Copyright & DMCA

Use the online form. You do not need a WMV account. Tell us who you are, which work you own or represent, where the original can be found, and the exact WMV links where you believe it is used.

You can send a general copyright report, or a formal notice under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). A DMCA notice includes statements made under penalty of perjury, so only choose it if that procedure applies to you.

You receive a case reference and, when email delivery works, an acknowledgement with a private link to follow your case.

A WMV staff member reviews every report individually. Reports never remove content or suspend accounts automatically. We may ask you for more information.

If action is justified, we restrict access to the specific photo or video concerned, not the creator's whole profile. The affected creator is told which content was restricted, why, and how to dispute it. We share only what is needed for that purpose.

Creators can dispute a decision from their WMV dashboard. An ordinary appeal is reviewed by staff. A formal DMCA counter-notice follows a separate procedure and is only used where the US DMCA process applies.

Restricted content is only restored after staff review. A dispute does not restore content automatically, and content may also stay restricted for other legal reasons.

WMV keeps a record of substantiated copyright decisions per creator. Unproven reports do not count. Repeated, confirmed infringement can lead to warnings and proportionate restrictions; suspending or closing an account always requires a decision by authorised staff. Decisions that are later reversed are reflected in that record.

As a Netherlands-based service, WMV handles notices under Dutch and EU rules for hosting services, including the EU Digital Services Act. We also accept notices in the DMCA format for rights holders who prefer it.

Offering a DMCA-style procedure does not mean WMV claims any particular legal status in the United States.

We use the details in your report only to handle the complaint. The affected creator may be told the nature of the claim and the rights holder's name; we do not promise anonymity, but we do not share your email address or private evidence by default. See our Privacy Policy for more.