Official DMCA Copyright & Takedown Policy

1. Scope & Legal Framework

APT COM (operated by MTI Trading) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects all users of our services to do the same. While APT COM is a business registered and operating in Bangladesh and is primarily governed by the laws of Bangladesh, we voluntarily follow the notice-and-takedown framework of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) as an industry-standard procedure for handling copyright infringement claims from copyright holders worldwide, alongside applicable Bangladeshi copyright law.

In accordance with this policy and Section 13 of our Terms of Service, we will respond expeditiously to properly formatted notices of alleged copyright infringement.

2. Filing a DMCA Takedown Notice (6 Mandatory Elements)

If you believe that content hosted on an APT COM server infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to our Designated Agent containing all six (6) of the following elements:

1. Signature: A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the Copyrighted Work: Clear identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (including original URLs, registration numbers, or publication proof).
3. Identification of the Infringing Material & Exact URLs: Specific URL(s), IP addresses, or file paths on our network so we can locate the exact material unambiguously.
4. Complainant Contact Information: Your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and valid email address.
5. Good-Faith Statement: A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. Accuracy & 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 owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

3. Designated Copyright Agent

All DMCA takedown notices and counter-notices must be submitted in writing to our Designated Copyright Agent:

4. Counter-Notification Procedure

If your content was removed or disabled as a result of a copyright notice and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notice to our Designated Agent above containing:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled, and the exact location (URL) at which the material appeared before it was removed.
3. 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.
4. Your full name, address, telephone number, and email address, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Chattogram, Bangladesh (and, where applicable under a U.S. DMCA claim, the judicial district in which your address is located or as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3)(D)), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification or their agent.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we may forward a copy to the original complainant and, unless the complainant notifies us within 10–14 business days that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement, we may restore the removed material at our discretion.

5. Repeat Infringer Policy (3-Strike Rule)

In accordance with Section 13 of our Terms of Service, APT COM maintains a strict policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of customers who are repeat copyright infringers. Accounts receiving three (3) or more substantiated copyright complaints may be permanently terminated without refund.

6. Ready-to-Use DMCA Takedown Notice Template

Copyright owners may copy and complete the template below when emailing abuse@aptctg.com:

Subject: Official DMCA Takedown Notice - [Domain/URL]

To: Designated Copyright Agent, APT COM (abuse@aptctg.com)

1. Rights Holder / Authorized Agent Name & Title: [Full Name & Company]
2. Contact Address, Phone & Email: [Full Contact Details]
3. Original Copyrighted Work(s): [Title & Official URL of Original Work]
4. Infringing URL(s) Hosted on APT COM: [Exact URL(s) / IP Address]
5. Good-Faith Statement: I have a good-faith belief that use of the copyrighted material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. Perjury Statement: The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Electronic Signature: /s/ [Your Full Legal Name]
Date: [YYYY-MM-DD]