A dmca badge is a seal of protection placed on your website that deters thieves from stealing your content with a registered badge you have access to the tools resources and support to swiftly takedown any website that steals your content. In the case of flava works inc v gunter the court denied the defendant safe harbor protection under dmca the district court found that the defendant had knowledge of its users infringing activity and also failed to prevent future infringing activity. If you receive a dmca notice it is really important to think about whether you used the content lawfully if you havent remove the content right away generally removing the content will resolve the dmca violation however the content creator does have the right to sue for damages so receiving a dmca notice should not be taken lightly. Think you might need to send a dmca use our generator tool and template to create a dmca notice and also learn who or where you should send a dmca with our definitive guide