DMCA & Copyright Policy
All questions, content, and materials on this site are copyrighted and protected under U.S. law. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use is prohibited and may result in legal action.
Effective date: January 1, 2025. Last updated: October 18, 2026.
1. What Is Protected
ArmyADP.com is an original compilation work protected under United States copyright law, specifically 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).
The following elements are the exclusive intellectual property of ArmyADP.com:
- The selection, arrangement, and categorization of board study questions
- The quiz format, flow, scoring logic, and voice-guided study system
- Topic organization, study structure, and subject groupings
- PMCS checklist format, layout, and digital interface design
- All original copy, descriptions, labels, and instructional text
- The site design, visual layout, and user experience
Government-sourced reference text (FM, ADP, ATP, AR, TC publications) is in the public domain and is not claimed by ArmyADP.com. Our copyright covers the curation, format, and arrangement — not the underlying government text.
2. Prohibited Uses
The following are expressly prohibited without prior written permission:
- ✕Copying, scraping, or reproducing questions, answers, or content in bulk
- ✕Publishing or redistributing our content on another website, app, or platform
- ✕Selling, licensing, or commercially exploiting our content in any form
- ✕Creating derivative works based on our question sets or quiz format
- ✕Automated scraping, crawling, or data extraction of site content
- ✕Framing or embedding this site's content within another site without permission
- ✕Using this site's content to train, fine-tune, or develop any artificial intelligence, machine learning, or large language model system
- ✕Feeding this site's content into any AI tool, chatbot, or automated system for the purpose of replication or derivative product creation
Violations may result in DMCA takedown notices to hosting providers, platform operators, and domain registrars, as well as civil litigation seeking damages under 17 U.S.C. § 504, including statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement.
Platforms on Notice
ArmyADP.com has been the original source of Army promotion board study content since at least 2014. The following platforms have hosted, distributed, or commercially profited from content that originated on ArmyADP.com without authorization. This section serves as formal public notice of known and ongoing infringement:
- ✕Quizlet (quizlet.com) — Army board study sets containing ArmyADP.com question content, present since at least 2014. Multiple DMCA takedown notices were submitted, acknowledged, and honored. Infringing content was repeatedly re-uploaded by users within days of removal. Despite having actual knowledge of the infringement pattern through repeated notices, Quizlet took no proactive measures to prevent re-upload, filter known infringing content, or terminate repeat infringer accounts — actions within their technical and administrative control. This pattern of willful inaction after actual notice disqualifies Quizlet from safe harbor protection under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) for these specific works.
- ✕Cram (cram.com) — Army promotion board flashcard sets derived from ArmyADP.com content. Same pattern: takedown notices submitted, content removed, re-uploaded. Same actual knowledge. Same failure to act proactively despite having the technical means to do so.
- ✕Any mobile application, app store listing, or third-party platform that built and commercially distributed Army board prep content without the knowledge or written consent of the copyright owner — including applications that were sold commercially before the copyright owner was even aware of their existence.
- ✕Any AI-generated product, tool, or service built using content scraped or derived from ArmyADP.com without authorization.
The repeated removal and re-upload pattern described above constitutes willful, repeated infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(2) and removes any claim of innocent infringement as a mitigating factor. Statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work apply.
Furthermore, a platform's claim that it "cannot control what users post" does not constitute a valid safe harbor defense under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) once the platform has received actual notice of specific infringing content and has demonstrated the technical ability to remove it. A platform that removes content on notice but takes no steps to prevent re-upload of the same known infringing material — despite having the technical means and administrative control to do so — has actual knowledge of ongoing infringement and forfeits safe harbor protection for those specific works. The copyright owner submitted multiple notices over multiple years. The platforms complied. The content returned. That cycle is documented and will be presented as evidence of willful inaction in any future legal proceeding.
Listing a platform here constitutes formal public notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512 and establishes a documented record of willful infringement for purposes of future legal action. DMCA takedown notices to these platforms are pending or in preparation. If you operate one of these platforms and wish to resolve this matter, contact [email protected].
3. Filing a DMCA Takedown Notice
If you believe content on ArmyADP.com infringes your copyright, you may submit a takedown notice to our designated agent. Your notice must include all of the following under penalty of perjury:
- Your physical or electronic signature
- Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed
- Identification of the infringing material and its location on our site (URL)
- Your contact information (name, address, phone, email)
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized
- A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf
We will respond to valid DMCA notices within 10 business days. Incomplete or bad-faith notices will not be processed.
4. Counter-Notice Procedure
If you believe content was removed from ArmyADP.com in error, you may file a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). Your counter-notice must include:
- Your physical or electronic signature
- Identification of the removed material and its former location
- A statement under penalty of perjury that the removal was a mistake or misidentification
- Your name, address, phone number, and email
- Consent to jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address
Send counter-notices to the same address above. Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we may restore the content within 10–14 business days unless the original complainant seeks a court order.
5. Repeat Infringer Policy
ArmyADP.com maintains a strict repeat infringer policy. Users or entities that repeatedly infringe our copyright will have their access terminated and may be reported to their hosting provider, platform operator, or internet service provider. We actively monitor for unauthorized use of our content.