How to file a takedown notice
To be effective under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), a notice must include all of the following. Sending a misleading notice is a federal offense under §512(f).
- Signature
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
- Identification of the work
- A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (e.g., title, author, registration number if available).
- Identification of the infringing material
- A description of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, with enough detail for us to locate it (URLs, screener share tokens, file names, account or production identifiers).
- Contact information
- Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
- Good-faith statement
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- Accuracy statement
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.