Copyright & DMCA Policy

1. Respect for Intellectual Property

StartupBros LLC ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to respecting intellectual property rights and complying with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). We respond expeditiously to notices of alleged infringement that comply with applicable law.

It is our policy, in appropriate circumstances, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of copyrighted works, in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i).

2. StartupBros Proprietary Content

All educational content created by StartupBros — including but not limited to video courses, training modules, written materials, templates, frameworks, worksheets, slide decks, coaching recordings, proprietary methodologies, and website content (collectively, "Proprietary Content") — is owned by StartupBros LLC and protected by United States copyright law (17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.) and applicable international intellectual property treaties, including the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, display, performance, or creation of derivative works based on Proprietary Content may subject the infringer to:

• Actual damages and profits attributable to the infringement (17 U.S.C. § 504(b))
• Statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work infringed for willful infringement (17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(2))
• Injunctive relief (17 U.S.C. § 502)
• Recovery of full costs and reasonable attorneys' fees (17 U.S.C. § 505)
• Criminal penalties for willful infringement for commercial advantage or private financial gain (17 U.S.C. § 506)

3. Designated Copyright Agent

4. Filing a DMCA Takedown Notice

If you believe that content hosted on or accessible through our platforms infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notification to our Designated Copyright Agent containing the following elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

1. Signature: A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
2. Identification of the copyrighted work: A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works
3. Identification of infringing material: Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g., URLs, screenshots, or other specific identifying information)
4. Contact information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and email address
5. Good faith statement: A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
6. Accuracy and perjury statement: A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner

5. How We Respond to Takedown Notices

Upon receipt of a valid DMCA takedown notice, we will:

1. Act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material
2. Notify the affected user that the material has been removed or access has been disabled, and provide a copy of the takedown notice (with the complainant's personal contact information redacted)
3. Record the incident in our infringement tracking system for purposes of our repeat infringer policy (Section 7)

6. Counter-Notification Procedures

If you believe that material removed or disabled in response to a takedown notice was not infringing, or that you have authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law to post and use the material, you may submit a counter- notification to our Designated Copyright Agent containing the following elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3):

1. Signature: Your physical or electronic signature
2. Identification of removed material: Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled
3. Good faith statement: A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material
4. Consent to jurisdiction: Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original takedown notification or an agent of such person

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, we will: (a) promptly provide the complainant with a copy of the counter-notification; and (b) restore the removed material within ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days, unless our Designated Copyright Agent first receives notice from the complainant that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the alleged infringer from engaging in infringing activity (17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(2)(C)).

7. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), we maintain and reasonably implement a policy for the termination of repeat infringers:

A "valid notice" means a notice that complies with the requirements of Section 4 above and has not been successfully rebutted by a counter-notification or withdrawn by the complainant.

We reserve the right to terminate any account on the first notice for infringement that is, in our sole determination, willful, egregious, or at commercial scale (e.g., systematic redistribution of Course Content for profit).

8. Standard Technical Measures

We do not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works, as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(2). We accommodate and do not interfere with reasonable watermarking, content fingerprinting, or other non- disruptive identification technologies.

9. Course Content Protection

Our educational programs employ various measures to protect Proprietary Content, including but not limited to:

• Access controls limiting content to enrolled and authenticated users
• Monitoring for unauthorized distribution on file-sharing platforms, social media, and course piracy sites
• Terms of enrollment requiring agreement to content usage restrictions as a condition of access

If you discover unauthorized copies of StartupBros Course Content being distributed anywhere — on websites, social media, file-sharing platforms, or any other medium — please report it immediately to [email protected]. We actively pursue removal of unauthorized copies and will take legal action where appropriate to protect our intellectual property.

10. User-Generated Content

Users are solely responsible for ensuring that any content they post, upload, or share through our platforms does not infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties. By posting content to our community spaces, you represent and warrant that:

• You own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to post the content
• The content does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third party's intellectual property rights, rights of publicity, or rights of privacy

If we receive a valid DMCA takedown notice regarding user-generated content, we will follow the procedures outlined in Sections 5 and 6 above.

11. International Considerations

While this policy is primarily governed by United States copyright law, we also comply with:

• European Union: Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (Directive (EU) 2019/790) and the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065)
• United Kingdom: The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2013) and the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
• Other jurisdictions: We will make reasonable efforts to comply with applicable intellectual property and content removal laws in other jurisdictions where we operate or have users

Regardless of your jurisdiction, all copyright-related communications should be directed to [email protected].

12. Good Faith and Limitations

We are not liable for any good-faith action taken in response to a DMCA takedown notice or counter-notification. We do not adjudicate copyright disputes between parties. If a dispute arises that cannot be resolved through the DMCA notification and counter-notification process, the parties should resolve it through direct negotiation or appropriate legal proceedings.

Nothing in this policy creates an obligation for us to actively monitor all content for potential copyright infringement. We respond to specific notices and take action in accordance with the DMCA safe harbor provisions.

13. Contact Information

For copyright-related inquiries, DMCA takedown notices, or counter-notifications, contact us at [email protected] or by mail to: StartupBros LLC, 100 1st Ave N, #2706, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.