DMCA copyright takedown process template

Steps in this flowchart

• Copyright notice received
• Check notice has required DMCA elements
• Notice complete & valid?
• Reply requesting missing information
• Locate infringing URLs
• Remove or disable access to content
• Notify uploader with copy of notice
• Add copyright strike to account
• Repeat infringer threshold reached?
• Terminate account
• Uploader files counter-notice?
• Content stays down
• Forward counter-notice to claimant
• Claimant files lawsuit within 10-14 business days?
• Restore content & remove strike
• Log to Lumen transparency database
• Notice closed

How to use this flowchart template

1. Click Open in the editor. The flowchart opens on a new page in FlowDiagram — nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
2. Rename, add or delete shapes and drag them where you want; connectors stay attached as things move.
3. Drop in vendor logos from the library — 1,160 of them, including every AWS, Azure and Google Cloud service icon — or restyle it with the colour and theme controls.
4. Prefer text? Edit the Mermaid source below and paste it in through ☰ → Import diagram (see the Mermaid editor); it imports as an editable diagram.
5. Export to PNG, SVG or PDF, or press Ctrl+L for a link that carries the whole diagram.

Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

flowchart TD
  A((Copyright notice received)) --> B[Check notice has required DMCA elements]
  B --> C{Notice complete & valid?}
  C -->|No| D[Reply requesting missing information]
  C -->|Yes| E[Locate infringing URLs]
  E --> F[Remove or disable access to content]
  F --> G[Notify uploader with copy of notice]
  G --> H[Add copyright strike to account]
  H --> I{Repeat infringer threshold reached?}
  I -->|Yes| J[Terminate account]
  I -->|No| K{Uploader files counter-notice?}
  K -->|No| L[Content stays down]
  K -->|Yes| M[Forward counter-notice to claimant]
  M --> N{Claimant files lawsuit within 10-14 business days?}
  N -->|Yes| L
  N -->|No| O[Restore content & remove strike]
  L --> P[Log to Lumen transparency database]
  O --> P
  J --> P
  D --> Q((Notice closed))
  P --> Q

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