If someone copies your photos, videos, or other creative work without permission and posts it on Snapchat, you can use this formal process to request its removal by contacting Snap's designated copyright agent.
If your original photos, artwork, or videos are posted on Snapchat without your permission, you can submit a DMCA takedown notice to Snap's copyright agent to have the content removed, but you must follow specific formal requirements and sign under penalty of perjury.
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This procedure gives copyright holders a legal pathway to remove infringing content from Snapchat, but the formal DMCA requirements mean casual or incorrect takedown requests will be rejected.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implements 17 U.S.C. §512 (DMCA Safe Harbor), which requires online service providers to designate a copyright agent and establish a notice-and-takedown procedure to maintain safe harbor protection from copyright liability. Enforcement is via US Copyright Office registration (17 U.S.C. §512(c)(2)) and private litigation under the Copyright Act. Outside the US, analogous frameworks apply: EU Directive 2019/790 (Copyright in the Digital Single Market) Art. 17, and UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. (2)
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