Take Down

Take Down

This refers to the 'DMCA notice and takedown process', which is known as a tool for copyright owners in order to have user-uploaded content infringing their copyrights removed from websites. It is a well-established internet standard followed by internet service providers (ISPs) and owners of the website. Any content owner is granted the right to process a takedown notice against an Online Service Provider and/or a website owner if the property of the content owner is found online without their authorization.

These Takedown actions happen upon receipt of a DMCA Takedown Notice, using rules outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (DMCA). This Act directly addresses the process of takedown of infringed materials from websites that are publishing materials violating copyright protection act or content being utilized without authorization or not in accordance with the statement of the content owner.

For processing the takedown notice,  the copyright holder will send a takedown notice to an ISP requesting the service provider to remove infringed content to their copyrights. A service provider can be an internet service provider, website operator (e.g, Amazon), search engine (e.g., Bing, Google), a web host, or other types of online operators.  Some elements should be included in a takedown notice that are described by the copyright law. The online provider has a right to refuse to take down the content if most of these elements are not included.  The service provider still may refuse to take down the content even if a takedown notice complies with all the legal requirements. Nevertheless, if they fail to do so, then they may be responsible for assisting with copyright infringement.

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