How I get stolen content taken OFF the Internet

In this video, I'll walk you through an overview of what you'll learn in this Unit on writing a DMCA takedown letter.

This video contains a brief intro to copyright law, as you need to determine whether or not you actually own a copyright before sending a DMCA takedown letter. We also discuss the benefits of registering your copyright before sending the notice.

This video discusses the next step in the process, which is to determine if the other person's use is actually infringing your copyright.

One of the most important things when analyzing copyright infringement is fair use. We look at an overview of this popular defense to copyright infringement in this video.

My eBook about Fair Use - it goes into more detail about the four factors and provides some sample analysis of different situations. This should be helpful in deciding whether or not there is infringement.

In this video, we discuss the jurisdiction limits of the DMCA and whether or not the ISP would be covered by it. We also look at how the party that uploaded the infringing content can change the analysis.

In this video, I walk you through my process for tracking down the particular place where a DMCA takedown notice should be sent. We cover "whois" lookups, finding hosts, and tracking down Terms of Service, among other topics in this video. I have included a few live screencasts of my search for you to watch, as well.

This video is the meat of the takedown content: we learn exactly what you need to have in your takedown letter.

Watch me fill out a sample takedown letter using the template that I've included with the course.

My DMCA takedown notice template

This video gives an overview of what we'll learn in this Unit regarding the sending of DMCA counter notices to get content put back up. We also discuss some of the considerations you should make before you send that counter notice.

In this video, we look at the legal requirements for a DMCA Counter Notice.

A demonstration of how to use the counter notice template included in the course, from filling it out to sending it.

My DMCA Counter Notice template

A discussion of what may happen after you've sent the counter notice to get your content put back up.

In this bonus video, we'll look at YouTube's Content ID system, which allows certain copyright owners to automate the process of dealing with copyright infringement. However, when it affects you, you should know how to deal with a Content ID flag or face the consequences!

In this BONUS video, I discuss what Copyright Strikes are on YouTube, how they affect you as a content creator and what can be done to get rid of them. I also discuss what to do when you want to do a takedown against someone who has infringed on your YouTube content.

In this video, I introduce the topic of ISP requirements under the DMCA.

In this video, we look at the various requirements that an ISP must meet in order to qualify for the DMCA safe harbor and escape liability for their users' copyright infringement.

This pdf outlines the safe harbor requirements for less common ISP types.

In this video, you can watch as I use YouTube's automated takedown system to get a video taken down under the DMCA.

In this Bonus video, I do a live takedown demonstration of an actual infringing blog post! This one has a special wrinkle that I explain - what to do when the IP address is from RIPE or another bulk IP address purchaser.

In this video, we go over what we've learned in the course and talk about other resources available for students. Thanks for sticking with the course, and please take 30 seconds to review it. That helps me produce new content for you to enjoy!