EduFiche is fully committed to respecting intellectual property and copyright. Our mission is to facilitate access to learning and knowledge sharing, while protecting the rights of content creators.

This policy defines our approach to copyright protection, user responsibilities, and reporting procedures in case of infringement.

Types of protected content

All types of intellectual content, including but not limited to:

• Academic documents and course notes
• Textbooks and school books
• Scientific and research articles
• Educational images, graphics, and illustrations
• Videos, audio recordings, and presentations

Authorized uses

In an educational context, certain uses may be considered legitimate according to the principles of fair use or educational exception, particularly:

• Creating personal revision cards based on courses in which the user is enrolled
• Sharing limited excerpts for illustration, commentary, or criticism purposes
• Use for strictly personal study purposes

By using EduFiche, you accept the following responsibilities:

• Rights verification: Before uploading or sharing a document, ensure you have the necessary rights or that your use complies with legal exceptions (educational use, citation, etc.).
• Mention of sources: Systematically cite the sources of shared content, including authors, publishers, and other right holders.
• Limitation of scope: Prefer sharing excerpts or summaries rather than complete works when it comes to protected content.
• Respect for restrictions: Some documents may have specific usage restrictions (academic licenses, institutional access), which must be respected.

Users who do not respect these principles are subject to removal of the concerned content and, in case of repeated violations, to suspension or deletion of their account.

How to report a violation

If you are a copyright holder and find that content available on EduFiche violates your rights, please send us a formal notification to copyright@edu-fiche.fr.

Required elements in your report

To efficiently process your request, please include:

1. Your complete contact information (name, address, phone number, email)
2. Precise identification of the protected work subject to the violation (title, author, publisher, etc.)
3. The exact URL where the disputed content is found on EduFiche
4. A good faith statement attesting that the contested use is not authorized by you as the rights holder, your agent, or the law
5. A declaration, under penalty of perjury, that the information contained in your notification is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act on behalf of the holder
6. Your electronic or physical signature

Our processing process

1. Confirmation of receipt: We will confirm receipt of your report within 2 business days.
2. Preliminary assessment: We will examine your request to ensure it contains all necessary elements.
3. Precautionary measure: If the report seems well-founded, we will temporarily disable access to the concerned content.
4. User notification: We will inform the user who uploaded the content of the complaint received.
5. Counter-notification: The user will have the opportunity to contest the request by providing supporting evidence.
6. Final decision: At the end of this process, the content will either be permanently deleted or put back online.

If you believe your content has been removed in error following a claim for copyright infringement, you can submit a counter-notification to copyright@edu-fiche.fr including:

• Your physical or electronic signature
• Identification of the content that has been removed
• A declaration under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith that the content was removed by mistake or due to misidentification
• Your consent to the jurisdiction of the competent court in your place of residence or, if you reside abroad, of any competent court in France
• Your complete contact information

After receiving a valid counter-notification, we will forward a copy to the person who submitted the initial complaint. If the latter does not notify us that they have taken legal action within 14 days, we may reactivate the disputed content.

EduFiche applies a strict policy regarding users who repeatedly violate copyright:

• First incident: Warning and removal of the incriminated content
• Second incident: Temporary suspension of the account (7 days) and removal of the concerned content
• Third incident: Permanent suspension of the account and all associated content