INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS NOTIFICATION
1. Definitions and Scope
This text regulates the protection of all content, software, trademarks, data sets, algorithms, and user-generated content on the KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA website (https://kureansiklopedi.com/tr) in accordance with intellectual property regulations. This notice is based on Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works (FSEK) and all relevant national and international legislation.
2. Featured Content
On behalf of KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA, the TÜRKİYE TECHNOLOGY TEAM FOUNDATION is the owner of the following intellectual property rights related to the website platform or is a licensed user who has acquired these rights from the rights holder:
- Platform software, source codes, architecture, and data flows, graphics
- User interfaces, icons, typography, color palettes, and design elements, compilation format
- Trademarks and trade names, domain names: “KÜRE”, “KÜRE Encyclopedia”
- Original description texts, logos, slogans, help content, analysis panels
- Statistical data, reports, and rankings automatically generated by the system
All intellectual property rights to this content belong to the TÜRKİYE TECHNOLOGY TEAM FOUNDATION (T3 FOUNDATION) and may not be copied, distributed, sold, rented, modified, or transferred to third parties without the prior written permission of the T3 Foundation.
3. User-Generated Content (UGC)
Members have the right to create content on the website platform. However, once this content is shared, the following license terms apply:
- The Member retains intellectual property rights over the content they create. However, by publishing this content on the platform, the Member grants the T3 Foundation a simple, transferable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, and sublicensable right to use such content, and these rights may be exercised by the T3 Foundation in any manner, including but not limited to printed and electronic media:
- Hosting, reproducing, communicating the content to the public, processing, compiling, spreading, distributing, publishing it
-Promoting the content, rearranging it for promotional purposes, or making it publicly available
- Processing the content in an anonymized form in the machine learning systems
In addition to the financial rights mentioned above, the authority to exercise moral rights is also transferred to the T3 Foundation by the Member. The Member guarantees to only share content belonging to him/her that does not violate third-party rights.
4. Intellectual Property Rights Policy of the Platform
KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA has a zero-tolerance policy against copyright infringement, trademark infringement, design infringement, and other violations of intellectual property rights. The following actions clearly constitute violations:
- Copying platform content without permission or sharing it by taking screenshots
- Reverse engineering, code analysis, data scraping operations
- Misleading imitation of brand names or logos
- Content scanning, data extraction, spreading of mass content with automated tools
If a violation is detected, the relevant accounts may be temporarily or permanently suspended, content may be removed, and legal proceedings may be initiated.
In the event of a violation of intellectual property rights, criminal proceedings and lawsuits may be initiated. In this context, pursuant to Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works (LIAW);
If a person who offers a work, performance, phonogram, or production for sale, sells or purchases a work, performance, phonogram or production that has been produced, processed, reproduced, distributed or published illegally reports the source from whom he/she obtained these before the prosecution phase, thereby facilitating their apprehension, the penalty to be imposed on him/her may be reduced or even waived.
5. Third Party Contents
Some content, articles, texts, and images appearing on KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA may have been uploaded by other business partners, content producers other than members, or third-party users. The intellectual property rights to this content belong to the content provider. KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA provides hosting services only and is not directly responsible for the content uploaded by these users. However, it conducts necessary inspections and interventions upon legal notification.
6. Notification Process of Rights Violation
If you believe there has been a violation of your intellectual property rights, you can contact us with a written application containing the following information:
- URL link of the infringed content
- A statement of which right has been infringed upon
- Document or registration record proving your rights ownership
- Your own identity and contact information
- A written statement indicating that you request that the violation be evaluated in good faith
- Application with wet signature or secure electronic signature
Violation Notification Address:
telif@kureansiklopedi.com
Ünalan Mahallesi Ayazma Caddesi No:3 34700 Üsküdar/İstanbul
7. Sanctions to be Applied in Case of Violations
KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA may impose the following sanctions against intellectual property rights violations:
- Non-publication or removal of the content subject to violation
- Restriction or deactivation of the relevant user's accountt
- Initiating legal and criminal processes
8. Updates and Validity
This Intellectual Property Notification may be updated by KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA without prior notice. Changes will be posted on the website and will be effective from the date of publication.
This text regulates the protection of all content, software, trademarks, data sets, algorithms, and user-generated content on the KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA website (https://kureansiklopedi.com/tr) in accordance with intellectual property regulations. This notice is based on Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works (FSEK) and all relevant national and international legislation.
2. Featured Content
On behalf of KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA, the TÜRKİYE TECHNOLOGY TEAM FOUNDATION is the owner of the following intellectual property rights related to the website platform or is a licensed user who has acquired these rights from the rights holder:
- Platform software, source codes, architecture, and data flows, graphics
- User interfaces, icons, typography, color palettes, and design elements, compilation format
- Trademarks and trade names, domain names: “KÜRE”, “KÜRE Encyclopedia”
- Original description texts, logos, slogans, help content, analysis panels
- Statistical data, reports, and rankings automatically generated by the system
All intellectual property rights to this content belong to the TÜRKİYE TECHNOLOGY TEAM FOUNDATION (T3 FOUNDATION) and may not be copied, distributed, sold, rented, modified, or transferred to third parties without the prior written permission of the T3 Foundation.
3. User-Generated Content (UGC)
Members have the right to create content on the website platform. However, once this content is shared, the following license terms apply:
- The Member retains intellectual property rights over the content they create. However, by publishing this content on the platform, the Member grants the T3 Foundation a simple, transferable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, and sublicensable right to use such content, and these rights may be exercised by the T3 Foundation in any manner, including but not limited to printed and electronic media:
- Hosting, reproducing, communicating the content to the public, processing, compiling, spreading, distributing, publishing it
-Promoting the content, rearranging it for promotional purposes, or making it publicly available
- Processing the content in an anonymized form in the machine learning systems
In addition to the financial rights mentioned above, the authority to exercise moral rights is also transferred to the T3 Foundation by the Member. The Member guarantees to only share content belonging to him/her that does not violate third-party rights.
4. Intellectual Property Rights Policy of the Platform
KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA has a zero-tolerance policy against copyright infringement, trademark infringement, design infringement, and other violations of intellectual property rights. The following actions clearly constitute violations:
- Copying platform content without permission or sharing it by taking screenshots
- Reverse engineering, code analysis, data scraping operations
- Misleading imitation of brand names or logos
- Content scanning, data extraction, spreading of mass content with automated tools
If a violation is detected, the relevant accounts may be temporarily or permanently suspended, content may be removed, and legal proceedings may be initiated.
In the event of a violation of intellectual property rights, criminal proceedings and lawsuits may be initiated. In this context, pursuant to Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works (LIAW);
- Cases where criminal proceedings may be initiated:
- Anyone who, without the written permission of the copyright holder, processes, represents, reproduces, alters, distributes a work, an performance, a phonogram, or production, communicates them to the public through any means of transmitting signs, sounds or images, publishes them, or offers illegally processed or reproduced works for sale, sells, rents or lends or otherwise spreads, buys for commercial purposes, imports or exports, keeps or stores them for purposes other than personal use, shall be sentenced to imprisonment from one to five years or a judicial fine.
- Anyone who names another person's work as their own shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to two years or a judicial fine. If this act is committed by distribution or publication, the maximum prison sentence is five years, and a judicial fine cannot be imposed.
- Anyone who quotes a work without citing the source is punished with imprisonment from six months to two years or a judicial fine.
- Any person who makes a public statement about the content of a work that has not been made public without the permission of the rights holders shall be punished with imprisonment of up to six months.
- Any person who provides inadequate, false or deceptive references to a work is punished with imprisonment of up to six months.
- Any person who reproduces, distributes, spreads or publishes a work, performance, a phonogram or production using the name of another well-known person shall be punished with imprisonment from three months to one year or a judicial fine.
If a person who offers a work, performance, phonogram, or production for sale, sells or purchases a work, performance, phonogram or production that has been produced, processed, reproduced, distributed or published illegally reports the source from whom he/she obtained these before the prosecution phase, thereby facilitating their apprehension, the penalty to be imposed on him/her may be reduced or even waived.
- Lawsuits:
- Action for cessation of infringement
- Compensation cases
- Right holders whose permission is not obtained may demand a maximum of three times the price they could demand if a contract is made or the market price to be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law from those who process, reproduce, spread reproduced copies, represent or communicate works, performances, phonograms or productions to the public using any means of transmitting signs, sounds or images without obtaining the written permission of the right holders in accordance with this Law.
5. Third Party Contents
Some content, articles, texts, and images appearing on KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA may have been uploaded by other business partners, content producers other than members, or third-party users. The intellectual property rights to this content belong to the content provider. KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA provides hosting services only and is not directly responsible for the content uploaded by these users. However, it conducts necessary inspections and interventions upon legal notification.
6. Notification Process of Rights Violation
If you believe there has been a violation of your intellectual property rights, you can contact us with a written application containing the following information:
- URL link of the infringed content
- A statement of which right has been infringed upon
- Document or registration record proving your rights ownership
- Your own identity and contact information
- A written statement indicating that you request that the violation be evaluated in good faith
- Application with wet signature or secure electronic signature
Violation Notification Address:
telif@kureansiklopedi.com
Ünalan Mahallesi Ayazma Caddesi No:3 34700 Üsküdar/İstanbul
7. Sanctions to be Applied in Case of Violations
KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA may impose the following sanctions against intellectual property rights violations:
- Non-publication or removal of the content subject to violation
- Restriction or deactivation of the relevant user's accountt
- Initiating legal and criminal processes
8. Updates and Validity
This Intellectual Property Notification may be updated by KÜRE ENCYCLOPEDIA without prior notice. Changes will be posted on the website and will be effective from the date of publication.