Plain, sourced guides for creators whose work has been copied or leaked. Every guide lists its sources with the dates they were checked. Read how we make our guides.
Leaks
What to do when your content is leaked
The first steps in order: check ownership, log the links, send notices, ask search engines to delist, and decide whether to register.
How to choose a leak removal service
Questions to ask any takedown service about price, renewals, refunds, who signs each notice and your privacy, with LeakVoid's own answer to each.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act: how the 48-hour removal rule works
What the TAKE IT DOWN Act requires of platforms, what a removal request must include, and how to report a platform to the FTC, from the law and FTC.
A platform terms update, October 2026
New terms dated October 2026, quoted from the platform's own pages: copies shared elsewhere, outside tools, and what to do about copies of your work.
DMCA takedowns
How to send a DMCA takedown notice
The six things a notice must include, where to send it, what happens next, and a plain template you can copy.
Got a DMCA counter-notice? What it means and what happens next
What a counter-notice is, the 10 to 14 business day window, and your options when someone disputes your takedown.
Find and remove
How to find copies of your photos and videos online
Reverse image search, name searches and alerts, what each tool can't see, and how to save evidence without spreading it.
How to ask Google to remove copies of your work from Search
Google's copyright request, what Google shares with Lumen, and what delisting does and doesn't do.
Where LeakVoid fits
LeakVoid is being built to do the paperwork part: you send it links to copies of your work, it drafts the notices, you review and sign the ones you want sent, and LeakVoid sends them for you and shows whether each link is still up. LeakVoid is open. See how it works or Get started.