Last updated: January 2025
1. Our Position on Content Piracy
Interactive Media Licensing ("IML") operates a content licensing marketplace. Our business model depends on the integrity of intellectual property rights - both for us and for the content creators and publishers who partner with us. Content piracy directly harms our partners and undermines the investment they have made in creating quality content.
We have a zero-tolerance policy towards the unlicensed reproduction, distribution or commercial use of content from our licensing library. We actively monitor for piracy and take prompt legal and technical action when infringement is identified.
2. What Constitutes Piracy Under This Policy
For the purposes of this policy, piracy includes any of the following without an active, valid licensing agreement with IML:
- Reproducing or publishing articles, images, audio or video from our content library on any website, app or platform
- Scraping, copying or bulk-downloading content from any website that has licensed our material
- Redistributing or reselling licensed content to third parties
- Using content beyond the scope of an expired or terminated licensing agreement
- Removing or altering copyright notices, author credits or watermarks from licensed content
- Hosting mirror copies or unauthorised archives of licensed content
3. How We Detect Piracy
We employ several methods to detect the unlicensed use of content from our library, including:
- Automated web crawling and content fingerprinting to detect duplicate or copied content online
- Digital watermarking embedded in audio and video content
- Monitoring tools that alert us when licensed articles appear on unlicensed domains
- Reports submitted by our content partners and licensees
4. Actions We Take Against Piracy
When we identify the unlicensed use of content from our library, we may take any or all of the following actions depending on the severity and nature of the infringement:
- Issue a formal cease and desist notice requiring the immediate removal of infringing content
- Submit DMCA takedown notices to the infringing website's hosting provider and relevant search engines
- Report infringement to domain registrars and online service providers
- Pursue civil legal action for damages and injunctive relief
- Refer cases involving commercial-scale infringement to law enforcement where appropriate
5. Reporting Piracy
If you are aware of any website or platform using content from the Interactive Media Licensing library without a valid licence, we encourage you to report it to us at support@interactivemedialicensing.com. Please include as much detail as possible, including the URL of the infringing page and the specific content you believe has been used without authorisation.
6. Licensee Responsibilities
Licensees are responsible for ensuring that content licensed from IML is used only in accordance with the terms of their licensing agreement. If you discover that licensed content has been used outside the agreed scope - whether by your own team or a third party - you must notify IML promptly.
7. Contact
For all piracy-related enquiries and reports, please contact us at support@interactivemedialicensing.com.