How Does Google DMCA Notice Work?

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The Easiest Way To File a Google DMCA Notice

Google is the leading and most famous search engine in the world, and whether you like it or not, you probably use it regularly. So what happens when you see your picture or piece of writing on a website that is not yours? There is one acceptable solution—a straightforward DMCA takedown notice.

To avoid these kinds of issues and protect your work, you should learn about copyright claims, how to copyright, how copyright works, and how long it lasts.

Copyright Violation on Google

Copyright infringement refers to any violation of the exclusive intellectual property rights of the owner. These rights can include reproduction, preparation of derivative works, production and distribution of copies by selling or renting, or public display. Here is the list of creative works in the digital form that enjoy DMCA protection:

  • Literary works
  • Musical works
  • Dramatic works
  • Compilations
  • Sound recordings
  • Motion pictures and other audiovisual works
  • Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
  • Pantomimes and choreographic works

The list is long, but artists, musicians, writers, photographers, and other content creators face copyright infringement of their work every day. Music, movies, and television are industries that are taking the biggest hit, but even if you are not in these industries, searching on Google will probably result in finding your work on websites you haven’t even heard of.

What Is the DMCA?

Before the internet, artists didn’t experience copyright infringement as frequently as today. With the expansion of online activities, copyright issues started to increase, and the need for proper copyright regulation emerged. That is how the DMCA came to life.

The DMCA stands for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright law passed in 1998, regulating the rights and obligations of copyright owners. There are several DMCA-related terms to be aware of, including:

  • Safe harbor
  • Fair use
  • Takedown notices

DMCA safe harbors allows Online Service Providers (OSP) and other internet mediators to be excluded from direct copyright infringement. By creating safe harbors, DMCA enabled the expansion of the internet and the improvement of the quality and variety of online content and services.

Fair use refers to the right to use the copyrighted content without permission for:

  • Criticism
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Scholarship
  • Commentary
  • News reporting

By using copyrighted content that falls under these categories, individuals are not committing any violations.

DMCA takedown notice is a copyright infringement notice used for taking down content from a website if copyright violations were detected.

How To File a Google DMCA Notice

If you find out that someone stole your original work, you can deal with it in several ways. Whichever option you chose, you need to prepare before filing a notice by doing the following:

  • Logging in to your Google account
  • Getting proof that you are the content owner
  • Finding URL of the original work
  • Finding URL of the infringed copyright

Filing a Notice on Your Own

When it comes to filing DMCA notices from scratch, you should know that you can send them to internet service providers, website DMCA representatives, or individuals who copied your work without permission directly.

While the DMCA notices don’t need to have the same form, there are still parts that each notice needs to include to be deemed valid. The table below lists the crucial parts that each DMCA notice must contain:

Required InformationExplanation
Location of the infringing contentYou should include a URL of the webpage where you found the infringing copy, the title of the document, or any other information that will identify it
Location of your original contentThis section needs to contain the identifying information for your original work—URL, title, or description
Your contact informationYou should include your full name, address, email, or a phone number
Good faith statementThe notice should include a statement that you have good reason to believe that you didn’t authorize the use of your work
Accuracy statementYou should add one sentence where you guarantee the included information is true to the best of your knowledge
SignatureIt is recommended to add your written manual signature whenever possible

Google DMCA Removal Request

Google offers a way to handle removal requests, and if you are a website owner, you can do it yourself. You can manage a copyright removal by using the removal dashboard in your Webmaster Tools account. Go to Google.com and follow these instructions:

  1. Go to Copyright Removal dashboard
  2. Log in with your Google account
  3. Select Create New Notice
  4. Fill out the contact information
  5. Fill out the copyrighted work details
  6. Add infringed work details
  7. Select Sworn Statements

Google will review your removal notice and take adequate action if they find it necessary.

Be sure to check the removal dashboard regularly since Google won’t send you any updates after filing a removal notice.

You can also check the Transparency Report page, where you can see the number of DMCA takedown requests that Google processed and URLs delisted from Search results. The page offers an overview of the reporting organizations, specified domains, or copyright holders who have submitted or been cited in most of the requests.

How To File a Google DMCA Notice Using DoNotPay

With the help of DoNotPay, you won’t have to pay for legal assistance to file a DMCA notice. We provide a safe and easy way of tackling this problem.

Sign up for DoNotPay from any and follow these steps:

  1. Select DMCA Takedown feature
  2. Add the title of your work
  3. Enter the URL of the original work
  4. Enter the URL of the website where you found your content used without permission
  5. Confirm your contact info and identity
  6. Hit Sign and Submit

The results will appear at the My Disputes tab soon after.

Alternative Ways of Filing a Google DMCA Notice

Depending on the type of stolen content, you can file a DMCA notice with these organizations focused on specific industries:

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