DMCA & Copyright Policy

Real Size Of Countries respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users and visitors to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Title 17 of the United States Code, 17 U.S.C. § 512, "DMCA"), we respond promptly to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the requirements described below.

1. Open Data Attribution & Cartographic Sources

Real Size Of Countries is an interactive educational cartography tool designed to illustrate spherical projection scale differences. All geographic vector boundaries, sovereign borders, centroids, and area statistics utilized on this platform originate from reputable open data and public domain sources:

• Natural Earth: Country boundaries, coastlines, and US state vectors are derived from the public domain Natural Earth dataset (1:50m cultural vectors).
• Open-Source Geographic Libraries: Spherical trigonometry and distortion invariance are computed using open-source libraries licensed under MIT/BSD (Leaflet, Turf.js).
• Flags & Metadata: Standard ISO-3166 territory codes and national flags are rendered using public domain SVG icons and standard Unicode flag emoji representations.

2. Filing a DMCA Notice of Infringement

If you are a copyright owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe that any material or content available on Real Size Of Countries infringes your copyright, you may submit a formal notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) containing all of the following elements:

1. Physical or Electronic Signature: A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of Copyrighted Work: Clear identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
3. Identification of Infringing Material: Clear identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, including the exact URL(s) or description of where the material appears on our site.
4. Contact Information: Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your full legal name, physical address, telephone number, and an active 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. Perjury & Accuracy Statement: A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

3. Designated DMCA Agent Contact

Notices of claimed infringement may be submitted directly to our designated copyright agent through either of the following channels:

4. Counter-Notification Procedure

If material you posted was removed or disabled as a result of a DMCA takedown notice and you believe that this was done by mistake or misidentification, you may send us a written counter-notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). Your counter-notification must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature;
• Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location where the material appeared before removal;
• 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;
• Your name, address, telephone number, and email address, along with consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in your district (or where we are located if outside the US).

5. Repeat Infringers

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws, Real Size Of Countries maintains a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, access for users or partners who are deemed repeat copyright infringers.

6. Modifications to This Policy

We reserve the right to modify or update this DMCA & Copyright Policy at any time. Changes will be posted to this page with an updated effective date.