The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Recent Takedown Notices

  1. DMCA Takedown Notice (Tweet)
  2. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  3. DMCA Takedown Notice (Tweet)
  4. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  5. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

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From the Blog

  1. 33,000+ DMCA notices sent in an apparent attempt to defend the reputation of an alleged Russian criminal--systematic abuse of the DMCA notice-and-takedown procedure Alana Prinzessin Zu Sayn Wittgenstein on December 12, 2022
  2. Brazil Court Orders, the Election and the Removal of “Fake News” Alana Prinzessin Zu Sayn Wittgenstein on October 31, 2022
  3. Lumen Researcher Interview Series: Ernesto van der Sar of TorrentFreak the Lumen Team on August 18, 2022
  4. Stark increase in government takedown requests in Lumen Shreya Tewari on July 19, 2022
  5. Over thirty thousand DMCA notices reveal an organized attempt to abuse copyright law on April 22, 2022