Copyright, Permissions and Takedown Policy

Last updated: 28 July 2026

1. Purpose of This Policy

This Copyright, Permissions and Takedown Policy

Who owns content published on BusinessFinance.news
How readers may quote, share or reuse our content
How to request republication, syndication or commercial permission
How we use quotations, images, videos and other third-party materials
The difference between locally hosted material and externally embedded media
How copyright owners and authorised representatives may submit a complaint
How BusinessFinance.news reviews copyright and takedown requests
How affected parties may respond to a removal request

This policy should be read together with our:

Editorial Standards, Source Attribution and Embedded Media Policy
Terms of Use
Editorial Standards, Corrections, Conflicts and AI Policy
Privacy Policy
Advertising, Affiliate and Sponsored Content Disclosure

This policy describes our procedures and general position. It does not restrict any rights, defences, exceptions or remedies available under applicable law.

2. Website Operator

BusinessFinance.news is operated and published by:

Instant Media Access
c/o Billo ILY 237-S
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
114 45 Stockholm
Sweden

Organisation number:
Under Registration

Email:
editor@businessfinance.biz

Website:
BusinessFinance.news

3. Ownership of BusinessFinance.news Content

Unless otherwise stated, the original materials created specifically for BusinessFinance.news are owned by, commissioned by or licensed to Instant Media Access.

Protected BusinessFinance.news materials may include:

Original articles
Original reporting
Analysis and commentary
Article headlines and subheadings
Original summaries and explanations
Original calculations and compilations
Original graphics, charts and illustrations
Original photographs, audio or video
Article structure and editorial presentation
Website design and visual elements
Logos and branding
Databases and organised collections
Newsletters and other original publication materials

Publication on the internet does not place original BusinessFinance.news content in the public domain or transfer ownership to readers, search engines, aggregators, artificial-intelligence providers or other third parties.

4. Materials We Do Not Claim to Own

BusinessFinance.news does not claim ownership merely because an article refers to or displays:

Underlying facts or news events
Public-domain information
Company names
Product names
Third-party trademarks
Public regulatory or government materials subject to their own legal status
Properly attributed quotations
Externally hosted videos
Embedded social-media posts
Third-party photographs or graphics
Platform-generated thumbnails
Materials used under licence, permission or an applicable legal exception

All copyrights, trademarks, personality rights and other rights in third-party materials remain with their respective owners.

5. Original Editorial Writing

BusinessFinance.news articles may be based on or inspired by publicly available information from sources including:

News reports
Interviews and broadcasts
Company announcements
Regulatory filings
Government publications
Court documents
Research reports
Earnings releases
Investor presentations
Public databases
Videos and audio recordings

The existence of an underlying source does not mean that a BusinessFinance.news article is a reproduction of that source.

Our original editorial contribution may include:

Independent wording
Explanation
Summary
Comparison
Calculation
Historical context
Market context
Risk analysis
Fact checking
Discussion of competing interpretations
Original conclusions or editorial assessments
Original article organisation and presentation

6. Permitted Linking

You may link to a publicly accessible BusinessFinance.news page provided that the link:

Is lawful
Is not misleading
Does not misrepresent the article
Does not imply sponsorship, approval or partnership where none exists
Does not conceal the identity of BusinessFinance.news
Does not display our content through a deceptive frame

We appreciate links that clearly identify BusinessFinance.news and direct readers to the original article.

You do not need prior permission merely to publish an ordinary link to a publicly accessible page.

7. Limited Quotation

You may quote a reasonable and limited extract from an original BusinessFinance.news article where the use is lawful and appropriate to the purpose.

A quotation should:

Be limited to what is reasonably necessary
Use quotation marks or another clear quotation format
Identify BusinessFinance.news as the source
Include a link to the original article where technically possible
Preserve the substantive meaning and context
Not create the impression that BusinessFinance.news endorses the quoting party
Not substitute for reading the original article

Attribution does not by itself authorise the copying of an entire article or a substantial protected portion of it.

8. Personal and Internal Use

Readers may print or save a reasonable number of publicly accessible pages for personal, educational or internal reference, subject to applicable law and these conditions:

The material must not be sold
Copyright and source notices must remain intact
The material must not be altered in a misleading manner
The use must not create a substitute publication or commercial archive

9. Uses Requiring Permission

Unless the use is otherwise permitted by law, prior written permission is required to:

Republish a complete article
Republish a substantial portion of an article
Translate and republish an article
Syndicate BusinessFinance.news content
Include our content in a commercial publication
Use our content in a paid newsletter
Sell or license an archive containing our content
Reproduce original graphics, charts, photographs or videos
Use our logo or branding commercially
Create a mirror or substitute version of the website
Use substantial portions of our database or content collection

10. Republication and Syndication Requests

Requests to republish, translate, syndicate or commercially license BusinessFinance.news content should be sent to:

editor@businessfinance.biz

Use the subject line:

Content Permission Request

Please include:

Your name and organisation
The article or material requested
The BusinessFinance.news URL
The portion you wish to use
The proposed publication or platform
Whether the use is commercial
The territory and language
The expected publication date
The length of the requested licence

No permission is granted unless it is confirmed in writing by an authorised representative of Instant Media Access.

11. RSS Feeds and Automated Summaries

Where BusinessFinance.news provides an RSS feed or similar distribution service, the feed may be used to display headlines, short excerpts and links in accordance with any instructions accompanying the feed.

Unless expressly authorised, an RSS feed may not be used to:

Republish complete articles
Create a competing news publication
Remove source attribution
Replace links to the original articles
Sell or sublicense our content
Create a misleading impression of sponsorship or affiliation

12. Automated Scraping and Data Extraction

Automated access must comply with applicable law, technical restrictions, rate limits and published machine-readable instructions.

Without prior written authorisation, automated systems may not:

Extract substantial portions of the website
Systematically reproduce complete articles
Create a substitute content database
Evade access controls or rate limits
Overload or disrupt website infrastructure
Collect personal data unlawfully
Remove attribution or copyright notices
Commercially redistribute extracted material

13. Text and Data Mining and AI Training

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Instant Media Access reserves its rights concerning:

Text and data mining
Machine-learning datasets
Generative-artificial-intelligence training
Model evaluation and fine-tuning
Automated content extraction
Commercial retrieval systems
Synthetic republishing or rewriting at scale

Any reservation of rights may also be expressed through:

Website terms
Metadata
Robots instructions
HTTP headers
Machine-readable rights information
Direct contractual notice

Permission to index publicly accessible pages for ordinary search-engine discovery does not automatically grant permission to reproduce, train on, redistribute or commercially exploit complete protected articles.

Licensing inquiries concerning AI, data mining or large-scale content access may be sent to editor@businessfinance.biz.

14. Trademarks and Branding

BusinessFinance.news, its logo and associated branding may be protected by trademark, trade-name, copyright or unfair-competition law.

You may refer to BusinessFinance.news accurately for purposes such as:

News reporting
Commentary
Criticism
Source attribution
Linking to our publication

You may not use our name, logo or branding in a manner that:

Creates a false impression of ownership
Suggests sponsorship or endorsement where none exists
Impersonates BusinessFinance.news
Misleads readers about the origin of content
Is likely to cause commercial confusion

15. Third-Party Trademarks

Company names, product names, service names and logos appearing in our articles may be trademarks belonging to their respective owners.

Their use for reporting, identification, commentary or analysis does not necessarily indicate sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation.

16. Quotations and Paraphrasing From Third Parties

BusinessFinance.news may quote or paraphrase third-party material for purposes including:

Reporting
Commentary
Criticism
Review
Analysis
Explanation
Research

We aim to:

Use quotations selectively
Identify the speaker or source
Preserve the substantive meaning
Avoid misleading omissions
Link to the original source where reasonably possible
Use original editorial wording for the majority of an article

Attribution does not by itself make every use lawful. We therefore seek to combine attribution with restrained quotation, original writing, applicable licences, permissions and legal exceptions.

17. Images, Graphics and Photographs

BusinessFinance.news may display images, graphics or photographs that are:

Owned by Instant Media Access
Created for BusinessFinance.news
Licensed from a provider
Supplied by a company or press office
Available under a Creative Commons licence
In the public domain
Embedded or remotely delivered
Used under an applicable legal exception
Generated or substantially modified using artificial intelligence

Credits, licence information or source identification may be displayed in a caption, article, media description or another appropriate location.

If you believe an image has been used incorrectly or without sufficient attribution, please identify the exact image and page in your notice.

18. Press and Promotional Images

Images supplied by a company, public-relations agency, event organiser or press office may be used in connection with relevant editorial reporting where the apparent terms of supply permit such use.

The supply of an image does not automatically transfer ownership to BusinessFinance.news.

Where the supplier imposes specific credit, territory, duration or usage restrictions, those restrictions should be respected where applicable.

19. Embedded Videos and Third-Party Media

BusinessFinance.news may display videos and other media using official embedding tools supplied by third-party platforms such as YouTube.

An embedded video is not ordinarily uploaded to or stored on the BusinessFinance.news server.

When a video is displayed through an official third-party player:

The underlying file normally remains hosted by the external platform
Playback is delivered using the platform’s technology
The platform or uploader controls the source video
The platform may restrict, alter or remove the video
BusinessFinance.news generally cannot edit the underlying file
Removing the embed from our page does not remove the source file from the platform

BusinessFinance.news does not claim ownership of an externally hosted video merely because it is displayed in an embedded player.

20. No Hosting of the Underlying Embedded File

A copyright owner should distinguish between:

Material stored or controlled directly by BusinessFinance.news; and
A video, image, audio recording or other file stored and controlled by an external platform.

If a complaint concerns an embedded video, the underlying video may be hosted by YouTube or another external platform rather than by BusinessFinance.news.

BusinessFinance.news may be able to remove the embedded player from its article, but it may not be capable of:

Deleting the original video
Removing the uploader’s account
Preventing the video from appearing elsewhere
Changing the source video file
Resolving a dispute between the uploader and the platform

A rights holder seeking removal of the underlying file should consider submitting a notice to the platform that hosts and controls it.

This practical information does not prevent a rights holder from contacting BusinessFinance.news or exercising any available legal right.

21. Embedded Social-Media Posts

BusinessFinance.news may embed public posts from social-media or other publishing platforms.

An embedded post normally remains hosted and controlled by the originating platform or account holder.

The platform may remove, alter, restrict or make the post unavailable after our article is published.

Embedding a post does not necessarily mean that BusinessFinance.news endorses the post or agrees with every statement it contains.

22. Thumbnails and Remotely Delivered Images

A video thumbnail or remotely delivered image may be served directly from an external platform rather than copied to the BusinessFinance.news server.

A complaint should identify whether the disputed image is:

Stored locally by BusinessFinance.news
Delivered through an official embed
Delivered remotely from another server
Automatically generated by a third-party platform

This information helps identify which party can technically remove or modify the underlying file.

23. Hyperlinks

A normal hyperlink points a reader to an external page controlled by another operator.

BusinessFinance.news does not ordinarily host the material located at the destination of an external hyperlink.

If a complaint concerns material on the linked website itself, the complainant should generally contact the operator or hosting provider of that destination.

BusinessFinance.news may nevertheless review whether continued linking is editorially or legally appropriate.

24. Artificially Generated or Modified Media

BusinessFinance.news may use artificial-intelligence tools to create or modify illustrative images or other media.

Where synthetic or materially modified media could reasonably be mistaken for authentic evidence of a real event or statement, an appropriate disclosure may be provided.

AI-generated material must not knowingly imitate protected work, branding or a real person in an unlawful or materially misleading manner.

25. Before Submitting a Copyright Complaint

Before submitting a notice, please determine:

The exact material being challenged
The BusinessFinance.news page where it appears
Who owns the rights
Whether you are authorised to act for the owner
Whether the material is hosted locally or externally
Whether the use may be licensed, authorised or legally permitted
What action you are requesting

A general statement that an article or page is “copyrighted” is not normally sufficient to identify the disputed material or allow a meaningful review.

26. Copyright and Takedown Notice Requirements

A copyright or takedown notice should include:

The full name of the copyright owner
The full name and authority of any representative acting for the owner
A postal address and working email address
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
The exact BusinessFinance.news URL where the disputed material appears
A precise description of the material complained of
An explanation of whether the complaint concerns:
- BusinessFinance.news editorial text
- A quotation
- A locally stored image or file
- An embedded video
- An embedded social-media post
- A remotely delivered image or thumbnail
- A hyperlink
- Another type of material
Where embedded or remote media is involved, the original platform URL or identifying information
An explanation of why the use is alleged to be unauthorised or unlawful
A clear description of the action requested
A statement that the complainant has a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its representative or applicable law
A statement that the information supplied is accurate and that the sender is the rights holder or is authorised to act on behalf of the rights holder
A physical or electronic signature

27. Where to Send a Notice

Copyright Contact
Instant Media Access
c/o Billo ILY 237-S
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
114 45 Stockholm
Sweden

Email:
editor@businessfinance.biz

Suggested subject line:
Copyright Notice – BusinessFinance.news

28. DMCA-Style Notices

BusinessFinance.news is operated from Sweden but accepts properly substantiated copyright complaints, including notices formulated with reference to the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act where relevant.

The copyright contact listed above is provided as a general copyright and editorial contact.

It should not be interpreted as a representation that Instant Media Access or its copyright contact has been registered as a designated DMCA agent with the United States Copyright Office unless a separate registration is confirmed in the Copyright Office’s public directory.

Submitting a DMCA-style notice does not automatically determine which country’s law applies to the dispute.

29. How We Review Complaints

When BusinessFinance.news receives a sufficiently detailed complaint, we may:

Confirm receipt
Review the relevant article
Review source and licensing information
Determine whether the material is locally or externally hosted
Request additional information
Contact the writer, editor, contributor, supplier or platform
Temporarily disable an embed or item while reviewing the matter
Remove or replace material
Add or improve attribution
Reduce the amount quoted or displayed
Correct or revise editorial text
Refer the complainant to the external hosting platform
Decline an unsupported, misdirected, abusive or legally insufficient request
Seek legal advice

The appropriate response depends on the specific facts, the rights asserted, the nature of the material, the information provided and the applicable law.

30. Temporary Removal or Disabling

BusinessFinance.news may temporarily remove or disable disputed material while a credible complaint is investigated.

Temporary action may be taken where:

The complaint appears credible
The material is not essential to the article
The ownership or licence cannot be confirmed immediately
Continued display could create disproportionate risk
Additional information is required

Temporary removal does not constitute an admission of infringement, liability or wrongdoing.

31. Possible Outcomes

After review, BusinessFinance.news may:

Take no action
Restore temporarily disabled material
Remove the disputed material
Remove an embedded player
Replace an image or media item
Add or correct attribution
Shorten a quotation
Revise accompanying text
Add a clarification or editor’s note
Seek permission or a licence
Refer the complainant to the relevant external platform

Declining to remove material does not prevent a rights holder from pursuing any lawful remedy.

32. Responses and Counter-Statements

A person whose material has been removed or disabled may submit a written response if they believe that:

The complaint identified the wrong material
The complainant does not own the relevant rights
The material was used with permission
The material is covered by a licence
The material is in the public domain
The use is permitted by applicable law
The material was removed because of a factual mistake

The response should include:

The responder’s name and contact details
The relevant BusinessFinance.news URL
Identification of the removed or disabled material
A clear explanation of why the removal is disputed
Supporting licence, permission, ownership or legal information
A statement that the information supplied is accurate
A physical or electronic signature

Send the response to editor@businessfinance.biz with the subject line:

Copyright Response – BusinessFinance.news

33. Restoration of Material

BusinessFinance.news may restore removed or disabled material where:

The original complaint is withdrawn
Evidence of permission or licensing is provided
The complaint appears mistaken or unsupported
The dispute concerns material hosted by another platform
Legal review indicates that restoration is appropriate
The material is replaced or revised to address the concern

Restoration is not guaranteed and may depend on the circumstances and applicable law.

34. Good-Faith Complaints

BusinessFinance.news treats genuine rights-holder concerns seriously.

Suppress legitimate criticism
Prevent accurate reporting
Remove unfavourable facts
Silence commentary or review
Interfere with lawful quotation or analysis
Misrepresent ownership of public-domain material
Target material unrelated to the complainant’s rights

Please do not submit a notice unless you are the rights holder or are genuinely authorised to act on the rights holder’s behalf.

35. False, Abusive or Fraudulent Notices

Knowingly false, misleading, abusive or materially inaccurate complaints can cause harm to publishers, journalists, creators and platform users.

BusinessFinance.news may:

Request proof of ownership or authority
Decline to act on unsupported allegations
Preserve relevant correspondence
Provide relevant information to legal advisers or authorities where lawful and necessary
Rely on the correspondence when protecting its editorial and legal interests

36. Personal Data in Copyright Notices

Information supplied in a copyright or takedown notice may be processed to:

Review the complaint
Contact the sender
Contact the affected contributor or rights holder
Maintain records of the dispute
Obtain legal advice
Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Comply with legal obligations

Information may be disclosed where reasonably necessary to investigate or resolve the complaint, subject to applicable law and our Privacy Policy.

Do not include unnecessary sensitive personal information in a copyright notice.

37. Retention of Copyright Correspondence

BusinessFinance.news may retain copyright notices, responses, supporting evidence and related correspondence for as long as reasonably necessary to:

Document the complaint and response
Prevent repeated disputes
Demonstrate permissions or licences
Protect editorial and legal rights
Comply with applicable limitation or recordkeeping periods

38. No Automatic Admission

Removing, disabling, replacing or modifying material as a precaution does not constitute an admission that:

Copyright infringement occurred
The complainant owns the claimed rights
The original use was unlawful
BusinessFinance.news accepts liability

Likewise, requesting further information does not mean that a complaint has been rejected.

39. Repeat Issues

BusinessFinance.news does not currently operate public comments, user-upload functions or a user-generated-content forum.

If repeat copyright problems arise from a contributor, supplier, advertising partner or other external source, Instant Media Access may:

Stop accepting material from that source
Require additional ownership documentation
Remove previously supplied material
Terminate the relevant commercial or editorial relationship
Introduce additional review procedures

40. Rights of BusinessFinance.news

Instant Media Access reserves the right to enforce its copyright, database rights, trademark rights and other applicable rights against unauthorised use of BusinessFinance.news material.

Possible action may include: