Having your content stolen and used on illegal websites is no fun. Make no mistake, this is a crime and you are dealing with real criminals when battling to take your videos down. If you’re new to this experience just know all hope is not lost, I’m gonna show you your options and help you fight back and take control of your content, image and earnings. Before we explore your options, you should know that there will be times you may have to use a combination of tacktics to get your content effectively taken down. As long as you acknowledge this, you wont get discouraged if your first attempt doesnt get the results that you want. Keep your chin up, you got this!

In this article we cover
1. Does the DMCA Work Outside the USA?
2. Content Removal Steps
3. DMCA & WHOIS Links
4. Google Copywrite Removal Form

Legally no, as it is American legislation and the content needs to be located or hosted in the United States in order to be subject to the DMCA.

However, in practice, most international service providers will take into account such takedown requests and remove the infringing content even if they are not legally obliged to do so. That is especially true if you, as the copyright holder, are located in the United States and the country in which the infringing website is hosted is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

This is why it can be such a tricky process and why you may need to submit a DMCA a few times or hire a professional service that has some legal backer to send bitchy Lawyer emails.

1. Do google searches of all your usernames and include the words free, cam and porn in different combinations just to be thorough. 

2. Collect all the url’s of uploaded videos and which sites they are on.

3. Write up your DMCA using the DMCA TEMPLATE below.

4. To find out where you need to send your DMCA you’ll have to do a WHOIS search. (Link below) Use the illegal site name for the search then scroll down till you see the sites REGISTRAR. This is who hosts their site and you will go to that site to submit the DMCA. You will find the ‘contact us’ or ‘report abuse’ link at the bottom of the registrar site and that where you send the DMCA.*DO NOT SEND THE DMCA TO THE ILLEGAL SITE ITSELF

5. While waiting for the reply from the registrar you can have your VIDEO LINKS removed from Google search results so people cant find them through a search. Use the ‘Google Content Removal Form’ (found below) and put all the search links you found from your search there. 

6. Repeat once a month to keep the web clear of your illegal uploads!

• Do a WHOIS search to find out who hosts the website.

• Prepare Your DMCA Notice: DMCA TEMPLATE

This is the process to remove links (and even images) from appearing in Google search results. By submitting this form you are telling Google these sites have illegally pirated your content and you don't want people to be able to find it. Google then removes the search link and the illegal site is penalized by being 'de-indexed' which means it will rank lower in search results as a whole.

How you do this:

1. Find EVERY link for your videos that you want to take down by doing a thorough search. You can remove up to 1000 links at a time.

2. Fill out this form ‘Google copyright removal’

3. DON'T USE YOUR REAL NAME ON THE FORM. A fake "real" name will do. This form will live in place of your removed search link for 30 days

   
   
   
   Enjoy!

~ Cam Coach NikkiNight