Copyright and DMCA Policy

Version 2026-08-03

This draft has not been reviewed by a lawyer, and the designated agent details below are not yet filled in. Read section 6 before publishing this page: naming an agent here does nothing on its own. The agent must be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office for the safe harbour to apply.

Apex Altitude publishes exam questions written by us and contributed by educators. Every contribution carries a warranty that it is original work, and every submission is screened against published exam items and the web before it can be published. Screening is not perfect. If you believe material on this site infringes your copyright, tell us and we will act on it.

1. What we do when we receive a notice

On receiving a complete notice under section 3 we will, promptly:

  1. Withdraw the material from circulation. The question stops being served to students immediately, and any test consisting entirely of withdrawn material is unpublished.
  2. Notify the author, with the substance of the complaint.
  3. Log the action — what was taken down, when, by whom, on whose complaint, and why.
  4. Consider whether to terminate the contributor's account under our repeat infringer policy (section 5).

We act first and investigate second. Withdrawal is not a finding that the complaint is right; it is a pause.

2. If you are the author of material we removed

You may send a counter-notice (section 4). If we receive one that meets the statutory requirements, we will forward it to the complainant and may restore the material after the statutory waiting period, unless the complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

3. Sending a notice of claimed infringement

Send your notice to the designated agent in section 6. To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) it must include all of the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed — or, if multiple works, a representative list.
  3. Identification of the material you say is infringing, specific enough for us to find it. A direct link to the question, or the exam, test title and question number, is what we need. "Somewhere on your site" is not.
  4. Your contact details: address, telephone number, and email.
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Please note: under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees. Consider whether the use might be fair use, and whether the material is genuinely yours, before sending a notice. A question that uses the same standard method or classic setup as yours is not for that reason a copy.

4. Sending a counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, send a counter-notice to the same agent, including:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material removed and where it appeared before removal.
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district where you live (or, if outside the United States, any district where we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the complainant.

5. Repeat infringers

We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Where an educator's content is the subject of an upheld notice, we review their other contributions; where the pattern is repeated, we end the account under section 9 of the Educator Agreement.

6. Designated agent

NOT YET REGISTERED — DO NOT PUBLISH THIS PAGE AS-IS.

The DMCA safe harbour under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) is only available to a service provider that has designated an agent with the U.S. Copyright Office and made the agent's details available on its site. Publishing an address here does not designate anyone.

To complete this:

  1. Register the agent at dmca.copyright.gov (there is a small fee, and the registration must be renewed every three years).
  2. Replace the placeholders below with the same details you registered.
  3. Keep the two in step. A registration that has lapsed, or details that differ from the register, can cost the safe harbour.

Designated agent for notices of claimed infringement:

  • Name: [to be completed]
  • Organisation: Apex Altitude
  • Postal address: [to be completed]
  • Telephone: [to be completed]
  • Email: [to be completed]

Notices sent anywhere other than the designated agent may not be effective and will be slower to action.

7. Other rights

If your complaint is not about copyright — trade mark, confidence, personal data, or defamation — send it to the same address, describing what the material is and what right you say it breaches. The takedown process in section 1 is the same; the statutory procedure in sections 3 and 4 is specific to U.S. copyright.