Brittany RatelleOwner, Ratelle Law · Creator Attorney at Ratelle Law

How To FIGHT A DMCA Takedown (part 1)

Name: How To FIGHT A DMCA Takedown (part 1)
Uploaded: 2023-07-05T14:50:00+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Brittany Ratelle
Description: When you get a DMCA takedown on Amazon or Teachers Pay Teachers, first verify where your design came from and check your licenses. Then determine if it…

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When you get a DMCA takedown on Amazon or Teachers Pay Teachers, first verify where your design came from and check your licenses. Then determine if it actually qualifies for copyright protection, since effort and sales alone don't count as creative authorship.

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Has there been a DMCA takedown against your items on an online marketplace like Amazon or TPT? Here's your 3-step battle plan on how to respond. Step 1: Trace the source of your design or your product. Where did the design come from? Did you create it yourself, or did you purchase a template or a design file online? Do you have a commercial license to display it and reproduce it and sell it to other people? If someone else created it for you, do you have a contract that governs creation and then the sale of that intellectual property. Step 2: Figure out whether the design is actually eligible for copyright registration and protection. Believe it or not, just because a design is cute, beautiful, takes a lot of time, or makes you a lot of money does not mean it has what's called significant creative authorship to be eligible for copyright protection.