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No. We work on copyright only. We do not offer trademark, brand-protection or counterfeit work.

Film and television, music, publishing, live and sports, and software and digital work.

We work with rights holders. The organisations named on this site are Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation, BTC Inc., and tvWAN Sports S.A.

Copyright Ltd is at 14 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, Canary Wharf, London E14 9XL, United Kingdom.

It means looking for unauthorised copies of your work online so they can be identified and acted on, for example with a takedown or a search delisting request.

We look across video platforms, social platforms, marketplaces, hosting and the open web, depending on the works you ask us to protect and where copies are likely to appear.

No. Monitoring finds suspected copies. Those findings are reviewed against the work you own or control before any notice is sent.

A DMCA takedown is a formal notice asking an online service to remove material that infringes copyright. The name comes from the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We prepare and submit these notices, and related copyright takedown requests, on behalf of rights holders.

Yes. We prepare takedown requests for platforms, social networks and hosting providers. Each service has its own process, and that service decides how it responds.

A clear identification of the work you own or control, the location of the infringing copy (usually the exact URL), and confirmation that you are authorised to act. We will tell you if anything else is required for a particular service.

Search delisting is asking a search engine to stop showing specific URLs in its results for copyright reasons. It does not by itself remove the page from the site that hosts it. Removing the copy at its source is what a takedown is for.

Often, yes. A delisted page can still be reached by anyone who has the direct address or finds it another way. Many rights holders use both: a takedown at the host, and delisting to reduce how easily new people find the copy in search.

Yes. We help rights holders prepare and document their works for copyright registration. Registration itself is completed with the relevant national office.

In many countries, including the UK, copyright generally arises when an original work is created and recorded, without a registration step. Registration can still be useful in some places and for some types of enforcement. We can talk through what would apply to your works.

It means capturing and organising a clear record of where your work has been used without permission: the copy, the page or listing, the address, and the date, so takedowns, delisting and further enforcement can start from that file.

The same records can support platform and host notices, search delisting requests, discussions with licensees, and further enforcement if you decide to escalate.

Fees depend on the work. We discuss scope and fees by email once we understand what you need, and we only start work once those terms have been agreed in writing.

No. A form or an email is an enquiry. We follow up by email. Work begins only when the scope, fees and any other terms have been agreed in writing.

Use the get-started form, write via the contact page, or email contact@copyrightltd.com. Tell us about the work you need protected and we will follow up by email.

The work you want protected, where you have seen it used without permission if you know, and which of our services you are interested in. The more specific you can be, the further we can take the first reply.

We read every message and reply by email. We may ask a few follow-up questions so we can understand the works, the copies and the services that would help.

We prepare notices for video and audio platforms, social networks, marketplaces, hosting providers and other services that have a copyright complaint process. If a service has no usable process, we will tell you and discuss the alternatives, such as writing to the host or requesting search delisting.

We follow up on the notices we send. If a service is slow or unresponsive, we will discuss the next useful step with you, which may include a different contact at the same organisation, the hosting provider, or a delisting request.

Not usually. Most notices are sent through a service's published copyright process. If a particular platform requires access or a rights-manager account, we will explain that before you decide.

We read every message and reply by email. We do not publish a fixed response time, and we will be clear with you about next steps in that reply.

That depends on the platform, host or search engine. Each one makes its own decision, on its own timetable. We prepare and follow up on the request; we cannot set their deadline.

Re-uploads and mirrors are common. We can watch for the same work appearing again and send further notices or delisting requests as new URLs appear.

If a service removes material after a takedown notice, the uploader can sometimes file a counter-notice stating that they believe the material was removed by mistake or misidentification. The service then typically tells the sender.

We will tell you if a counter-notice is received and discuss the next step with you. Under the US DMCA process, if the sender does not tell the service within a short statutory window that a court action has been filed, the service may restore the material.

Court proceedings, if they arise, are a matter for you and your own legal representatives. We can keep the evidence file in order and remain available to support the facts of the notices we have sent.

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