Free DMCA Takedown Notice Generator

How It Works

The generator walks you through four short steps, then drafts the letter. Nothing is sent to the platform by this tool: you review the letter, sign it, and send it yourself.

1. Your contact details

Your name and email are required, and a mailing address and phone number are optional. The statute asks for information reasonably sufficient for the platform to contact you, so include what you are comfortable having passed on to the person you are complaining about.

2. Your original work

Say what kind of work it is (a photo, video, article, song, software) and describe it, with a link to where you published it if there is one.

3. Where it was copied

List each URL where the copy appears, one per line, and add any detail that helps the platform find it. A notice that identifies the exact pages is easier to act on than one that names a whole site.

4. The platform, then the draft

Choose the platform to pre-fill its designated agent details, or type a name if it is not listed. An AI model then drafts the letter from your answers. You can edit the text, draw your signature, and download a PDF or email it to yourself.

What Is a DMCA Takedown Notice?

A DMCA takedown notice is a written request under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) asking an online service to remove or disable access to material that infringes your copyright.

The law gives services a “safe harbor” from liability for what their users post, on conditions. One is that, on receiving a proper notice, the service “responds expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing.” That is why platforms act on notices: it is how they keep their protection.

The notice goes to the service's designated agent. A service must publish its agent's contact details on its site and give them to the Copyright Office, which keeps a public directory of designated agents.

The Six Elements, Explained

Section 512(c)(3)(A) says a notice must include “substantially the following.” The generator's draft is built around these six items:

• A signature, physical or electronic, of a person authorized to act for the copyright owner.
• The copyrighted work, or a representative list if one notice covers several works on the same site.
• The infringing material, with information reasonably sufficient for the service to locate it. In practice that means URLs.
• Your contact information, such as an address, phone number, and email address.
• A good-faith statement that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• An accuracy statement, including a statement under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act for the owner.

A notice that misses most of these may not count. If it still substantially identifies the work, the material and how to reach you, the statute expects the service to try to contact you or help you fix it, but you should not rely on that.

Before You Send

Make sure it is your work to enforce

Only the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for the owner should send a notice. If you made the work for an employer or a client, check who owns the copyright before you act.

Consider fair use

Not every copy is infringement. Under 17 U.S.C. § 107, fair use for purposes “such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching” and similar uses “is not an infringement of copyright.” A review that quotes a few lines of your article, or a video that criticizes yours using short clips, may be fair use.

False notices carry liability

Under Section 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing is liable for the damages, including costs and attorney's fees, that the misrepresentation causes. The same rule applies to a false counter notification.

What Happens After You Send

For material a user posted, the service removes or disables it and, to keep its own protection from the user's claims, takes reasonable steps promptly to tell the user. The user can then send a counter notification, signed and stating under penalty of perjury a good-faith belief that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification, and consenting to the jurisdiction of a federal court.

If a counter notification arrives, the service sends you a copy and tells you it will restore the material in 10 business days. It then puts the material back “not less than 10, nor more than 14, business days” after receiving the counter notice, unless you first tell its designated agent that you have filed a court action to stop the infringement.

That is where registration matters. For a United States work, under 17 U.S.C. § 411(a), no civil action for infringement can be brought until the copyright is registered or preregistered, or registration has been refused. If a counter notice is likely, look into registering early.

A Worked Example

This example is illustrative; the people and sites are invented. A landscape photographer finds three of her photos reposted on a stranger's social media account without permission or credit, cropped to remove her watermark.

She enters her name and email, chooses “photograph,” describes the three photos and links to her portfolio page for each, and lists the three URLs where the copies appear. She picks the platform, so its designated agent details are filled in.

The draft addresses the platform's agent, identifies the three photos and the three URLs, and carries the good-faith and penalty-of-perjury statements. She corrects one photo title the AI got slightly wrong, signs, and submits the letter through the platform's copyright channel. If the account holder counter-notifies, the photos come back 10 to 14 business days later unless she has filed suit and told the platform's agent first.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this tool really free?

Yes. There is no charge and no account. To keep the AI drafting service available, each connection can generate up to five notices in 24 hours.

Will the generated notice hold up?

The draft is written to include the six elements that 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) lists, but it is drafted by an AI model from what you enter, so read it carefully before you sign. Whether a notice works also depends on facts the tool cannot check, such as whether you own the copyright and whether the use is fair use. This tool does not provide legal advice.

How long does a DMCA takedown take?

The statute does not set a number of days. To keep its safe harbor, a hosting service must respond “expeditiously” to remove or disable access to the material once it receives a notice that substantially meets the requirements. In practice timing varies by platform and by how complete the notice is.

What happens after I send a DMCA notice?

For content a user posted, the platform removes or disables it and takes reasonable steps to notify the person who posted it. That person can send a counter notification. If they do, the platform sends you a copy and puts the material back between 10 and 14 business days later, unless you first notify it that you have filed a court action seeking to stop the infringement.

Can I file a DMCA notice for someone else?

Yes, if you are authorized to act for the owner of the copyright. The notice must be signed by a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf and must state, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act for the owner.

What if the other person is using my work for criticism or commentary?

Consider fair use before you send anything. Section 107 of the Copyright Act says fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research is not infringement. A person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing can be liable for the damages, costs and attorney’s fees that result.

Do I need to register my copyright to send a notice?

Section 512 does not require registration for a takedown notice. Registration matters if the dispute goes further: for a United States work, no civil action for infringement can be brought until the copyright has been registered or preregistered, or registration has been refused.

What does the tool do with my information?

To draft the letter, the details you enter are sent to our server and to the AI model that writes the draft; the letter comes back to your browser and is not saved to our database. Your IP address is recorded only to enforce the five-per-day limit. If you choose to email yourself the PDF, it is sent through our server to deliver that email.