Complying With The DMCA Process: Service Providers Don't Always Make It Easy

"It is not in the service provider's interest to help you submit a compliant DMCA takedown. As such, copyright owners should consider drafting their own notices, or having an attorney draft one, and sending them to the agent shown in the DMCA Agent Directory."

Intellectual property owners frequently face difficulties getting their work removed from websites run by companies like Google and Apple, and other service providers where users upload infringing material. The service providers may provide forms and contact information for an intellectual property rights owner to contact when infringing material is found on their site. But, even strict adherence to the service provider's procedures often fails to result in the removal of the infringing material. This leaves IP owners frustrated by a seeming inability to remove infringing content from the Internet.