Legal Framework

Policies for using the OrthoVellum library.

Legal, privacy, copyright, refund, cookie, and medical-disclaimer pages are part of the site architecture: they define how the educational library can be used, shared, and interpreted.

Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last updated: June 11, 2026

1. Copyright Ownership

All content on OrthoVellum, including text, graphics, logos, images, audio, video, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, belongs to OrthoVellum or its content suppliers and is protected by Australian and international copyright law.

1.1 Our Content

OrthoVellum owns the following:

  • All educational topic pages and written content
  • Original diagrams, illustrations, and infographics
  • Editorial methodology, disclosure, and policy materials
  • Website design, layout, and visual elements
  • Software code and algorithms
  • The OrthoVellum name, logo, and branding

1.2 Third-Party Content

Some content on OrthoVellum is licensed from third parties or used under fair-use rules. That content still belongs to its owners. It includes:

  • Medical images used for education
  • Referenced research papers and clinical guidelines
  • Classification systems and scoring tools (credited to their original authors)
  • Radiographic images (anonymised, with the right permissions)

1.3 Submitted Feedback

Feedback or study material you submit stays yours. By submitting it, you give OrthoVellum a licence as described in our Terms of Service.

2. Permitted Uses

You may:

  • View and use the content for your own, non-commercial study
  • Print or download individual pages for personal study
  • Share links to our content (but not the content itself)
  • Quote short excerpts, with proper credit, for academic purposes

3. Prohibited Uses

Without our written permission, you must NOT:

  • Copy, reproduce, or distribute our content in any form
  • Change, adapt, or build new works from our content
  • Use our content for commercial purposes
  • Share, sell, or distribute substantial amounts of OrthoVellum content
  • Combine our content into competing educational materials
  • Use automated tools to scrape or download our content
  • Remove or change any copyright notices or credits
  • Use our trademarks, logos, or branding without permission
  • Frame or mirror any part of the website

4. DMCA Takedown Procedure

OrthoVellum respects other people's intellectual property and expects our users to do the same. We handle notices of claimed copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Australian copyright law.

4.1 Filing a DMCA Notice

If you think your copyrighted work has been copied here in a way that infringes your rights, please send our copyright agent the following:

  1. The copyrighted work you say has been infringed, or a representative list if there are several
  2. The material you say is infringing, including its URL or exact location on our website
  3. Your contact details, including your name, address, phone number, and email
  4. A statement that you believe in good faith that the copyright owner, its agent, or the law has not authorised the use
  5. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act for the copyright owner
  6. Your physical or electronic signature

4.2 Designated Copyright Agent

Send DMCA notices to:

  • Email:
  • Subject line: "DMCA Takedown Notice"

4.3 Counter-Notification

If you think your content was removed by mistake, you can send a counter-notice with:

  1. The material that was removed and where it originally appeared
  2. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the material was removed by mistake or wrongly identified
  3. Your name, address, and phone number
  4. A statement that you accept the jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia, Australia (or, where the DMCA applies, the relevant US Federal District Court)
  5. Your physical or electronic signature

4.4 Repeat Infringers

In line with the DMCA, we will close the accounts of users we find to be repeat infringers.

5. Attribution Requirements

If we give you permission to reference OrthoVellum content, please credit it like this:

Source: OrthoVellum (www.orthovellum.com), [Year]. Used with permission.

6. Licensing Inquiries

For licensing requests, partnerships with educational institutions, or permission to use our content, please contact:

  • Email:

Please tell us how you plan to use the content, how widely, and which organisation you are with.

7. Educational Fair Use

We support fair use for educational purposes. Quoting a limited amount of our content may be allowed for:

  • Academic research and scholarly articles
  • Non-commercial educational presentations
  • Commentary and criticism
  • News reporting

Whether something counts as fair use is decided case by case, looking at the purpose of the use, the nature of the work, how much is used, and the effect on its market value.

8. Trademark Notice

"OrthoVellum" and the OrthoVellum logo are marks used by the site operator. You may not use these marks without our written permission.

9. Contact Information

For copyright-related inquiries, please contact:

  • General:
  • DMCA:
  • Licensing: