DMCA Notice Generator

How do I write a DMCA takedown notice (or counter-notice) for free?

Open AnyTool’s DMCA Notice Generator, pick takedown notice or counter-notice, and fill in the short form. For a takedown notice (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) you enter the platform and its copyright-agent email, your name and contact details, a description of your copyrighted work and the exact URL(s) of the infringing copy; the tool adds the required good-faith statement, the statement made under penalty of perjury that you are authorised, and a signature block. For a counter-notice (§ 512(g)(3)) you describe the material that was removed, where it appeared, and the tool adds the sworn good-faith-mistake statement, your consent to a Federal District Court’s jurisdiction and your agreement to accept service. The notice is assembled instantly as Markdown, HTML and plain text with a live preview, entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded. It is a template, not legal advice: a DMCA notice is sworn under penalty of perjury, so send only truthful notices and consult a lawyer if unsure.

Two modes: a § 512(c)(3) takedown notice or a § 512(g)(3) counter-notice — the form and clauses change to match
Walks through every statutory element, including the good-faith and penalty-of-perjury statements
You send it to the platform’s designated copyright agent, not to a court — the tool explains where to find it
Output as Markdown, ready-to-paste HTML or plain text with a live preview and signature block
100% client-side — your name, address, URLs and work description never leave your browser

What is

DMCA Takedown Notice

A DMCA takedown notice is a written notification of claimed copyright infringement, sent under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) to an online service provider’s designated copyright agent, asking it to remove or disable access to infringing material. A valid notice must contain six elements: the signature of the copyright owner or an authorised agent; identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the infringing material and where it is located; the sender’s contact information; a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorised; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and the sender is authorised. A person whose material is removed can reply with a counter-notice under § 512(g). A generated notice is a template, not legal advice.

Generators

Related terms

DMCA counter-notice17 U.S.C. § 512Designated copyright agentCopyright infringementPenalty of perjury

Frequently Asked Questions

A valid DMCA takedown notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) must include: (1) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act for them; (2) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (3) identification of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to locate it, such as the exact URLs; (4) information reasonably sufficient to let the provider contact you, such as your address, phone number and email; (5) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (6) a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf. This generator includes each element and adds the sworn statements automatically.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) a takedown notice needs six things: your signature, the copyrighted work, the infringing material and its location, your contact details, a good-faith-belief statement, and a statement under penalty of perjury that you are authorised.

A DMCA counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) is used when your content was taken down as a result of mistake or misidentification. It must contain: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; and your name, address and telephone number, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the district in which your address is located (or, if outside the U.S., any district where the provider may be found) and that you will accept service of process. After a valid counter-notice the provider generally waits 10–14 business days before restoring the material, during which the original complainant may sue. This generator assembles all of these elements.

A counter-notice is how you ask for your own material back after it was removed by mistake. Under § 512(g)(3) it needs your signature, the removed material and where it appeared, a sworn good-faith-mistake statement, your contact details, consent to federal-court jurisdiction and agreement to accept service.

A DMCA notice is a legal document, not a casual complaint. The takedown notice includes a statement made under penalty of perjury that you are authorised to act, and a counter-notice includes a sworn statement that the material was removed by mistake. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — can be held liable for the damages, costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner or the service provider. Sending a counter-notice also consents to a U.S. federal court’s jurisdiction and can invite a lawsuit. Only send notices about material you genuinely own or are authorised to act for, make sure every statement is true, and consult a qualified lawyer if you are unsure. This tool produces a template and is not legal advice.

Yes. Both a takedown notice and a counter-notice are sworn under penalty of perjury. A knowing material misrepresentation can make you liable for the other side’s damages and attorneys’ fees under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

A DMCA notice is sent to the online service provider that hosts the infringing material, addressed to its designated copyright agent. To find that agent, look for a “DMCA”, “Copyright” or “Report infringement” link in the site’s footer or help centre, a dmca@ or copyright@ email address, or the agent listed in the U.S. Copyright Office’s public Designated Agent Directory. You then paste the generated text or attach the downloaded file and send it there. For a counter-notice, reply to the takedown message or use the provider’s counter-notice form. Everything in this generator is assembled in your browser, so the details you enter are never uploaded.

Not to a court or the government — you send it to the platform that hosts the material, specifically its designated copyright agent (often a dmca@ or copyright@ email or a web form).

Build a DMCA takedown notice (§ 512(c)(3)) or counter-notice (§ 512(g)(3)) template from a short form, in Markdown, HTML or plain text with a live preview and signature block, entirely in your browser. A template, not legal advice; sworn under penalty of perjury.

Features

Two modes — § 512(c)(3) takedown notice or § 512(g)(3) counter-notice — with the matching statutory elements
Adds the good-faith, penalty-of-perjury and (for counter-notices) consent-to-jurisdiction statements automatically
Multiple infringing URLs, optional copyright-registration details and agent-on-behalf-of mode
Markdown, ready-to-paste HTML and plain text with a live local preview and signature block
100% client-side — inputs never uploaded; prominent template-not-legal-advice and § 512(f) liability notice

PriceFree

CategoryGenerator

PlatformAll (browser-based)

PrivacyThe notice is built locally and never uploaded

Input: No upload — fill in the form fields

Output: dmca-takedown-notice.md / dmca-counter-notice.md (Markdown), dmca-takedown-notice.html / dmca-counter-notice.html (HTML), dmca-takedown-notice.txt / dmca-counter-notice.txt (plain text)

Detailed Explanation

Methodology

How the DMCA Notice Generator Builds the Notice

AnyTool’s DMCA Notice Generator maps a short form to a structured copyright notice entirely in the browser. It reuses the same clock-free engine as the Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and NDA generators (legalDocEngine), which models a document as a title, an effective date, an intro and an ordered list of { heading, body } sections and renders that single model into Markdown, ready-to-paste HTML and plain text. Two dedicated builders assemble the notice from your inputs depending on the mode. A takedown builder (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) addresses the platform’s designated copyright agent and walks through all six statutory elements: the copyrighted work, the infringing material and its URL(s), the sender’s contact information, the good-faith-belief statement, the statement under penalty of perjury that the sender is authorised, and a signature block. A counter-notice builder (§ 512(g)(3)) identifies the removed material and where it appeared, adds the sworn good-faith-mistake statement, the sender’s contact details, consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court and an agreement to accept service of process, and a signature.

Takedown mode covers all six § 512(c)(3) elements; counter-notice mode covers the § 512(g)(3) elements
The good-faith, penalty-of-perjury and consent-to-jurisdiction statements are inserted automatically
Supports multiple infringing URLs, optional U.S. Copyright Office registration details and an agent-on-behalf-of mode
Bracketed placeholders flag any detail the sender still needs to supply
All assembly is pure client-side JavaScript — no server call, no CDN, no upload

Privacy & Security

Client-Side Processing and the Live Preview

Every input — the sender’s name, company, mailing address, phone and email, the platform and its agent email, the work description, the infringing or removed URLs, the registration details and the date — is processed locally. The Markdown, HTML, plain text and a rendered HTML preview (produced with the marked library in the browser) all update on each keystroke with no network round-trip, so the personal details used to build the notice never leave the device. The page works offline once cached, and the draft is discarded when the tab is closed. Users can copy any format or download dmca-takedown-notice or dmca-counter-notice as .md, .html or .txt, each ending in a signature block.

No upload, logging or storage — inputs stay in the browser
Live HTML preview rendered locally via the marked library
Three export formats: Markdown, HTML and plain text, each with a signature block
Works offline once cached; closing the tab discards the draft

Limitations

A Template, Not Legal Advice — Sworn Under Penalty of Perjury

The generated notice is a starting template based on the statutory requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512, not legal advice, and the tool does not guarantee that a platform will act on it. A DMCA notice is a legal document: both a takedown notice and a counter-notice include statements made under penalty of perjury, and under § 512(f) a person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — can be liable for the damages, costs and attorneys’ fees of the alleged infringer, the copyright owner or the service provider. Filing a counter-notice also consents to a U.S. federal court’s jurisdiction and can invite a lawsuit. The interface states this prominently at the top and again next to the output, leaves bracketed placeholders for details the sender must supply, and recommends sending only truthful notices about material the sender owns or is authorised to act for, and consulting a qualified lawyer when anything is unclear.

Output is a template, explicitly not legal advice, and creates no lawyer-client relationship
Both notice types are sworn under penalty of perjury
A knowing material misrepresentation can trigger liability for damages and attorneys’ fees under § 512(f)
A counter-notice consents to U.S. federal-court jurisdiction and can invite a lawsuit

DMCA notice generation: in-browser (AnyTool) vs typical online generators
Capability	AnyTool	Typical online generators
Processing	Runs entirely in your browser	Often server-side, account-gated
Your inputs	Never uploaded, works offline	Usually sent to and stored on a server
Takedown & counter	One toggle switches the notice and its statutory elements	Often takedown only or paywalled
Statutory elements	Walks through every § 512(c)(3) / § 512(g)(3) element	Often a single generic paragraph
Output formats	Markdown, HTML and plain text with a signature block	Often HTML/PDF only or a hosted page
Preview	Live local HTML preview (marked)	Varies
Honesty about limits	Clear template-not-legal-advice and § 512(f) liability notice	Sometimes implies it is legally bulletproof
Cost / signup	Free, no signup	Often gated, upsold or ad-heavy

AnyTool assembles the notice locally and uploads nothing. The output is a template, not legal advice; a DMCA notice is sworn under penalty of perjury, and a knowing false statement can carry § 512(f) liability — consult a qualified lawyer if unsure.

Cite This Page

Title: DMCA Notice Generator (DMCA takedown notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) and counter-notice under § 512(g)(3); all statutory elements, good-faith and penalty-of-perjury statements, consent-to-jurisdiction, signature block; Markdown/HTML/text output, live preview, 100% client-side template)
Author: AnyTool
Published: January 1, 2026
Modified: February 8, 2026
Section: Generators
URL: https://www.anytool.tech/dmca-notice-generator

Formatted Citation

AnyTool. "DMCA Notice Generator (DMCA takedown notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) and counter-notice under § 512(g)(3); all statutory elements, good-faith and penalty-of-perjury statements, consent-to-jurisdiction, signature block; Markdown/HTML/text output, live preview, 100% client-side template)." AnyTool, January 1, 2026. https://www.anytool.tech/dmca-notice-generator

A privacy-first, 100% client-side DMCA notice generator that assembles a copyright takedown notice or counter-notice template entirely in the browser with no server call, no CDN and no upload, so the sender name, company, mailing address, phone, email, the infringing or removed URLs and the work description used to build the notice never leave the device and the tool works offline once cached. It reuses the same reusable, clock-free engine as the Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and NDA generators (legalDocEngine) — which models any legal document as a title, an effective date, an optional intro and an ordered list of { heading, body } sections and renders that single model into Markdown, ready-to-paste HTML and plain text — and adds two dedicated builders for the two notices the Digital Millennium Copyright Act defines. The takedown builder, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), addresses the online service provider’s designated copyright agent and walks through all six statutory elements a valid notification must contain: identification of the copyrighted work (with an optional original-work URL and optional U.S. Copyright Office registration number), identification of the infringing material and the exact URL(s) where it can be located, the sender’s contact information (name, optional company, mailing address, telephone and email), a statement of good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law, a statement made under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and that the sender is the owner or is authorised to act on the owner’s behalf, and a signature block; an agent-on-behalf-of toggle rephrases the authority and perjury statements when a lawyer or representative signs. The counter-notice builder, under § 512(g)(3), is used when the sender’s own material was removed by mistake or misidentification: it identifies the removed material and the location(s) at which it appeared before removal, adds a statement made under penalty of perjury of a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, states the sender’s name, address and telephone number, consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located (or any district in which the provider may be found if the address is outside the United States) and agrees to accept service of process from the party who filed the original notification, and ends with a signature; it also explains that the provider generally waits 10–14 business days before restoring the material, during which the original complainant may sue. The page presents a prominent disclaimer at the very top and again beside the output stating that the result is a template and not legal advice, renders a live HTML preview locally with the marked library, exposes Markdown, HTML and plain-text tabs that can be copied or downloaded as dmca-takedown-notice or dmca-counter-notice .md, .html or .txt, and includes a sticky mobile copy/download bar. The tool is explicit that a DMCA notice is a sworn legal document: both notice types contain statements made under penalty of perjury, a knowing material misrepresentation that material is infringing or was removed by mistake can make the sender liable for the damages, costs and attorneys’ fees of the alleged infringer, copyright owner or service provider under § 512(f), and filing a counter-notice consents to U.S. federal-court jurisdiction and can invite a lawsuit; it leaves bracketed placeholders for details the sender must supply and recommends sending only truthful notices about material the sender owns or is authorised to act for and consulting a qualified lawyer when anything is unclear.