How quickly can unauthorised content be removed?

The median across our practice is six days from authorised filing to confirmed removal, and the first notices in a new matter typically go out within 24–48 hours of intake. Complex or litigated matters take longer.

What legal grounds do you file under?

Every notice is filed under a named statute — the Berne Convention, EU Directive 2019/790, the US DMCA (17 U.S.C. §512) or GDPR Article 17 — depending on the content and the jurisdiction. We do not pay for removal and we do not threaten; we file.

Do you guarantee removal?

No — and a provider who does is a red flag. Approximately 85% of our qualified filings succeed. Whether content qualifies is exactly what the initial audit establishes before an engagement is scoped.

How does an engagement start?

With a confidential intake: send the URLs and brief context through the form. Counsel reviews every intake personally and responds within one business day, NDA-first. A 48-hour audit then scopes the engagement before anything is signed.

How much does it cost?

Pricing is scoped after the audit and discussed under NDA — it depends on volume, platforms and jurisdictions involved. Our guide on how takedown pricing works explains the structure.

Lawyerd · Content removal under named statute

When someone is using your brand without permission, we remove it.

Lawyerd-supervised content takedowns at scale, grounded in the Berne Convention, EU Directive 2019/790, the DMCA and GDPR Article 17. For companies and individuals whose brand, name, logo or work is being used without authorisation.

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6-day median to removal ~85% success on qualified filings 30+ jurisdictions

Counsel-led NDA-first By appointment

§ 02 · What we do

One capability. Many shapes of misuse.

We remove unauthorised use of brand and copyrighted material from the open internet. Defamatory articles in regional press. Clone domains and phishing pages. Affiliate ads bidding on your brand. Counterfeit listings. Deepfake endorsements. Search results that no longer belong on the first page.

The mechanism is the same regardless of industry: named statute, qualified evidence, fast filing, persistent follow-through. Volume that a law firm cannot economically match. Legal robustness that a SaaS platform cannot provide.

Volume

Six-day median to removal.

At-scale weekly operations across 30+ jurisdictions.

Legality

Every removal filed under named statute.

Berne, EU 2019/790, DMCA, GDPR Article 17. No payments. No threats.

Supervision

Counsel signs every engagement.

Reviewed personally before filing. Not delegated to a marketing team.

§ 03 · How it works

Three steps. No theatre.

01
Confidential intake.

Send the URLs and brief context through the form. Counsel reviews every intake personally and responds within one business day. NDA-first, no call required.
02
Filing under named statute.

Qualified URLs are filed with hosts, registrars' abuse desks, platforms and search engines in parallel — Berne, EU 2019/790, DMCA, GDPR Article 17.
03
Verified removal, reported.

A removal counts only when the content is confirmed gone. You receive evidence-grade reporting suitable for compliance and licensing files.

§ 04 · Industries we work with

Choose the closest fit.

Each industry has its own posting page. The mechanism is the same; the contexts are different.

iGaming · Operators

iGaming operators

Reputation defence and licence-retention work for casinos and sportsbooks under Curaçao, Malta, Anjouan, MGA and UK licences.

/operators→ iGaming · Studios

Game studios

Tactical enforcement layer for breakout game titles. Clone-domain takedowns, affiliate page sweeps, ad removal.

/game-studios→ Crypto · Web3

Crypto businesses

Forum FUD, Telegram impostors, phishing-domain enforcement and app-store clone removal.

/crypto→

Digital products

Creators & software

Pirated courses, cracked software, leaked educational material and unauthorised redistribution.

Retail · Fashion

E-commerce & retail

Counterfeit listings on marketplaces, social commerce, and unauthorised resale of brand-protected products.

Identity

Public figures

Deepfake endorsements, channel impersonation, leaked private content and identity-misuse campaigns.

Doesn't fit? /contact

§ 05 · Who leads this practice

Counsel of record.

Portrait · 1:1

Ihor Makushinsky

Senior counsel. In IP and compliance practice since 2014.

Founded Lawyerd in 2021 after eight years as senior IP specialist at Plarium. Personally reviews every engagement the practice takes on.

Jurisdictions

Curaçao GCB · Malta MGA · Anjouan GCB · UK Gambling Commission · EU DSA · US DMCA · GDPR (EU/EEA) · Berne signatory states (170+)

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30+ Jurisdictions worked in

~85% Success rate on qualified filings

170+ Countries under Berne signatory

Partner · Cloudflare Brand Protection Portfolio · Techstars Member · ELTA LawTechHub · Lander & Rogers

§ 06 · Recent matters · Anonymised

A small sample of work, abstracted.

M / 01

700 removals in 20 days for a Tier-1 CIS-region operator.

Coordinated negative-press campaign across three jurisdictions. Qualified down from 2,600 candidate URLs. Approximately 85% success rate on actionable filings.

2,600 candidates → 700 removals · ~85% actionable rate

M / 02

Domain enforcement layer for a major game studio facing 47 active clones.

Continuous takedown operation across registrar complaints, hosting abuse and search delisting. Reduced clone visibility by 80% within 90 days.

47 clones · −80% visibility · 90 days

M / 03

Deepfake-removal campaign for a public creator brand.

Identity-misuse content across YouTube, TikTok and Telegram. First filing within 18 hours of intake; bulk resolution within 14 days.

First filing · 18 hours · Bulk resolution · 14 days

Details abstracted. Full case files available under NDA on request.

Trusted by · Plarium Nova Post

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§ 07 · Free tool

Find any site's abuse contact — free.

Paste a URL into our lookup and get the hosting provider actually serving the content, with its verified abuse mailbox and a prefilled notice you can send from your own inbox. Backed by a directory of 120+ documented hosting providers.

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§ 08 · Common questions

Asked before engagement.

How quickly can unauthorised content be removed?: The median across our practice is six days from authorised filing to confirmed removal, and the first notices in a new matter typically go out within 24–48 hours of intake. Complex or litigated matters take longer.
What legal grounds do you file under?: Every notice is filed under a named statute — the Berne Convention, EU Directive 2019/790, the US DMCA (17 U.S.C. §512) or GDPR Article 17 — depending on the content and the jurisdiction. We do not pay for removal and we do not threaten; we file.
Do you guarantee removal?: No — and a provider who does is a red flag. Approximately 85% of our qualified filings succeed. Whether content qualifies is exactly what the initial audit establishes before an engagement is scoped.
How does an engagement start?: With a confidential intake: send the URLs and brief context through the form. Counsel reviews every intake personally and responds within one business day, NDA-first. A 48-hour audit then scopes the engagement before anything is signed.
How much does it cost?: Pricing is scoped after the audit and discussed under NDA — it depends on volume, platforms and jurisdictions involved. Our guide on how takedown pricing works explains the structure.

§ 09 · Contact

By appointment only.

Engagements begin with a confidential intake. Leave a brief note — counsel responds within one business day.

Prefer email? dmca@lawyerd.net

PGP key on request · NDA-first communication available