Copyright & DMCA Policy

1. Ownership of Content

All text, layout, design, graphics, compilations, data selections, calculators, and other materials on Charlotte Home & Living ("the Site") are owned by the Site owner or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

2. Limited License to Users

You are granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, republish, scrape, mirror, frame, distribute, sell, license, or create derivative works from Site content without prior written permission. Automated collection of content — including scraping, crawling for dataset creation, or ingestion for training machine-learning or generative artificial-intelligence systems — is expressly prohibited without written authorization.

3. Trademarks & Third-Party Names

Company names, brand names, builder names, brokerage names, neighborhood names, homeowners association names, school names, product names, and logos referenced on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Such references are made for identification, commentary, comparison, and editorial purposes and constitute nominative fair use. They do not imply affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, agency, or approval by or of any third party. Real estate trademarks including REALTOR®, MLS®, and similar marks belong to their respective owners.

4. Fair Use

Portions of the Site may include limited quotations, statistics, or references to third-party material for purposes of commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, and education, which we believe constitutes fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107. If you believe material has been used improperly, follow the notice procedure below.

5. DMCA Notice & Takedown Procedure

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, submit a written notice by email to npeters@yourleaderinluxury.com including all of the following, as required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with the specific page address
• Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf
• Your physical or electronic signature

Upon receipt of a compliant notice, we will investigate and may remove or disable access to the material identified. Incomplete notices may not be actionable. Knowingly submitting a materially false notice may expose you to liability for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

6. Counter-Notification

If your material was removed in error or through misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification containing your identification of the removed material and its former location, a statement under penalty of perjury of your good-faith belief that the removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, your contact information, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or the Western District of North Carolina if outside the United States), and your signature.

7. Repeat Infringers

We reserve the right to terminate access for any party who repeatedly submits infringing material or who misuses this policy.