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How do I use the Website Detective tool?

Used with Protection Pro subscription and a great tool for sending a DIY Takedown

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Written by Diane
Updated over 2 weeks ago


USING THE WEBSITE DETECTIVE

DMCA.com Do It Yourself DMCA Takedown toolkit has a solution to help you find the DMCA contact email address of the infringing ISP.

It is called the Website Detective - instructions on how to use it are listed below:

  1. Login into DMCA Secure Management Portal and enter your username and password.

  2. Select the Protection Pro (Toolkit) tab.

  3. Select the “Website Detective” tab.

  4. ​Paste the Infringing site IP Address in the dialogue box provided under the heading “IP Address & Domain Research”. This IP address was supplied to you when you created your infringing case. Alternatively you may also enter the infringing site’s address i.e. www.dmca.com.

  5. ​IMPORTANT after entering the IP address or Domain name do not hit the enter key please select the Lookup button.

  6. ​A Results Display will show "Possible DMCA Contact" names and addresses as well as separate Domain and Network information.

  7. ​If no abuse contacts are displayed look through the "Domain and Network" information tabs to source any additional contact information.

  8. ​Copy and paste the abuse@ email contact address into your email to the website infringing address.

If you have any further questions about these features, please submit a question and we will be happy to answer.

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