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Copyright & Intellectual Property Notice

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Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Copyright Registration No. 1247822
Registered as a literary work under the Canadian Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42). Owner & Author: Doug LeMaire.

The EZtoFind.ca website, including its full content library — 439 curated glossary terms, 240 community profiles, 520 micro-neighbourhood pages, market summaries, images, illustrations, HTML/CSS/JavaScript source code, backend APIs, database compilations, natural-language search algorithms, page layouts, and the "Doogie" AI assistant character (name, likeness, dialogue style, and prompt engineering) — is a proprietary work owned by Doug LeMaire, federally registered with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (Registration No. 1247822), and protected under the Canadian Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42), the Trademarks Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. T-13), and applicable international treaties including the Berne Convention.

Prohibited Uses

The following activities are expressly prohibited without prior written permission:

  • Reproduction of any content (in whole or substantial part) on any other website, application, print material, or medium.
  • Scraping, crawling, or automated harvesting of pages, listings, glossary entries, or community data by any bot, script, or third-party service — including for competitive intelligence.
  • Use in AI training datasets — this content may not be used to train large language models, embeddings, image models, or any other machine-learning system without a signed data-licensing agreement.
  • Cloning of the site's structure, look-and-feel, or navigation patterns in a manner likely to cause consumer confusion (a "passing-off" claim under Canadian common law).
  • Framing or embedding EZtoFind.ca content on another site without express written permission.
  • Republishing MLS® data in any form — this violates both our copyright and the CREA DDF® Technology Provider Agreement.

Trademarks

EZtoFind.ca™, Doogie™, and the associated logos are trademarks of Doug LeMaire. REALTOR®, REALTORS®, and the REALTOR® logo are controlled by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). MLS®, Multiple Listing Service® and the associated logos are owned by CREA.

Fair Dealing Exceptions

Under sections 29–29.2 of the Canadian Copyright Act, limited use of our content is permitted for research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, and education — provided you (a) credit the source ("EZtoFind.ca by Doug LeMaire, REALTOR®") and (b) do not reproduce a substantial portion. Sharing individual page links on social media is welcomed and encouraged.

Infringement Reporting & Takedown

If you believe EZtoFind.ca content is being reproduced without authorization elsewhere on the web, please email info@eztofind.ca with the subject line "Copyright Infringement Report" and include (a) the URL of the infringing content and (b) a description of the material that appears to be copied. We take enforcement seriously and pursue takedowns via ISP notice, court order, and (where applicable) statutory damages under Copyright Act s.38.1 (up to CAD $20,000 per work for commercial infringement).

Machine-Learning & AI Training Restriction

EZtoFind.ca expressly opts out of any use of its content for machine-learning training, whether by commercial or academic actors. Every page of our site carries the industry-standard <meta name="robots" content="noai, noimageai"/> HTML signal, and our content-licensing terms prohibit ingestion into training corpora without a signed data-license agreement. We DO welcome AI-powered answer engines (ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Claude search, Google AI Overviews) to cite our content — provided they link back and preserve authorship. Any AI provider found to have used our content for model training in violation of these signals may be liable under the Copyright Act.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

This notice and any dispute arising from it are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada. Exclusive jurisdiction lies with the courts of British Columbia sitting in Vancouver.

Last updated: July 28, 2026 · Owner: Doug LeMaire, Maple Ridge, BC · Contact: info@eztofind.ca

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