Manual Upload Policy
Last updated: March 2026
What You Can Upload
Owner's manuals for equipment you own, for personal home maintenance tracking. You may upload a manual if you own the equipment and are using it to track your own maintenance. You may not upload service manuals, proprietary repair guides, or manuals for equipment you don't own.
What "Private by Default" Means
Manuals you upload are accessible only to you unless an administrator reviews and promotes them to the platform library. Your upload is never publicly accessible without your knowledge and a compliance review.
How Platform Library Promotion Works
When a manual is promoted to the shared library, it goes through an admin review: DRM check, manufacturer redistribution policy check, and quality review. If a manufacturer prohibits redistribution, the manual will not be promoted to the library, even if you uploaded a clean copy.
DMCA Process
If a manufacturer or rights holder submits a valid DMCA takedown notice for a manual in our library, we will remove it and notify the uploader. A copyright strike will be added to your account. Three strikes results in suspended upload access.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
HomeMaintIQ is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any equipment manufacturer. Manufacturer names and model numbers are used solely for equipment identification purposes.
Canonical Upload Consent Text (anchor: #upload-consent)
By uploading this manual, I represent that: (1) I have the right to use this material for personal home maintenance tracking; (2) this upload does not infringe any third party's intellectual property rights; (3) I agree to HomeMaintIQ's Manual Upload Policy and Terms of Service.
This is the canonical text that the upload consent checkbox in the app links to. Any changes here must be reflected in the app simultaneously.
Canonical PDF Viewer Notice (anchor: #copyright-notice)
© [Manufacturer Name]. All rights reserved. Displayed for personal home maintenance reference only. HomeMaintIQ is not affiliated with or endorsed by [Manufacturer Name]. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
[Manufacturer Name] is dynamically populated from the manual record's manufacturer field. This notice must appear in the app's PDF viewer component.
Questions about this policy: dmca@homemaintiq.com | See also: Copyright & DMCA Policy