A DMCA takedown notice is a notification to either a web hosting company or a search engine that they are either hosting or linking to copyright-infringing material. It provides them notice to remove the copyrighted works. Web hosts are required to remove or disable access to the material, while search engines have to stop linking to it.

Your DMCA request will be handled by Jonathan Bailey, CEO of CopyByte, a copyright and plagiarism consulting firm. Jonathan is also behind Plagiarism Today, one of the web's top blogs on copyright infringement.

Jonathan has filed over 1,000+ DMCA requests, and has helped hundreds of copyright holders get stolen content removed.

He has also served as an expert witness on plagiarism matters and has been features on PBS' Media Shift, the Associated Press, the Guardian, the Boston Globe, Mashable and ZDNet.

Typically, a DMCA notice results in the removal of a work within three working days, although it can take up to five days. Search engines, especially Google, can take up to 10 working days.

Yes, but the DMCA has strict requirements that must be met for the notice to be valid. Furthermore, the notice has to be sent to the correct party to be actioned. The means contacting the correct person at the correct web host.

One minor mistake can mean severe delays in getting your copyrighted content removed.

All types of copyrighted content can be removed, including:

• Text (including Word. Doc documents, plain text etc)
• Video (including MPG, AVI, RM, MOV, Quicktime, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer)
• Music & audio (including MP3, MP4, MIDI, WMA, WAV)
• Images, pictures & photos (Including JPG / JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD & more)
• MySpace / FaceBook pictures
• Software

Provided the content can be copyrighted and infringed online, it can be removed using a DMCA request.

Most file sharing websites do respect DMCA notices and takedown procedure, even if they are not hosted in the US. This includes Rapidshare and Megaupload. We can file notices with them, if required.

Absolutely. Due to international treaties, what's important is where the server is located, rather than where you are based. So long as the server is in a country that has a notice and takedown system, including the United States and any EU country, we can file a notice on your behalf.

We guarantee to file your DMCA notice within one working day or your money back. In many cases, the request will be filed within just a few hours.

We work with all legal content and will file takedown notices for legal adult material. We do not work with illegal content (eg, child pornography), hate speech or similar content.

We offer a 100% money-back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with our DMCA service, simply contact us within 30 days for a full refund.

The law requires you to provide various pieces of information, including:

• Your name
• Your address
• Your phone number
• Your email address

This is in addition to the information about the the infringement, which includes what is being infringed and where the infringement is taking place.

Sadly, there are some cases where the DMCA can not help. The most common are:

1. Copyright is not being infringed

2.The site infringing your copyright is not hosted in a notice and takedown country.

In the second case, we can file with the search engines on your behalf. We review all submissions to ensure they comply with the law before moving forward and will offer a full & prompt refund if we believe we cannot help with the case.

If your question is not answered here, simply contact us to discuss your situation. We'll do everything we can to help.