3. COPYRIGHT NOTICE & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY

• The Copyright Act, 1957 (India) — Sections 13-16 (original literary, artistic, and cinematographic works)
• The Trade Marks Act, 1999 — for Portal name, logo, and branding
• The Information Technology Act, 2000 — for digital content and software
• The Designs Act, 2000 (India)
• The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886, as amended)
• The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), 1996
• The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)
• Universal Copyright Convention (UCC)

Users are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use course content solely for their own personal, non-commercial educational purposes.

Specifically, you may:

• View course videos within the Portal platform during the enrolment period.
• Download study materials (where the download option is explicitly enabled) for personal offline study.
• Take notes from course content for personal academic use.

Without the prior written consent of the Company, you must not:

• Copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute any content in any form or by any means.
• Sell, sublicense, rent, lease, or otherwise commercially exploit any content.
• Create derivative works from any content on the Portal.
• Use any content for any commercial purpose or for any public display.
• Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.
• Screen-record, capture, or download videos through unauthorised means.
• Use any content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models.
• Share login credentials to circumvent access restrictions.

Architectural drawings, design solutions, and artwork created by instructors and displayed on the Portal are protected as 'artistic works' under Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957.

Any architectural design shared for educational illustration remains the copyright of its creator.

Students' own work submitted through the Portal retains copyright with the respective student, subject to a limited licence granted to the Portal for educational feedback purposes.

The Portal name, logo, tagline, and related marks are registered or unregistered trademarks of Architecture Academics Online.

Use of these marks without prior written consent is strictly prohibited and may constitute passing off or trademark infringement under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on the Portal without authorisation, please provide written notice to our designated Copyright Agent containing:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with sufficient detail to locate it.
• Your contact information (name, address, telephone number and email address).
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Copyright Agent Email: admin@architecture-academics.online | Address: A-A.O, NIRMAN, IITM, Chennai 600036

Any unauthorised use of Portal content constitutes copyright infringement and may result in:

• Immediate termination of your account and access.
• Civil action for damages under Section 55 of the Copyright Act, 1957.
• Criminal prosecution under Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine).
• Recovery of legal costs and attorney fees