DMCA & Content Removal Requests

Last updated: 14 November 2026

Circuits DIY respects the rights of copyright owners. If you believe that text, a circuit diagram, a photograph, a video, code or a document on www.circuits-diy.com infringes your copyright, use the form below. We handle requests under the principles of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Australian copyright law, wherever the requester is based.

Before you send a request

Circuit ideas are not usually protected by copyright in themselves. A drawing, photograph or written description of a circuit can be. Please tell us which specific material you own.
Need a credit rather than a removal? Choose "Add or correct attribution" — we are happy to credit and link to the original source.
Manufacturers: if you want a datasheet replaced with a link to your official page, or an outdated datasheet updated, we can do that quickly.

What your request must include

Your name and contact details, and your organisation if you act for one.
A description of the copyrighted work.
The exact address of each page or file on Circuits DIY containing the material.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law.
A statement that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.
Your physical or electronic signature.

Removal request form

Your full name

Company or organisation (optional)

Email address

Phone (optional) (optional)

Your relationship to the work

I am the copyright ownerI am authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner

Describe the copyrighted work

For example: "Our circuit diagram for a 5 V USB charger" or "Photograph of our PCB".

Where the original work can be found (if online) (optional)

Exact address(es) of the material on Circuits DIY

One address per line, e.g. https://www.circuits-diy.com/article-name

What would you like us to do?

Anything else we should know (optional)

Electronic signature

Type your full legal name. This acts as your signature on this notice.

You can also email the same information to [email protected] with "Copyright removal request" in the subject.

What happens next

We confirm we received your request, usually by email.
We review it promptly. If it is complete and valid, we remove or disable access to the material, or correct the attribution as requested.
If the material was contributed by a guest author or commenter, we may tell them and give them the opportunity to respond.
If we need more information, we will ask before acting.

Counter-notice

If material you posted was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to [email protected] including: your name and contact details; the material that was removed and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake or misidentification; your consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts; and your signature. We may restore the material if the original requester does not tell us they have started legal action.

Repeat infringement

We will stop publishing contributions or comments from anyone who repeatedly submits infringing material.

False claims

Please make sure your request is accurate. Knowingly making a false claim of infringement can make you liable for damages under the law.

DMCA &amp; Content Removal Requests