The DMCA Protection Badge is an icon or graphic placed on websites.
It may look like
However DMCA.com provides over 300 Badge choices.
See a complete list here: DMCA Protected Badge Choices. Plus we also allow for custom creation of a webmasters own badge.
The DMCA Protection Badge is a placed on a site for two reasons:
The DMCA.com Badge has specific Terms of Use and should only linked to the Website Protection Certificate. Should the Protection Badge be used for alternate purposes and not link to a protection status page OR be located on websites using stolen content, it must be reported.
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