Protection on YouTube
Past the report button:
the whole YouTube ladder.
YouTube's copyright tools work when you use them completely: takedown forms for reuploads, strikes for repeat channels, Content ID where you qualify, and search de-listing for the mirror sites the forms can't touch. We run that ladder as a service.
Counter-notice handling included in case strategy. Timestamped case updates on managed cases.
What theft looks like here
The YouTube-specific playbook
Each tool exists for a different theft pattern. Using one for the other wastes the filing.
Reupload takedowns
The core tool: a valid §512 notice removes a reupload, issues a strike, and adds to the channel's termination count. Drafting quality decides whether it sticks.
The mechanics →Compilation channels
Clips of yours inside monetized compilations. Each compilation is actionable; a campaign of filings terminates the farming channel.
Content ID, when you have it
Fingerprint matching that monetizes or blocks reuploads automatically. We help rights-holders understand when it applies and when manual notices do more.
Content ID vs takedowns →Mirror sites beyond YouTube
YouTube rippers and mirror sites serving your videos with their own ads, outside YouTube entirely, handled by host, registrar, and search channels.
Counter-notice response
A counter-notice starts a 10–14 business-day clock: sue or the video returns. We map your options before the window closes.
Counter-notice timeline →False claims against YOUR channel
Wrongful Content ID claims and takedowns on your uploads. The counter-notice generator (full DIY kit) and our defense add-on exist for this side.
Counter-notice tool →How we handle it
How a YouTube case runs here
- 1
You list the videos and URLs
Your originals (or proof of channel ownership) plus every infringing URL, one case covers up to 25.
- 2
We verify and draft§512(c)(3)
Frame-matched documentation, then a §512(c)(3) notice filed through YouTube's copyright webform with the statutory elements complete.
- 3
Beyond-YouTube filings
Rip sites, mirrors, and Google results get host, registrar, and de-listing notices in the same case, the part most creators skip.
- 4
Strategy across cases
Repeat channels tracked toward the 3-strike threshold; counter-notices handled within their window; monitoring catches re-farms.
Where it happens
The YouTube theft surface
Go deeper
The YouTube shelf of the library
Pricing for this vertical
The same flat structure, whatever you create
Free
Start protecting today, no card.
- Protection badge + public certificate
- 1 monitored asset, one-time scan
- Free watermarking tool
Starter
Weekly watch for a growing catalog.
- 10 assets, weekly scans
- 300 searches/month included
- 1 managed takedown every month
- 25 hosted watermarks/month
Pro
Daily scans and the full toolkit.
- 50 assets, daily scans
- 3,000 searches/month
- Hourly copycat-domain watch
- Visual image verification
- 4 managed takedowns every month
Business
Scale, priority, and headroom.
- 200 assets, daily scans
- 15,000 searches/month
- Reverse image search (Cloud Vision)
- 10 managed takedowns every month
- 1,000 hosted watermarks/month
Quick Send
We draft and deliver the notice. You keep the wheel.
- One infringing site, up to 25 URLs
- Professionally drafted §512(c)(3) notice
- All four channels: operator, host, registrar, search
- Delivery confirmation for your records
Standard
The full managed case, our default recommendation.
- Everything in Quick Send
- Host, registrar and search escalation with follow-ups
- 24–48 hour processing
- Every step timestamped in your dashboard
Urgent
A leak that's spreading now, processed first.
- Everything in Standard
- Priority queue placement
- For live damage and spreading content
- Complex targets like bulletproof hosts quoted before charging
Volume discounts apply automatically (10% off at 10 paid notices, 17% at 25+), and monitoring subscribers get 20% off any case beyond their monthly quota, full case details · plan matrix.
Questions
YouTube questions
YouTube gives you the tools. We bring the follow-through.
File the ladder, form, strikes, mirrors, search, in one case.