Copyright & Plagiarism (DMCA)

You can ask us to remove it through our DMCA notice-and-takedown process. Send a takedown notice with the required details to our Designated Agent — the full process and where to send it are on the DMCA Copyright Policy page. Full guide: Reporting copyright infringement →

Plagiarism is passing someone else's work off as your own — an honesty problem. Copyright infringement is using the actual expression of a work without permission — a legal one. Our takedown process is for copyright, which protects the specific words and arrangement of a poem, not a general theme or title. More on copyright & plagiarism →

No. You can file a DMCA notice as the copyright owner (or someone authorized to act for you) without having registered the poem first. Registration carries real legal advantages, but it isn't required to send a notice. Why registering can be worth it →

A valid notice needs your signature, identification of your work and of the infringing material (with a link), your contact details, a good-faith statement that the use isn't authorized, and a statement under penalty of perjury that you're the owner or authorized to act for them. The DMCA Copyright Policy lists them in full.

If your material was taken down by mistake or misidentification, you can send a counter-notice. If it's valid, we forward it to the person who filed the original complaint and may restore your material in 10 to 14 business days, unless they go to court first. The required details are on the DMCA Copyright Policy page.

No. Copyright is for creative work being used without permission. If a private, intimate image or video of you was shared without your consent, use Image Removal (TAKE IT DOWN Act) instead — a separate, higher-priority route.