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Content License

Last updated 8 October 2026

This Content License sets out what you may and may not do with the material on Showdown. It forms part of our Terms & Conditions and applies to every participant, in free and paid competitions alike.

Owner: Pravesio Consulting Private Limited ("Showdown", "we", "us").

1. What "Content" Means

"Content" means everything we make available on or through the Platform, including:

  • case briefs, case twists, and practice cases;
  • questions, answer options, answer keys, solutions, and explanations;
  • datasets, financial statements prepared for a case, spreadsheets, and templates;
  • marking schemes, judging rubrics, and competition rules;
  • leaderboards, results pages, and certificates;
  • reference links and resources we curate for a case; and
  • the Platform's design, layout, code, graphics, and brand assets.

2. Ownership

2.1 All Content is owned by Pravesio Consulting Private Limited or licensed to us by third parties, and is protected under the Copyright Act, 1957, the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and applicable international treaties.

2.2 Registering for a competition, free or paid, gives you access to Content, not ownership of it. No intellectual property is transferred to you at any point.

2.3 "Showdown" and our logo are our marks. Third-party names, including colleges, student societies, SEBI, exchange names, index names, and any company or fund used in a case, belong to their respective owners and appear here only to describe or illustrate. Their appearance implies no affiliation or endorsement, unless a competition page says it is run with them.

3. The Licence We Grant You

Subject to your compliance with these terms and payment of any applicable fees, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to:

  • access and view Content through your own account, on your own devices, while you take part in a competition or practise a case;
  • take your own notes for personal study;
  • download material that is expressly offered with a download button, such as a case dataset or your certificate, and keep it for your own use;
  • share your own certificate, rank, and result, for example on LinkedIn or in your CV; and
  • reference what you have learned in your own original work and interviews.

That is the whole licence. Anything not granted above is reserved.

4. What You May Not Do

You may not, directly or through anyone else:

Copy and distribution

  • reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute any Content, during or after a competition;
  • share questions, cases, or answers on Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Google Drive, Reddit, forums, or any file-sharing or messaging service;
  • upload Content to any other platform, question bank, or website;
  • sell, resell, rent, lease, licence, or sublicense Content in any form.

Recording and capture

  • screenshot, screen-record, photograph, or copy out questions, cases, or answer keys;
  • use screen-capture software, virtual cameras, or capture cards against the Platform.

Access and automation

  • share your login credentials with anyone, or use another person's account;
  • run scrapers, crawlers, bots, headless browsers, or automated download tools;
  • bypass, disable, or interfere with entry fees, timers, rate limits, or other access controls.

Derivative and commercial use

  • create derivative works, adaptations, or translations of Content;
  • use Content to run your own competition, quiz, or course, whether paid or free;
  • use Content to build, train, fine-tune, or evaluate any machine learning or AI model, or to populate any dataset;
  • use Content in any competing product or service;
  • use Content to provide investment advice, research, tips, or signals to any third party.

Attribution

  • remove, obscure, or alter any copyright notice, watermark, or attribution;
  • present Content as your own work.

5. Traceability

5.1 Content delivered to you may be tied to your account, for example through the order in which answer options are shown to you.

5.2 This allows us to trace leaked material back to the account it came from. If Content traced to your account appears in an unauthorised place, we will treat that as a breach by you, whether or not you shared it yourself. Protect your credentials accordingly.

6. Enforcement

If we find a breach, we may take any or all of the following steps, in proportion to the severity:

  1. Warning and takedown: notify you and require the material to be removed.
  2. Disqualification: cancel your entry, result, rank, certificate, or reward in the affected competition.
  3. Suspension: pause access while we investigate.
  4. Termination without refund: end your account and licence. No refund is due for a termination under this section.
  5. Statutory notices: issue takedown notices to platforms, hosts, and search engines.
  6. Civil action: pursue injunctive relief, damages, and an account of profits under the Copyright Act, 1957.
  7. Criminal complaint: Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides for imprisonment and fine for knowing infringement. Sections 43 and 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 apply to unauthorised access, downloading, and extraction.

We may also recover costs, including legal fees and investigation expenses.

7. Reporting Infringement

If you find Showdown questions, cases, or answers published without authorisation anywhere, tell us at help@showdownalley.com with the subject "Leak Report" and include the URL or a screenshot. Reports may be made anonymously.

If you believe Content on our Platform infringes your copyright, send a notice to help@showdownalley.com with the subject "Copyright Notice", including:

  • identification of the work you say is infringed;
  • the exact URL of the material on our Platform;
  • your contact details;
  • a statement of your good-faith belief that the use is unauthorised; and
  • a statement that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.

We will acknowledge within 48 hours and act within 36 hours of validating the claim, as required under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

8. Third-Party and Open Material

8.1 Some Content incorporates material licensed from third parties, or public material such as regulatory circulars, exchange data, company filings, and published financial statements. That material remains subject to the terms of its own source, which may be more restrictive than this licence.

8.2 Where we identify third-party material, we attribute it. Where you intend to reuse anything traceable to an external source, check that source's own terms first.

8.3 Nothing in this licence grants you rights in any third-party trademark or material.

9. Your Own Work

9.1 The answers, reports, models, and other files you submit remain yours. You may use them in your portfolio, your CV, and your interviews.

9.2 Where your work is built on a Showdown case brief, template, or dataset, you may share the output you produced, but not the underlying brief, template, or dataset itself.

9.3 By submitting work to the Platform, you grant us the licence described in Section 7.4 of the Terms & Conditions.

10. Duration and Termination of the Licence

10.1 The licence lasts while your account is active and ends automatically when your account is closed or terminated.

10.2 On termination, you must stop using the Content and delete any downloaded copies, except your own certificates and material expressly offered for permanent download.

10.3 Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 survive termination.

11. Changes

We may update this Content License. For material changes we will give at least 15 days' notice by email or in-platform notice. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact

Pravesio Consulting Private Limited Registered Office: Flat No. B-3/103, Sahara Grace, M.G. Road, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana Email: help@showdownalley.com Web: showdownalley.com