There are a lot of different approaches towards leaks. I know some Creators choose to do nothing about reposts and it doesn’t bother them. On the other hand, you have Creators who are deeply bothered by people sharing personal pictures of them publicly, and spend a lot of time and effort thinking about them.

While I think there are many valid approaches and we, DMCA Takedown Services, often find ourselves working out specific solutions for specific problems, our general approach is thus: keep leaks out of as many hands as possible and promote a professional brand image for our Creators.

Let’s be honest, when fans can find your work for free, easily, publicly, or even by accident, it’s not a good look. It can lead to upset fans, sometimes asking, “why should I pay if other people are getting it for free?” or it can deter new fans from subscribing to begin with. In addition, it’s just unpleasant to deal with from an emotional standpoint.

The top priority is removing content from Twitter replies, top posts on porn subreddits on reddit.com, the first several pages of Google results, and other highly accessible, visible places. This is because our analysis has determined that the majority of users who search for leaks are in two camps, what we call the opportunists and the miscreants. The miscreants are lawbreakers, deviants, and will never subscribe to a content creator unless it’s to leak content. They issue chargebacks, harass people, and are generally extremely unpleasant. This is why if you ever have ended up talking to one of “your” leakers, the conversations are usually terrible and a waste of time. The other camp is the opportunists. They usually are not the ones leaking content, but might Google your name along with the word “leaked” to try to find a “preview.” We’ve found that among this second group, if they don’t find leaked content within only TWO minutes of searching, they’ll give up and either subscribe or stop looking. This is why we focus primarily on everything that can be found within two minutes of searching.

For some, this process of removing Google and Bing results, reddit posts and comments, Twitter replies and posts, and other highly visible links to your content is enough. They can be satisfied with slow response times from other DMCA websites, or by merely hiding the results. However, for others, this is not enough. What we do instead of merely removing access to the content is we get as much of the content removed as possible. You can read more about this process in the FAQ page under “How do you get my content removed?”

As a small boutique, we focus on individual Creators and solving their specific needs. Many of our Creators let us know when they are releasing new content and we work in tandem to ensure that the critical 72 hour period afterward has as few leaks as possible. While it’s impossible for us to completely stop piracy, you can feel comfortable knowing that you have a team doing everything possible to both remove stolen content and stop it from happening. Some of our previous successes involve getting entire websites shut down, subreddits banned, investigating the leakers’ personal information, finding their paypal, and having paypal seize their funds, banning telegrams, and many other time intensive, detail-oriented tasks that you just won’t get from a bigger service.