and how a party whose content has been removed can file a counter- notice.

Designated agent

Ennis Studio — DMCA Agent Attn: DMCA Notices Email: dmca@changeriskintel.com Postal address available on request via the email above.

For efficient handling, we prefer notices by email.

What to include in a DMCA notice

To be effective under the DMCA, your notice must include all of the following (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)):

Your signature (physical or electronic) as the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If multiple works on the site are involved, a representative list is acceptable.
Identification of the allegedly infringing material and enough information for us to locate it — a direct URL on changeriskintel.com is best, plus the specific passage or asset at issue.
Your contact information — mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Notices that omit any of these elements may not be actionable and may be returned for correction.

What we do when we receive a valid notice

We review the notice for completeness against the checklist above.
If it is complete and appears to be in good faith, we will remove or disable access to the identified material within a reasonable time, typically within 5 business days.
We will forward the notice — including your contact information — to the party whose content is being removed, and add it to our internal repeat-infringer record.
We may notify our readership of the removal in a neutral, factual note on the affected page.

Under our repeat-infringer policy we may, at our sole discretion, restrict or terminate access for parties who repeatedly infringe.

Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or a misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to the same DMCA agent above. A valid counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) must include:

Your signature (physical or electronic).
Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled (a URL is best).
A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
Your name, address, and telephone number, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in the judicial district where your address is located (or, if outside the U.S., of any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the party who submitted the original notice or their agent.

Once we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward a copy to the original complainant. If the complainant does not notify us within 10 business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order to keep the material down, we may restore the material.

Warning about false claims

Sending a false DMCA notice or counter-notice — one that materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that its removal was a mistake — is a violation of 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) and may expose you to liability, including for damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees. We take misuse of the DMCA process seriously and may refer knowingly false notices to the affected party.

Not sure your issue is a DMCA matter?

The DMCA covers copyright specifically. If your concern is:

A correction to a factual claim — use the process on our editorial policy page instead.
A trademark issue — email legal@changeriskintel.com with a description of the mark, the registration (if any), and the specific URL and passage.
A privacy issue about you personally — see our privacy policy or email privacy@changeriskintel.com.

For any other legal notice, please use legal@changeriskintel.com.