DMCA Policy

How to send a copyright notice or counter-notice for material on TheTechLane.

Effective Date: 22 July 2026 · Last updated: 29 October 2026

TheTechLane is an independent technology publication based in India (https://www.thetechlane.in). We respect copyright. This page is the notice-and-takedown process we follow when a rights holder reports alleged infringement. It is modeled on the US DMCA so the steps are familiar. We are not a US-registered DMCA agent. Read it with the Copyright Policy.

1. What must not be published

Do not upload or ask us to host material that:

Infringes someone else’s copyright
Uses a copyrighted work without permission where permission is required
Misrepresents ownership of another person’s work

2. How to send a notice

Email legal@thetechlane.in with the subject line “Copyright notice”. You can also use the contact form and mark it as a legal request. Incomplete notices take longer. Include all of the following:

Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address
A description of the copyrighted work you say is infringed
The exact URL of the material on thetechlane.in
A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf
Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name is enough for email)

3. What we do after a notice

When a complete notice arrives, we may:

Acknowledge receipt
Review the reported URL and the surrounding article
Ask you or the author for more detail
Temporarily hide the material while we review
Remove or disable access where the claim is supported

We review each report on its facts. We aim to act on a complete notice within a few business days. Complex cases can take longer.

4. Counter-notice

If we removed or hid your work because of a copyright notice and you believe that was a mistake, email legal@thetechlane.in with the subject “Copyright counter-notice”. Include:

Your name, address, telephone number, and email address
The URL of the material that was removed
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification
Consent to the jurisdiction of the courts in India for disputes about the material
Your physical or electronic signature

We may restore the material after review. We may also share the counter-notice with the person who sent the original complaint.

5. Repeat infringers

Where someone repeatedly infringes copyright, we may:

Warn the account
Remove the infringing material
Restrict publishing
Close the account

6. False or abusive notices

Do not send a notice you know is false. We may reject unsupported claims and, where the process is abused, refuse further notices from that sender.

7. Related policies

Read this page with:

8. Changes

We may update this policy. The “Last updated” date at the top is the current version. The new text applies when it is published.