Copyright and takedowns
How we handle publishers' material, and how to ask us to change or remove something.
Last updated 26 August 2026
Everything Lakatips shows from another newsroom belongs to that newsroom. We index; we do not republish. This page explains exactly what we take, on what basis, and how to ask us to change or remove it.
What we display
For each story we show:
- the headline as published, re-set in ordinary case where it was filed in block capitals;
- a short extract — the opening lines only, around forty words;
- the byline, where the publisher gives one;
- the publication time and the name of the publisher;
- a small thumbnail of the lead picture, where the publisher supplied one; and
- a link to the full article on the publisher’s own site.
We do not store, display or cache full article text. There is no way to read a complete article on Lakatips, and that is deliberate. Every route through a story page ends at the publisher.
Pictures
Where a publisher supplies a lead image we store a small cropped thumbnail of it, sized for the page and credited to the publisher. It is an index illustration attached to a link, not a substitute for the original. Publishers who would prefer no thumbnail need only say so and we will switch it off for their stories.
Ownership
Copyright in each headline, extract and picture remains with the publisher named on the story. Nothing on Lakatips transfers or claims any right in that material. Publisher names and marks are used to identify the source of a story, which is the point of the site.
The Lakatips name, design, code and the arrangement of the index are ours.
If you are a publisher
We will act on any of the following, without argument and without asking why:
- Remove a story. Tell us the URL and it goes, usually the same day.
- Remove everything. We will stop indexing your newsroom entirely and delete what we hold.
- Shorten the extract, or show the headline alone.
- Drop pictures from your stories.
- Correct attribution — a byline, a publisher name, a link.
How to reach us
Email info@lakatips.com with “Copyright” in the subject line, or use the contact form and choose “Copyright or takedown”. To help us act quickly, please include:
- the Lakatips URL or URLs concerned;
- the material you are asking about;
- who you are and the publisher you act for; and
- what you would like us to do.
We aim to acknowledge within one working day and to act within three. Urgent requests can go to +260 97 7708285.
You do not need a lawyer to write to us and we will not ask for one. If a request is straightforward we will simply do it.
If you are a reader
You are welcome to link to and share Lakatips pages. If you want to reproduce a story, that permission is the publisher’s to give, not ours — the story page will take you to them.