What is a DMCA takedown request?

By U.S. law, a DMCA takedown request can help small content creators take back control over their copyrighted materials being posted across the internet. In exchange for not having to check all user uploaded content to assess if anything is infringing, websites such as YouTube and Reddit agree to remove any and all content that is requested through this process.

However, writing these letters requires the copyright holder to share their real name, address, phone number, and more. This means that as part of the process, your identifying information is shared with the very people leaking your content.

What is the advantage of using DMCA Takedown Services?

This is a boutique service that offers a much higher quality of experience than found elsewhere. There are several competitors out there who have access to the same quality of automated scrapers and takedown tools that we have. However, we distinguish ourselves mainly in three ways: we are more affordable, we are faster, and we don’t make you ask us a dozen questions to find your answers.

At our competitors, they quote takedown times of over a week for simple requests, because they write poorly written, generic notices and take hours to get to a request. I personally take the time to get to know each client and their work and have customized DMCA notices ready for each one of them, along with pre-writing DMCAs for major content releases.

These competitors also make you check their websites, ask for updates, ask when something is going to be removed, etc. At DMCA Takedown Services, we know the last thing you want to be doing is bothering yourself checking whether websites have finally taken down your content. We find a communication style that works for each Creator; some like to hear an update as soon as any website removes their content, others prefer a weekly recap.

Lastly, we actually go the extra mile. So many of our competitors just get the results off of Google and call it a day. They don’t bother the hosters, they don’t find the real DMCA emails, they don’t know the small tips and tricks to actually getting content down. Because we actually report these noncompliant websites to their registrars and hosters, many websites that are considered “noncompliant” by our competitors will actually remove content that we, DMCA Takedown Services, report, because they are at risk of losing their website if they don’t!

How long does it take for my content to get taken down?

When a U.S.-based website receives a proper takedown request, they are required to remove the content within a “reasonable” amount of time.

There can be a lot of variation, but writing clean, readable, and proper DMCA notices can speed up this process.
Twitter: 3 Hours to 2 Days

Reddit: 16 Hours to 3 Days

Google: 1 Day to 4 Days, Usually less than 2 Days

Most Porn sites that allow user-uploaded content: 1 Day to 6 Days

Sometimes there is confusion over who owns the copyright. For example, works with no watermarks or excessive cropping after the fact might take longer to process by the infringing websites’ team.

What about non-U.S. based websites?

Unfortunately, some websites are based outside of the U.S. and it’s harder to force them to follow the law. In these cases, a DMCA notice to Google can help stifle access to your stolen content while the longer process of getting the entire website shut down goes on. Our team personally has shut down entire websites but it does take longer, usually several months up to a year.

Comparison to CamModelProtection.com

129USD/mo cheaper, unlimited hours, unlimited support, DMCAs go to the Websites, their hosters and their associates, not just the site and Google, and attempts taken to stop the leakers individually.

Plus, we have an ultra-premium tier of $600 per month for creators who really require that extra bit of attention. Inquire for more details.

How do you get my content removed from noncompliant sites?

While the other sites have the right idea that it’s important to stop access to the leaks, they are larger companies, sometimes hiring new workers that don’t have the expertise to take down content on problematic sites. I’ve even tried to teach them on behalf of some of my clients during my time as Fansly’s Director of Intellectual Property but they still refused to do that small bit of additional work to actually remove the content.

Here’s an explanation I wrote to one of our users previously:

First, we send a DMCA to *********.com.com. This is supposed to be done through their Contact page, but it’s easy for them to ignore. Sometimes this is enough, but many sites make their DMCA contact page difficult to navigate or bugged so it doesn’t function properly.

 

Then, we go to the ICANN Lookup page. This will sometimes tell us who purchased the website, or who is hosting the website. https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup In this case, which is common, the nameservers are Cloudflare servers, which leakers typically use as a shield for their identity. To get around that, we send a DMCA to cloudflare as well, here: https://abuse.cloudflare.com/

 

Cloudflare then emails us the real abuse contact email for the servers that host *********.com. In this case, that’s abuses@abelohost.net. So, this is just the process to actually send a DMCA to a real email.

In some cases, sending this DMCA is enough to have them remove the content. In this sites case, this wasn’t the case.

Next, we have to go to abelohost.net and see what they require to take down copyrighted content. Since they’re based in the Netherlands, which follows the Berne Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention), this means this website is breaking the law by continuing to host copyrighted content. I called up abelohost.net and they told me that they don’t typically remove content unless it’s Terrorism related or CSAM. We can see here that https://abelohost.com/acceptable-use-policy/ doesn’t have a restriction on copyrighted photographs of videos. So, then, it’s really my job to talk to them and just keep asking and claiming that *********.com is violating other rules until *********.com decides its easier to take down content than to deal with their hoster harassing them because I’m harassing them.

Eventually, after enough legal threats and evidence of copyright infringement that compounds to tens of thousands of dollars, the sites will usually remove the content or be shut down.

Why do you offer free advice, free information, and a detailed description of how to do your job?

Simply put: I think that if you have all of the information, you’ll agree with me that our company is the best option. In addition, I just don’t feel moral about profiting because of other people’s misfortunes, even if I’m trying to help. I’ve priced my services as low as possible while still being able to afford the hours to put in the effort to truly go above and beyond. This ensures we have the lowest costs and the best service of any DMCA site.

I know it’s not economical for everyone to pay for my services, or perhaps you don’t require a need for privacy, and that’s okay. But, you still have the right to know how to file a DMCA.