DMCA Takedown Notice Template

The following contains information on how to find the contact details of the company who hosts a website. This can be used to contact hosts in regards to copyright violation. Here are the step to follow in finding contact details and a sample DMCA takedown notice.

You can find out the hosting company of the website that's stolen your content by doing the following:

Step 1: Go to http://whois.domaintools.com/ or any other whois site of your choice.

Step 2: In the box, type in the url of the offending site and hit "lookup."

Step 3: Click the "server stats" tab.

Step 4: Click the blue numbers by "Ip Address."

Step 5: Look for an "abuse" email address, usually under "OrgAbuseEmail." If there isn't one, then use the "OrgTechEmail."

Step 6: Compose an email to the email address you acquired from above. Remember to be polite. The host usually has no involvement in the stealing of your work. Plus, being polite will get you much further than being angry. BE PROFESSIONAL!

DMCA Takedown Notice Example
I just send the following message and have had a TON of success in getting stolen content (and entire sites) taken down.

Use the subject line of: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Put the following in the body of the email, replace the #### with your information:

I am writing to you to avail myself of my rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This letter is a Notice of Infringement as authorized in §512 of the U.S. Copyright Law.

1. The copyrighted work at issue is the text that appears on:

######THE_URL_OF_YOUR-HUB#######

2. The URLs where my copyrighted material is located include:

##LINK OF STOLEN MATERIAL#####

3. My contact information is as follows:

##YOUR NAME##
##YOUR MAILING ADDRESS##
##YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS##

4. I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

5. I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

##YOUR NAME##

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