Copyright
Policy.

Pune Culture is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of all creators — historians, photographers, journalists, and community contributors. We comply fully with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and India's Copyright Act of 1957. Any individual who believes their copyrighted work has been reproduced on our platform without authorization may file a formal takedown notice as outlined in this policy.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the following elements are the exclusive intellectual property of Pune Culture:

• All original editorial articles, historical analyses, and long-form chronicles.
• Original photography commissioned by Pune Culture's visual team.
• Platform UI, design systems, database architecture, and proprietary PG ranking algorithms.
• Branding, wordmarks, and logos associated with puneculture.com.

Reproduction of any of the above without written permission constitutes copyright infringement and may result in legal action.

When you upload reviews, photographs, or community posts to Pune Culture, you affirm that:

• You are the original creator or hold sufficient rights to the content submitted.
• You grant Pune Culture a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to display and promote said content within the platform.
• You retain your underlying copyright to the work.

Pune Culture will remove user-submitted content that is found to be infringing upon a third party's copyright upon receiving a valid DMCA notice.

To file a valid DMCA takedown, your written notice must include:

• Your full legal name, address, phone number, and email address.
• A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
• The specific URL(s) on PuneCulture.com where the infringing material appears.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by you, your agent, or the law.
• A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Send your notice to: [email protected] with subject line: DMCA Copyright Takedown Notice.

If you believe your content was removed in error, you may file a counter-notification that includes:

• Your contact information and electronic signature.
• Identification of the material removed and the URL where it appeared.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the content was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts in Pune, Maharashtra.

Pune Culture operates a strict three-strike policy. Any account responsible for three substantiated copyright violations will be permanently terminated without refund or appeal. This policy applies equally to casual users, community contributors, and business partners.

We acknowledge the doctrine of fair use under Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957. Content may be used for purposes of commentary, criticism, news reporting, teaching, or research without constituting infringement. However, Pune Culture does not pre-screen user content for fair use compliance and responds to all valid notices regardless of a potential fair use defense.

Where Pune Culture uses third-party images, data, or quotations under license or fair use, we maintain the following attribution standards:

• Image credits are displayed in the alt text or caption of all photography sourced externally.
• Historical sources are cited within the body of the relevant chronicle.
• Wikipedia Commons, Wikimedia, and government archives are credited by name and URL.

Pune Culture uses images sourced from:

• Cloudinary CDN — for partner-uploaded property photography under a signed content license.
• Unsplash — under the Unsplash License for editorial imagery.
• Government archives and Wikimedia Commons — under public domain usage.

If you identify an image that violates your copyright, please contact us immediately with the source URL and your ownership proof.

Upon receiving a valid takedown notice, Pune Culture commits to:

• Acknowledging receipt within 48 hours.
• Taking down or blocking access to the flagged content within 5 business days.
• Notifying the content uploader of the action taken (where applicable).

All copyright correspondence must be directed to our legal desk. Please do not use social media or community boards for IP-related notices — only formal email submissions will be actioned.