Guide for Creators

If we receive a complete copyright notice about one of your videos, we disable access to it and tell you right away, by email and in your notifications.

This is not a decision that you did anything wrong. The law requires us to take a video down when we receive a complete notice, and we do not judge who is right. Your video and its files are kept. Only public access is switched off.

You receive a copy of the notice. It tells you who sent it, which work they say was copied, and how to reach them. Every notice about your videos is listed on the DMCA claims page in Creator Studio.

Open the claim and choose what fits. There is no deadline.

File a Counter-Notice

Choose this if the takedown is a mistake. For example, the work is your own, you have permission or a license, or your use counts as fair use.

A counter-notice is a legal document made under penalty of perjury. The rights holder receives a full copy, including your name, address, and phone number. Your video then comes back 10 to 14 business days later, unless the rights holder tells us they have filed a court action. See Counter-Notices for what it involves.

Upload an Edited Version

If part of the notice is right, remove or replace the material that was claimed and upload the result as a new video. The original stays down unless a counter-notice or a withdrawal brings it back.

Contact the Rights Holder

Many notices come from a misunderstanding that a short conversation can clear up. The claim shows the rights holder's name and email address, and when they have a FlareNetwork account you can message them from the claim page.

If they withdraw the notice, your video is restored at once.

The video stays down, and the takedown counts as a copyright strike until it expires. You can still file a counter-notice later, for as long as you keep the video.

• Each takedown that is not reversed counts as one strike.
• A strike does not count while your counter-notice is pending.
• A strike is removed if the video is restored.
• A strike expires 6 months after it is issued.
• An account with 3 active strikes is terminated.

See Strikes & Abuse for the full policy.

• Only upload work you made yourself or have clear permission to use
• Read the fair use guidelines before you use someone else's work
• Keep your licenses, permissions, and original project files