Search delisting

Make infringing pages harder to find.

Copyright delisting requests to search engines, so pages that distribute your work stop appearing in search results.

Three ways infringing pages show up

Delisting is aimed at what appears in search. Here is where those pages come from.

OPTION 1

In search results

Pages that surface infringing copies of your work.

These are the pages people actually find. Delisting asks the search engine to stop showing them in its results.

  • Found through monitoring or your own searches
  • Requested in line with each search engine's process

OPTION 2

On pages that still host the file

Pages whose purpose is to link to or host unauthorised copies.

Delisting does not remove these pages from the internet. A takedown goes to the host; delisting complements it where the host will not act or acts slowly.

  • The page stays online after a delisting
  • Works alongside takedowns

OPTION 3

As copies that reappear

Infringing pages often reappear on new addresses.

The same content can turn up again at a new address. We look at search results again and submit the new addresses.

  • Ongoing re-checks
  • New addresses can be submitted in batches

How search delisting works

Delisting does not remove a page from the internet. It asks search engines to stop showing infringing pages in their results.

STEP 01

Collect the URLs

We gather the pages that surface or distribute infringing copies of your work, including those found through monitoring.

STEP 02

Prepare requests

Requests are prepared in line with each search engine's copyright removal process.

STEP 03

Submit and follow up

We submit the requests and follow up on the responses we receive.

STEP 04

Re-check results

We look at search results again, because infringing pages often reappear on new addresses.

Delisting and takedowns compared

Delisting does not remove a page from the internet; it asks search engines to stop showing it. Neither route guarantees an outcome.

Search delisting
Host takedown
Removes the page from the web
The page stays online
Asks the host to remove it
Stops the page showing in search results
Asks the search engine to stop showing it
Only if the page is removed
Who the request goes to
Search engine
Platform or host
Helps when the host will not act or acts slowly
Depends on the host
Can be organised in batches of URLs
Per notice
Made on copyright grounds
Outcome decided by
The search engine
The platform or host

What delisting is for

  • 01

    Pirate streaming and download pages

    Pages whose purpose is to link to or host unauthorised copies.

  • 02

    Large numbers of URLs

    Requests can be organised in batches when many pages are involved.

  • 03

    Alongside takedowns

    Delisting complements takedowns where the host will not act or acts slowly.

  • 04

    Ongoing re-checks

    New addresses for the same content can be picked up and submitted.

  • 05

    Search engine decisions

    Search engines decide each request. We cannot guarantee any outcome.

  • 06

    Copyright only

    Requests are made on copyright grounds, for works you own or control.

Tell us what keeps showing up

Send us the searches or pages that surface your work. We follow up by email.

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