DMCA & Copyright Takedown Policy

Last updated: 4 September 2026

WHO WE ARE

Hanseong Revival Press ("we," "us," or "our") operates:

www.hanseongrevival.org (the "Website")

https://sionsavedbygrace.blogspot.com/ (the "Blog")

(together, the "Site") as a non-profit, non-commercial platform dedicated to edifying the Church, evangelism, and the promotion of teaching in accordance with Reformed theology and biblical fidelity. We host podcasts, sermons, Bible studies, devotionals, and streamed worship services solely for non-profit, educational, and religious purposes. No content is monetised, sold, or used for commercial gain.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect users of the Site to do the same. Our activities are conducted in accordance with the Copyright Act 1987 (Act 332) of Malaysia and, internationally, the principles of the Berne Convention. Our notice-and-takedown procedure is a voluntary, DMCA-style process adopted as good practice — we are a Malaysian ministry, and nothing herein asserts that United States statutes govern our operations.

1. OWNERSHIP OF CONTENT

All original content on the Site — including but not limited to articles, devotionals, text, graphics, logos, images, and audio materials (collectively, the "Content") — is owned by Hanseong Revival Press or its licensors and is protected by the copyright laws of Malaysia (Copyright Act 1987) and international treaties including the Berne Convention.

We retain all rights, title, and interest in and to our original Content, including all associated intellectual property rights.

2. PERMITTED USE

We extend generous permissions to readers. Subject to your compliance with this policy, you may access, view, download, print, share, quote, and reproduce our original Content for non-commercial ministry, teaching, study, evangelism, and personal use, with appropriate attribution to Hanseong Revival Press where feasible.

When using our Content, you must not:

• Misrepresent the material as your own, or remove attribution;
• Remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice;
• Modify the Content in ways that misrepresent our teaching, or present derivative works as our publications;
• Use the Content in any manner suggesting sponsorship or endorsement by us where none exists.

Commercial republication — resale, rental, licensing, or paid distribution — requires our prior written permission, requested at hanseongrevivalpress @ protonmail.com. If permission is granted, you must identify us as the owner or licensor and preserve any copyright notice.

3. PROHIBITED USES

You agree not to use the Site or our Content in any manner that:

• Infringes, violates, or misappropriates any copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of Hanseong Revival Press or any third party;
• Constitutes unauthorised commercial use, such as resale, rental, leasing, or distribution of the Content;
• Involves systematic retrieval of data from the Site (e.g., screen scraping) — see Section 5 of our Terms and Conditions;
• Removes, alters, or obscures any copyright or proprietary notice; or
• Violates any applicable law or regulation.

User-generated content (comments, testimonies, submissions) remains the property of its author. By submitting content, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to host, store, display, reproduce, moderate, reformat for technical purposes, and archive your content in connection with operating the Site, with attribution to you unless you request otherwise. 

This licence is operational only: we do not claim perpetual or irrevocable rights, we do not sell your content, we do not use it in advertising, and promotional reuse beyond quotation with attribution requires your separate permission. You represent and warrant that your submissions are original or properly licensed and do not infringe third-party rights.

4. FAIR DEALING & THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

Ministry use of third-party materials — for example, sermon excerpts, hymn quotations, or Scripture readings — may in limited circumstances fall within fair dealing and similar exceptions. Relevant considerations include:

• Sections 13(2)–13(3) of the Copyright Act 1987 (Malaysia) — the statutory fair dealing provisions, which may permit fair dealing for purposes such as research or private study, criticism or review, and reporting of current events, subject to sufficient acknowledgement and the nature of the use;
• Uses for non-profit educational and religious purposes with no admission fee or profit motive;
• For visitors in the United States: the fair use doctrine (17 U.S.C. § 107), which may permit commentary, teaching, and transformative religious use;
• For visitors in the European Union and elsewhere: quotation and parody exceptions and other nationally implemented limitations under the InfoSoc Directive and corresponding national laws;
• International norms under the Berne Convention, which permits member states to provide for limited exceptions, including quotation and non-commercial educational and religious uses.

Certain features of the Site make use of third-party services and embedded content (such as embedded players and streaming platforms). Where we use or reference third-party materials, we do so only within such recognised exceptions: non-commercial, educational, and evangelistic purposes only; brief, with attribution; and never reproducing complete works. We make no commercial use of third-party material. Rights in third-party materials remain with their respective owners; third-party trademarks and service marks are used for identification and reference only, without any claim of endorsement.

Important clarification: Copyright exceptions are applied case by case, and we make no claim of automatic entitlement. A fair-dealing assessment does not excuse us from responding to a valid takedown notice, and nothing in this section overrides the takedown procedure below. Anyone who believes our use exceeds lawful exception is invited to submit a notice under Section 6 — we will review it on its merits. We do not reproduce full copyrighted works, charge fees, or profit from any content.

Where the Site links to third-party websites or embeds third-party content, we are not responsible for such materials; embedded content remains governed by the terms of the applicable third-party provider. Liability allocation for third-party content is set out in Section 7 of our Terms and Conditions.

5. OUR COMMITMENT REGARDING OUR OWN USE

As a non-commercial ministry hosting religious and educational content in good faith, we are committed to

• Limiting our use of third-party materials to  quotation, criticism, review, teaching, and reporting, with sufficient acknowledgement;
• Not charging fees or deriving profit from any content; and
• Removing or correcting any use that a rights holder reasonably shows exceeds these limits.

Nothing in this section overrides the takedown procedure below, and nothing herein waives any statutory or equitable defence available to us under applicable law.

6. HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT TAKEDOWN NOTICE

If you are the copyright owner or an authorised agent and believe your work has been used in a way that constitutes infringement, send a written notice to our Copyright Agent at hanseongrevivalpress @ protonmail.com (subject line: "Copyright Takedown Notice"), containing:

• Signature and identification — your full legal name and a physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly infringed;
• The work claimed to be infringed — title, author, and identifying details (or, if multiple works are covered, a representative list);
• Location of the material — the full URL of each item on the Site, or other information reasonably sufficient to locate it;
• Your contact information — mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
• A good-faith statement, in substance: "I have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
• A truth declaration — under penalty of perjury where you act under United States law (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A)(vi)), or by statutory declaration (Statutory Declarations Act 1960, Malaysia) or equivalent sworn statement elsewhere — that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Incomplete notices. 

We may request clarification or additional particulars where a notice is materially deficient, and we are not obliged to act on notices lacking the minimum information above. You may be liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a notification; if you are unsure whether material infringes your copyright, consider seeking legal advice first.

7. OUR RESPONSE TO VALID NOTICES

Upon receipt of a complete and valid notice, we will:

• Remove or disable access to the alleged infringing material — ordinarily within three (3) business days of validating the notice;
• Notify the content uploader (if applicable) and provide a copy of your notice;
• Maintain records of the notice and our response in accordance with our Data Protection Notice (PDPA 2010, as amended), retaining only such personal data as is necessary for these purposes and for the statutory limitation period.

8. COUNTER-NOTIFICATION (FOR UPLOADERS)

If you believe your content was removed in error, you may file a Counter-Notice with:

• Your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
• Identification of the removed material and its original location (URL);
• A statement — under penalty of perjury (US) or by statutory declaration (Malaysia), or equivalent sworn statement — in substance: "I have a good faith belief that the material was removed due to mistake or misidentification."

Your consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of Malaysia (venue: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah), or, where you are located abroad, submission to the jurisdiction of a court competent in your own domicile in lieu.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will normally restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the notifying copyright owner informs us that it has commenced a court action seeking to restrain the uploader from the infringing activity.

9. LICENSING OUR OWN CONTENT

Unless otherwise stated, original content on the Site is © Hanseong Revival Press. Readers may share, quote, and reproduce our materials freely for non-commercial ministry, teaching, study, and evangelistic purposes, with attribution to Hanseong Revival Press. Commercial republication requires our prior written consent, requested at hanseongrevivalpress @ protonmail.com. This mirrors Section 4 of our Terms and Conditions; where the documents differ, the Terms and Conditions govern.

10. GOOD-FAITH OPERATION

We are a non-commercial ministry that hosts religious and educational content in good faith. Our practices — hosting user-submitted religious and educational content in good faith, removing content promptly upon a valid notice, and maintaining the non-commercial character of the ministry — reflect principles of responsible publication generally recognised across jurisdictions. Records of notices and responses are retained only as necessary for these purposes and the statutory limitation period, in accordance with our Data Protection Notice (PDPA 2010, as amended).

11. GOVERNING LAW

This policy is governed by the laws of Malaysia, including the Copyright Act 1987 (Act 332). Nothing in this document waives any rights we hold as the author or licensee of our own original works, or any statutory or equitable defences available to us under applicable law.

Disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Malaysia, seated at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, unless otherwise required by law.

12. CONTACT

Email: 

hanseongrevivalpress @ protonmail.com 

Websites: 

https://www.hanseongrevival.org/ | https://sionsavedbygrace.blogspot.com/ 

Location: 

Kudat Division, Sabah, Malaysia (North Borneo)

This policy is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Your statutory rights under the Copyright Act 1987 (Act 332) of Malaysia and other applicable laws prevail over any inconsistency in this document.