Pageflip is a publishing platform: publishers turn their own PDFs into interactive flipbooks and share them with readers. We respect intellectual property, and we expect everyone who publishes here to do the same. This page explains the essentials. To report infringing content, use our Takedown & Notice page.

Your content, your rights

You keep the rights to everything you publish on Pageflip. Uploading a publication does not transfer ownership to us — it grants us only the limited permission we need to host, display and deliver it (including embeds and, for free publications, ads and Pageflip branding).

By publishing, you confirm that you own the content or have the rights and licenses to publish it — including any text, images, logos, fonts and third-party material inside it. You are responsible for what you publish.

What copyright is

Copyright is a legal protection given to the author of an original creative work — a catalog, magazine, brochure, book, photograph, illustration or design. It gives the rights holder control over who may copy, reuse or adapt the work. In most countries a work is protected automatically from the moment it is created; no registration is required. Rights can be held by the creator or licensed to another party, such as a brand, agency or publisher.

What counts as infringement

Copyright infringement is copying or reusing a protected work without the rights holder's permission. It applies whether or not it was intentional. In particular, you can still be infringing even when:

• the same content appears somewhere else online, or was posted "for free" elsewhere;
• you bought a copy of the work, or plan to;
• you make no money from it;
• it's for "educational" or "non-commercial" use;
• you add a note that "no copyright infringement is intended";
• you credit the original author;
• you changed or restyled part of the work;
• you set the publication to unlisted or share it only with a small group.

If you don't have the rights to a publication, please don't upload it — the safest rule is to publish only your own work or work you're clearly licensed to distribute.

Fair use, quotation and exceptions

Most legal systems allow narrow exceptions — "fair use" in the United States, the quotation and related exceptions in the EU and elsewhere — that permit limited use of small portions of a work in specific circumstances. These are exceptions, not a general licence: they don't allow republishing an entire catalog or magazine. Whether a particular use qualifies is decided by a court, and the rules differ by country. Pageflip does not assess or rule on fair-use claims.

Public domain & Creative Commons

Works whose copyright has expired or been waived are in the public domain and can be used freely. Creative Commons licences let creators offer the public limited permission to reuse a work while keeping their copyright. A Creative Commons or public-domain licence can only be applied to your own work (or to work already in the public domain or under a compatible licence) — never to someone else's copyrighted material.

Trademarks and brand content

Brand names, logos and other trademarks belong to their owners. If you publish catalogs or materials featuring a brand, make sure you are the brand, or authorised by it. Publishing under another company's name or brand without permission is not allowed.

Reporting infringement & repeat infringers

If you believe a publication on Pageflip infringes your copyright, you can send us a formal notice and we'll act on valid notices promptly. Everything you need — the required details, the form, and our designated contact — is on the Takedown & Notice page.

Accounts that repeatedly publish infringing content are terminated. Publications removed after a valid notice stay down unless a valid counter-notice or a court decision restores them.

This page is general information, not legal advice.