CAT · 01
Photography & imagery
Stock reuse, cropped-out watermarks, product shots lifted into competitor listings, and portraits republished without a model or usage release.
Intellectual property enforcement
Unauthorised use, documented and removed.
Someone published your photograph, your video, your writing, your design or your software without asking. We find every copy, build an evidence record that stands up, and pursue removal — or paid licensing — on your behalf.
Enforcement register
Sample entries
Illustrative case records · Identifying details withheld
48h
Target time from accepted report to first notice served
181
Countries bound by the Berne Convention, where your copyright already exists
7
Categories of work we act on, from imagery to source code
0
Registration required before you can file — protection starts at creation
What we act on
Seven categories of work, one process
Copyright attaches the moment a work is fixed in a tangible form. What changes between these categories is where the copies surface and which channel gets them taken down.
CAT · 02
Video & film
Full re-uploads, clipped segments monetised on other channels, and course material redistributed through closed groups and file lockers.
CAT · 03
Music & audio
Unlicensed sync in short-form video, sampled tracks released commercially, and podcast episodes re-hosted under another name.
CAT · 04
Writing & publishing
Scraped articles, translated copies published without permission, and books split into chapters and sold through unauthorised sellers.
CAT · 05
Design & illustration
Templates resold, illustrations printed onto merchandise, and interface work copied wholesale into competing products.
CAT · 06
Brand & trade marks
Cloned storefronts, impersonation accounts, domains registered in bad faith, and paid ads run against your name.
CAT · 07
Software & source code
Licensed code redistributed outside its terms, nulled plugins and themes, cracked builds, and repositories republished with the attribution stripped out.
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Case procedure
How a case runs
Every case moves through the same five stages in the same order. You are told which stage you are in and what the next one requires.
01
Intake and ownership check
You file a report describing the work and where you found it. We confirm you hold the rights you are claiming — original files, publication dates, contracts, assignments — because a claim built on shaky ownership fails later, expensively.
02
Discovery
We search beyond the copy you already found. Reverse image and audio matching, text fingerprinting and domain records usually surface further instances on mirrors, resale sites and accounts you did not know existed.
03
Evidence record
Each instance is captured with a timestamped screenshot, the full URL, archived page source, server and registrar details, and the identity of the host. This record is what makes a notice actionable rather than an email that gets ignored.
04
Notice and removal
We serve the correct notice through the correct channel — platform rights portal, host abuse desk, registrar, payment processor or ad network — and escalate when the first route stalls.
05
Resolution or referral
Most matters end with removal. Where the use is commercially valuable, we can pursue a retroactive licence instead. Where the infringer contests the claim or the loss is substantial, we hand you a complete file and refer you to qualified counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
Standards of practice
A notice is a legal statement. We treat it that way.
Filing a takedown means declaring, under penalty of perjury in several jurisdictions, that you own the work and that the use is unauthorised. Careless notices get accounts sanctioned and claims dismissed. Ours are checked before they leave.
- Ownership verified against source files and dated records before any notice is served
- Fair use, fair dealing and quotation exceptions assessed case by case, not assumed away
- Counter-notices answered on the merits, and withdrawn where the other side is right
- No automated mass filing — every notice is reviewed by a person
- Full evidence file released to you on request, in a form counsel can use
Protection of works is automatic. It does not depend on registration, notice, or any formality — and it applies across every country bound by the Convention.Principle of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Article 5(2)
Common questions
Before you file
Do I need to have registered my copyright first?
No. Under the Berne Convention, copyright exists from the moment a work is created and fixed in a tangible form. Registration is not a precondition for protection or for filing a takedown. It does matter in some jurisdictions — in the United States, for instance, registration affects your ability to bring an infringement suit and to claim statutory damages — so we will tell you when it is worth doing.
What if the infringer is in another country?
Territory matters less than you would expect, because enforcement usually runs through the platform or host rather than the courts. A video on a global platform is removed under that platform's policy regardless of where the uploader sits. Cross-border litigation is a different matter, and that is where we refer you to counsel.
Is credit the same as permission?
No. Attribution is not a licence. Someone can name you as the creator and still be infringing, unless your licence terms say attribution alone is sufficient — as some Creative Commons licences do. Read the licence you actually published under.
Can you get money as well as removal?
Sometimes. Where a work has been used commercially, a retroactive licence is often faster and more realistic than a damages claim. We can open that negotiation. We do not, however, send demands for payment as a substitute for a genuine claim, and we will not act on a claim we do not believe is sound.
What can't you do?
We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice or representation. We do not file lawsuits, appear in court, or act as a regulator. We cannot compel anyone to do anything — our leverage comes from platform policy, host terms of service and statutory notice regimes. When a matter needs a lawyer, we say so.
Your work is already being copied.
The question is only whether anyone is looking. Filing a report costs nothing and takes about ten minutes.