1. Our Commitment to Copyright

NewsPro respects intellectual property rights and expects all users of our platform to do the same. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") and respond promptly to valid notices of copyright infringement.

NewsPro is a hosting platform — we provide the infrastructure, tools, and software that independent publishers use to create and publish their own content. Content published on sites hosted through NewsPro is created and owned by those publishers ("site owners"), not by NewsPro. This distinction is important: NewsPro is an online service provider under the DMCA and qualifies for safe harbor protection under 17 U.S.C. § 512, provided we respond appropriately to valid takedown notices.

2. Designated Copyright Agent

To submit a DMCA takedown notice or a counter-notification, please contact our Designated Copyright Agent:

We process takedown requests submitted by email only. Requests submitted through other channels (social media, live chat, phone) will not be processed as formal DMCA notices.

3. How to Submit a DMCA Takedown Notice

If you believe that content on a NewsPro-hosted site infringes your copyright, you may submit a written DMCA takedown notice. To be valid under the DMCA, your notice must include all of the following:

1. Your identity: Your full legal name, physical address, email address, and telephone number. If you are acting on behalf of a rights holder (e.g., as an agent, attorney, or employee), state your authorization.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work: A clear description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If multiple works are covered by a single notice, you may provide a representative list.
3. Identification of the infringing material: The exact URL(s) of the page(s) on the NewsPro-hosted site where the infringing content appears. General descriptions (e.g., "content on their homepage") are not sufficient — we need specific URLs.
4. A statement of good faith belief: The following statement: "I have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
5. A statement of accuracy: The following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner."
6. Your electronic or physical signature: Your full legal name typed as a signature is acceptable as an electronic signature.

Warning: Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Do not submit a takedown notice if you are not certain that the material is infringing or that you are the rights holder (or authorized agent).

4. What Happens After We Receive Your Notice

Upon receiving a valid DMCA takedown notice, we will:

1. Acknowledge receipt of your notice within 3 business days.
2. Review the notice for completeness and legal validity.
3. If valid, promptly notify the site owner (the user who published the allegedly infringing content) of the claim.
4. Disable access to or remove the specific infringing content.
5. Notify you that the content has been removed.
6. Provide the site owner with information about submitting a counter-notification if they believe the content was removed in error.

If your notice is incomplete or does not satisfy DMCA requirements, we will notify you of the deficiency and give you the opportunity to correct it.

5. DMCA Counter-Notification

If you are a NewsPro user whose content was removed in response to a DMCA notice and you believe the removal was a mistake (e.g., the material is not copyrighted, you have a valid license, or fair use applies), you may submit a counter-notification.

Your counter-notification must include:

1. Your identity: Your full legal name, physical address, email address, and telephone number.
2. Identification of removed content: The specific URL(s) of the content that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
4. Consent to jurisdiction: "I consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located (or, if my address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which NewsPro may be found), and I will accept service of process from the party who submitted the takedown notice."
5. Your electronic or physical signature.

Counter-Notification Process

Upon receiving a valid counter-notification, we will:

1. Forward your counter-notification to the original complainant.
2. Inform the complainant that we will restore the content in 10–14 business days unless we receive notice that the complainant has filed a court action seeking to restrain you.
3. Restore the content after 10–14 business days if no court action is received.

6. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with the DMCA and our commitment to respecting intellectual property rights, we maintain a policy of terminating the accounts of users who are found to be repeat infringers. "Repeat infringer" means a user against whom we have received multiple valid and non-retracted DMCA notices, or a user who has demonstrably and repeatedly infringed third-party copyrights.

We track DMCA notices per account. Users who accumulate three or more valid, non-contested takedown notices within any rolling 12-month period may have their account terminated, at our discretion. Users who engage in egregious copyright infringement (e.g., wholesale reproduction of third-party content as their own) may be terminated immediately upon a first offense.

7. AI-Generated Content and Copyright

NewsPro provides AI writing tools that help users draft articles. Copyright ownership of AI-generated content is a developing area of law. Users are responsible for ensuring that:

• AI-generated content does not reproduce substantial portions of third-party copyrighted works.
• Any AI-generated images, text, or media used on their site comply with the terms of the AI provider (OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anthropic, Stability AI, etc.).
• They have the right to use, publish, and monetize any AI-generated content they publish on their site.

AI providers' content policies are incorporated by reference into your use of our AI tools. We will process DMCA notices related to AI-generated content using the same procedure described above.

8. Fair Use Notice

Copyright law provides for "fair use" of copyrighted material for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research (17 U.S.C. § 107). NewsPro hosts many legitimate news and journalism sites. If you receive a DMCA counter-notification citing fair use, we will follow the standard process described in Section 5 above without prejudging the merits of the fair use claim — that is a matter for courts to decide.

Similarly, if you are submitting a takedown notice against a news or commentary site that quotes your work for news reporting purposes, please consider whether the use may constitute fair use before filing.

9. Other Intellectual Property Concerns

This policy covers copyright infringement under the DMCA. For other intellectual property concerns:

• Trademark infringement: Contact us at support@newspro.io with a description of the alleged trademark infringement and the relevant URL(s).
• Defamation or other legal issues: Please use our general contact form at /contact or email us directly.

10. Contact

All DMCA-related correspondence should be directed to:

• Email: support@newspro.io
• Subject: DMCA Takedown Notice / DMCA Counter-Notification

For non-DMCA inquiries, visit our Contact page.