(C) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled (B) an identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled (A) your physical or electronic signature A successful counter-notification will typically remove any "strikes" against your account relating to the particular notice. If you believe your content has been taken down in error, or wish to contest a DMCA notice, you can submit a counter-notice to the service provider. You can accept the takedown notice, or you can file a counter-notice. When you receive such a notice, you have two options. Here's an example of what such as notice might look like: A proper DMCA takedown notice from the copyright holder must identify the infringing material clearly and specifically and state that they have a “good faith belief” that the material infringes their copyright. The DMCA ProcessĪ DMCA takedown notices typically result from a formal notice of copyright infringement from the copyright holder to the service provider about your broadcast. Two common requirements are that the company implement a “notice-and-takedown” system and the company cancel the accounts of repeat infringers. This means that these service providers can not be held directly liable for infringing content streamed or posted by its creators, as long as it complies with the rules of the DMCA. The DMCA grants online service providers (such as Facebook, Twitch and Youtube) certain “safe harbor” protections from copyright infringement liability as long as they meet certain requirements. The DMCA is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.