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If this happened to you
If this just happened to you.
Someone copied my website. What now?
A practical order of operations for website content theft: how to prove it, how to prove you were first, who to send a notice to, and when it is worth paying someone.
ReadAnother seller is using my product photos
What to do when a competitor or another seller is using photographs you paid for or shot yourself — how to prove they are yours, where the notice goes, and how marketplace rules differ from web hosts.
ReadA scraper is republishing my content
Automated scrapers republish your articles and product pages at scale. How to tell a scraper from a one-off copy, what actually stops one, and which responses are a waste of your week.
ReadMy photos are being used without permission
Someone is using your photographs without a licence. What you can actually ask for, the difference between removal and payment, and how to avoid weakening your own position.
ReadGuide
Step by step.
How to file a DMCA takedown
The whole process end to end: capturing evidence, finding the right recipient, writing a notice that contains all six required elements, sending it, and following up when nothing happens.
ReadHow to prove you published it first
When the other side claims they wrote it, the case turns on dates. The evidence that works, in order of strength, and how to build a record before you need one.
ReadWhat happens after you file a notice
The realistic sequence after a notice goes out: acknowledgement, removal, silence, counter-notice or restoration — and what each one means for you.
ReadCounter-notices: when they fight back
What a counter-notice is, the 10 to 14 business day restoration window, what the sender is committing to by filing one, and your realistic options on either side of it.
ReadDo you need to register your copyright?
Registration is not required to own a copyright or to send a takedown notice. What it does change: statutory damages, the ability to sue, and how easily you can prove ownership.
ReadPlatform
By platform.
Another Etsy seller copied my listing
Copied listing photos, descriptions and titles on Etsy. What Etsy's copyright process covers, what it does not, and why most of these complaints fail on the wrong grounds.
ReadAmazon listing copyright infringement
Reporting copied images and A+ content on Amazon, how the shared-listing model changes what counts as infringement, and why most sellers report the wrong thing.
ReadA Shopify store copied my product photos
How to report copyright infringement on a Shopify store, why Shopify is a hosting provider for this purpose, and what to do when the store sits behind Cloudflare.
ReadReport copyright infringement to Google
How a Google removal request works, what de-indexing actually achieves, what gets published to the Lumen database, and why it is a second notice rather than a substitute for the first.
ReadThe law, plainly
The law, plainly.
DMCA notice requirements
The six elements a takedown notification must contain under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A), what each one means in practice, and what happens to a notice that is missing one.
ReadCounter-notices under § 512(g)
What a counter-notification must contain, the 10 to 14 business day restoration window, and what the sender commits to by filing one.
ReadWhat is § 512(f)?
The provision that makes a knowingly false takedown notice actionable, what Lenz v. Universal added to it, and what a sender has to do to stay on the right side of it.
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