What if I did not film it?

Then this is the wrong route and sending it anyway can backfire, because the notice contains a sworn statement. Use the platform’s report path for non-consensual intimate content instead. It does not ask about copyright at all, and it is usually faster.

Do I have to register the copyright first?

No. In the US, copyright exists from the moment the work is created and fixed in some form. Registration matters if you want to sue for certain kinds of damages later, but it is not needed to send a takedown notice.

Do I have to use my real name and address?

A valid notice needs real contact details, and the site may forward the whole notice to the person who uploaded the material. If that is a safety problem, and it often is, use a lawyer or a takedown service so that their details appear rather than yours, or use the non-consensual content route instead.

What if they file a counter-notice?

The site can put the material back after a set period unless you file a court action. That is uncomfortable, and it is another reason the non-consensual content route is usually preferable when it is available: it does not have a counter-notice mechanism attached to it.

What if the site is not in the US?

The DMCA is US law, but the format has become the standard way to report infringement almost everywhere, and most hosts accept it regardless of where they are. Many countries also have their own equivalent process. Send the notice in this format and it will usually be understood.

How to write a DMCA takedown notice 67leaks

Check this first: a takedown notice only works if you own the copyright, which normally means you filmed it. If the other person held the camera, use the platform's report path for private content shared without consent instead. It does not ask about ownership and it is usually faster. Compare the four routes.

What a valid notice has to contain

The requirements are short and specific. A notice missing any of them can be rejected, and rejection costs you a week.

Your physical or electronic signature.
A description of the work you say has been copied.
The exact location of the copies, as full web addresses.
Your contact details: name, address, email, and usually a phone number.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or are authorised to act for the owner.

The last two are why you should not send one for a video you did not make. The sworn statement is the part with teeth.

A template you can copy

Replace everything in square brackets. Keep the numbered structure: it makes the notice easy for someone processing a queue of them to check off quickly, which is the entire goal.

Subject: DMCA Takedown Notice To whom it may concern, I am the copyright owner of the work described below. I am writing to report that it has been copied and made available on your service without my permission, and to request its removal. 1. The copyrighted work [Describe the video: title if it has one, how long it is, when you made it, and where the original is published if it is published at all. If it was never published, say so.] 2. Where the infringing material is located [One full web address per line. Include the timestamp if your material appears inside a longer video.] https://example.com/watch?v=... https://example.com/watch?v=... 3. My contact details Name: [your name or the name you do business under] Email: [an address you check] Address: [postal address] Phone: [optional in many cases] 4. Statements required by law I have a good faith belief that the use of the material described above is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Signed, [your name] [date]

Where to send it

Look for the address in this order:

The site's own copyright or DMCA page, usually linked in the footer. Many have a form, and a form is better than an email because it goes straight into the queue.
An abuse or legal address on the same page, or in the terms of service.
If the site is US-based, the designated agent listed in the US Copyright Office directory.
If none of that exists, go to the hosting company and the domain registrar instead. Look up the domain in a WHOIS service for the registrar, and the IP address for the host. Both publish abuse contacts, and both have far more to lose than the site does.

Practical points that save time

One notice, many links. If the same site has ten copies, list all ten in one notice rather than sending ten notices.
Keep the notice text identical between sites. Only the links change. This turns a long job into a mechanical one.
Include timestamps when your material sits inside a longer video. "From 12:41 to 14:03" is much harder to wave away than a link to a forty minute upload.
Log everything: what you sent, to whom, on what date, and any reference number that comes back.
Do not exaggerate. A notice that overreaches gives the site a reason to reject the whole thing.

If it is ignored

Chase once after a week, quoting the original date and any reference number. If two weeks pass with nothing at all, stop resending and go up a level: the hosting company, the domain registrar, and for a commercial site the payment provider. Include the fact that you contacted the site and got no response, with dates. Ignoring a valid notice is precisely what costs a host its legal protection, so this escalation carries real weight.

Search results are a separate cleanup. Once the page itself is gone, search engines have their own removal tools for outdated and for personal content.

Before you send anything, get all the links

The notice text is the same whether you have one link or thirty, so the expensive part is finding them. Copies get renamed, cropped, mirrored and cut into other videos, which is why searching your own name misses most of them. Matching the video itself finds the rest.

How to write a DMCA takedown notice