DMCA takedown
Infringement removal request
A DMCA takedown is a formal request to remove online content that allegedly infringes copyright, authorized by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Website hosts must respond to valid notices or lose legal protection.
The system is frequently abused—used to silence critics, bury embarrassing content, or harass competitors: She filed a DMCA takedown against the video, claiming it used her music without permission.
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- infringementViolation of rights
- copyright holderLegal owner of creative work
- removalAct of taking away
- noticeBecome aware of
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- copyrightcopyright, copyright law, copyright act, copyright office, copyright notice
- access restrictionspassword, paywall, login wall, geo-block, IP ban
- cyber conflictstrolling, cyberbullying, flame war, online harassment, doxing
- image rightsphoto rights, image rights, copyright, reproduction rights, usage rights
- deindexingdeindexing, delisting, removal, unlisting, robots.txt
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Scored rebound attempt
reinstatement · publication · reposting · upload · distribution
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