Copyright takedowns for copied websites
We file the takedown. You pay when the copy is gone.
Send us the pages that copy yours. We check you were first, write a notice that holds up, send it to the host as your agent and follow it until the host decides. If the page stays up, you owe nothing.
Free review. No account. US hosts.
We started in a two-car garage with one kiln and a stack of library books on glaze chemistry. Twelve years later every piece is still finished by the same three pairs of hands, and we ship worldwide. Nothing leaves the studio until it has rung true when tapped.
- Checked you published firstArchive capture, 14 months older
- Notice filed with the hostSent to its designated agent
- Page checked againNo longer available
- Invoice issuedOnly now, not before
Example · not a real case
How it works
Six steps. An invoice appears at the fifth, and only if it worked.
- 1
You send the pages
Your page, and the pages that copy it. Two minutes, no account, no card.
- 2
A person reviews them
We read both sides, check the dates, and look for permission or fair use. If we would not file, we say so and why. This costs nothing.
- 3
You approve a fixed price
One price per page, from the table below, set before any work starts. It does not change later.
- 4
We file as your agent
A notice with everything the law asks for, sent to the host’s designated agent, and to Google search when it helps. You sign off on it first.
- 5
We check it is gone
We look at the page ourselves. Only when it is down, or no longer carries your work, do we send an invoice.
- 6
We look again later
Copies sometimes come back. We check again a week and a month after, and re-file at no charge if the same page returns.
Pricing
One price per page, agreed before we start.
Invoiced only after the copy is down. 3 or more pages from one request take 15% off each.
Your text copied at length
One page carrying 100 or more of your words, on a host that answers notices.
$95
Your photo on their page
One page using the same image file as yours.
$125
Several pages cloned
Pages on one host, filed together as one batch.
$175
Ownership has to be assembled
No registration, or the work carries no date, so we build the record first.
$225
Filed through several channels
The site, its host, the registrar and Google search, together.
$295
You pay nothing for
- Reviewing your request and telling you whether we would file
- Pages we decline to file
- Notices the host ignores or refuses
- A page that comes back up after the other side objects
What we take on
Clear copies of your own work.
- Your text copied at length: an About page, a service page, an article, a product description you wrote.
- Your photos used on someone else’s page.
- Whole pages or whole sites cloned onto another domain.
- Copies hosted with US companies, and copies showing in Google search.
What we turn down
Anything we could not stand behind.
- A sentence or two. Short phrases are rarely protected, and a notice over one is a risk to you.
- Pages that quote you to review, criticise or discuss your work. That is very likely fair use.
- Text you licensed or handed out: supplier descriptions, press kits, speaker bios.
- Pages that look older than yours, until we know why.
- Anything where we cannot see that you own the work or speak for the owner.
- Hosts outside the US for now. Their rules are different and we would rather not guess.
The reason we are strict: a takedown notice is made under penalty of perjury, and under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) a notice that misrepresents a copy can make whoever sent it liable for the other side's costs. We sign as your agent, so we carry that too. Turning a page down protects you as much as us.
What we never do
Five lines we do not cross.
Call it theft
A copy can be licensed, quoted or older than yours. We describe what we see.
Threaten anyone
Notices are plain and factual. Threats make hosts slower, not faster.
File without your sign-off
Every notice is shown to you before it goes. It is made in your name, under penalty of perjury.
Promise a removal
Hosts, registrars and search engines decide. We file well and follow up.
Charge for a page that stays up
If it is still there, there is no invoice.
Questions
Before you send one.
Do I pay anything up front?
No. Review is free, and the price you approve is only invoiced after we have checked the copy is gone or no longer carries your work.
Are you lawyers?
No. We are a takedown service: we prepare and send copyright notices as your authorised agent, which the law allows anyone to do. If the other side objects with a counter-notice and you want to go further, that is the point to speak to a lawyer, and we will tell you so.
What if they send a counter-notice?
The host may then restore the page 10 to 14 business days later unless a lawsuit is filed. If that happens, you owe us nothing for that page.
Do I need to have registered my copyright?
Not to send a notice. Your work is protected when you create it. Registration matters if a case ever goes to court in the US, and it makes ownership quicker to show, which is why undated or unregistered work sits on its own price line.
How long does it take?
It depends on the host. Some act on a notice quickly, some need a reminder, and a few ignore notices entirely, which is why we file with the search engine too when it helps. We tell you what we hear, as we hear it.
Can you find copies of my site for me?
If you do not have the addresses yet, tell us your site in the request and say you are not sure where the copies are. We will look before we quote.
Have the addresses?
Send them. A person reads every request and replies by email with what we would file and what it would cost.