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npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill takedown
Draft a DMCA takedown notice, triage one you received, or draft a §512(g) counter-notice. Use when asserting copyright through a §512(c)(3) takedown with the fair-use and perjury gates, when an incoming takedown needs triage into comply / counter / engage / ignore options, or when drafting a §512(g)(3) counter-notice with the consent-to-federal-jurisdiction gate.
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill takedown
Three modes. Pick one:
/ip-legal:takedown --send — draft a §512(c)(3) takedown notice. Fair-use gate (Lenz) + loud perjury / §512(f) gate before delivery./ip-legal:takedown --respond — triage a takedown someone sent you. Options: comply / counter / engage / ignore./ip-legal:takedown --counter — draft a §512(g)(3) counter-notice. Loud gate for the federal-jurisdiction admission and the perjury statement.Read the practice profile. Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/CLAUDE.md. If it contains [PLACEHOLDER] markers or does not exist, stop and say: "This plugin needs setup before it can give you useful output. Run /ip-legal:cold-start-interview — the takedown skill depends on your approval matrix and practice profile."
Check matter workspaces. Per ## Matter workspaces: if Enabled is ✗, skip. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run /ip-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level."
Dispatch on $ARGUMENTS:
--send → run send mode (below). Walk identify-the-work, identify-the-infringing-material, fair-use gate (Lenz), good-faith belief, accuracy/authority, draft the §512(c)(3) notice, run the loud gate, write output.--respond → run respond mode (below). Read the incoming notice, assess (license, fair use, defects, host §512(g) compliance, sender credibility), present the four options, recommend, write the triage memo.--counter → run counter mode (below). Confirm the predicate (taken down in response to a §512 notice, good-faith belief of mistake/misidentification, ready for federal-jurisdiction admission, attorney in the loop), draft the §512(g)(3) counter-notice, run the loud gate, write output.Respect the gates. In --send and --counter, the loud gate runs before any final output is written. The fair-use gate in --send is separate and runs earlier; "debatable" or "likely" fair use stops the draft and routes to attorney review.
Jurisdiction note. DMCA §512 is US federal law. If the service provider, content, or infringer sits outside US jurisdiction, flag before drafting — you may need an EU DSA notice, UK OSA notice, or local-regime instrument instead of (or in addition to) a DMCA notice.
Hand off where appropriate. --respond with a counter-notice recommendation chains into /ip-legal:takedown --counter — but only after the triage memo has been reviewed and the decision to counter has been made deliberately.
The DMCA §512 notice-and-takedown system is fast, cheap, and consequential in equal measure. A takedown is a sworn statement under penalty of perjury that gets content pulled with no judicial review. A counter-notice is another sworn statement that consents to federal jurisdiction and puts the content back. Both decisions can become litigation. This skill handles all three moves with the guardrails each warrants.
Three modes:
--send — draft a §512(c)(3) takedown notice--respond — triage a takedown someone sent you; produce options--counter — draft a §512(g)(3) counter-noticeIf the user does not pass a flag, ask once: "Are we sending a DMCA takedown, triaging one we received, or drafting a counter-notice?"
External deliverables (send and counter modes): the outgoing notice/counter-notice goes to the service provider's designated agent. Do NOT include the
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCTheader on the outgoing document. The notice itself is not privileged — it's a statement made in a statutory process. Internal drafts, pre-send briefs, fair-use analyses, and triage memos keep the header per plugin config## Outputs.
DMCA §512 is US federal law. It runs against service providers subject to US jurisdiction. Other jurisdictions have their own notice-and-action regimes — EU Digital Services Act Art. 16, UK Online Safety Act, India IT Rules 2021, etc. — that differ materially in required elements, counter-notice mechanics, and liability for misuse. If the service provider, content, or infringer sits outside US jurisdiction, flag it — a US DMCA notice may be the wrong instrument, or may need to be paired with a local regime's notice. Copyright subsistence itself is Berne-multilateral, but enforcement mechanics are jurisdiction-specific.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/CLAUDE.md → ## IP practice profile (copyright registrations if any), ## Enforcement posture → Approval matrix → DMCA takedown (ordinary) row, ## Outputs (work-product header, role), ## Who's using this (role — lawyer vs. non-lawyer)## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗ (in-house default), skip matter machinery. If enabled and no active matter, ask: "Which matter? Run /ip-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level." Write outputs to the active matter's folder at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/takedown/<slug>/ (or takedown/<slug>/ at practice level). Never read another matter's files unless Cross-matter context is on.What is the copyrighted work?
- Title / description — what is the work (software, image, text, video, audio)?
- Registration status — US Copyright Office registration number and date (if any). Registration is NOT required to send a takedown, but it is required to file suit on a US work and its pre-infringement timing controls statutory damages and fees.
- Ownership — do we own it outright, or hold an exclusive license with takedown authority? (Non-exclusive licensees typically cannot send takedowns on the licensor's work.)
- Prior licensing — have we ever licensed this use, or a broader use that might cover it?
Ownership and authority are the first things §512(f) cases look at. Get them clearly on the record before drafting.
Where is the infringing material?
- Platform / service provider — YouTube, Twitter/X, GitHub, Reddit, Amazon, a web host, etc.
- URL(s) — specific permalinks to the infringing material. One notice can cover multiple URLs if they're all from the same service.
- Description — what is the infringing material and how does it infringe (verbatim copy, substantially similar, derivative)?
- Screenshots / evidence — preserved with timestamp and URL visible
§512(c)(3) requires "information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material." URLs alone are usually enough; be precise.
Under Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 801 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2015), a copyright holder must consider fair use before sending a takedown. This is not a judgment about fair use — it is a consideration step that the sender must take and can prove they took.
Ask:
Before we draft the notice, walk through fair use. Under Lenz, you have to consider it before sending — even if the conclusion is "not fair use." The four factors:
- Purpose and character — commercial? transformative? criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research?
- Nature of the copyrighted work — factual or creative? published or not?
- Amount and substantiality — how much of the work is used? is it the heart of the work?
- Effect on the market — does the use substitute for the original or harm a derivative market?
Your read on each? And your conclusion — fair use unlikely, debatable, likely?
Record the answer in the notice file. If "debatable" or "likely," do not draft. Stop and route to attorney review: "Fair use is debatable/likely on these facts. Sending a takedown on a use that is protected by fair use is the exact §512(f) exposure the statute creates. Route this to counsel before any notice goes out."
§512(c)(3)(A)(v) requires "a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
The sender forms this belief on the record. Have they:
If yes on all four, the good-faith belief is colorable. If no on any, pause.
§512(c)(3)(A)(vi) requires "a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
This is the perjury statement. It applies to the accuracy of the identification and the authority — not to the fair-use determination itself, though §512(f) liability reaches both.
Confirm signer: who is sending this on behalf of whom, and do they have authority to do so?
§512(c)(3)(A) elements — every one must be present:
Structure:
https://www.copyright.gov/dmca-directory/)Most service providers publish a preferred form or a web intake (YouTube Content ID / Copyright webform, Twitter / X copyright report, GitHub DMCA repo, etc.). The skill produces the notice content; the user submits through the provider's path. Note in the output which intake path is expected for the named service provider.
If the user is a non-lawyer (per ## Who's using this), add:
A DMCA takedown is sworn under penalty of perjury and creates §512(f) exposure for bad-faith or overbroad use. Have you reviewed this with an attorney? If not, here's a brief to bring to them: [generate a short summary: work, ownership, accused use, licensing check, fair-use analysis, signer, service provider]. A few thousand dollars of attorney time now is materially cheaper than a §512(f) suit.
If you need to find a licensed attorney, solicitor, barrister, or other authorised legal professional in your jurisdiction: your professional regulator's referral service (state bar in the US, SRA/Bar Standards Board in England & Wales, Law Society in Scotland/NI/Ireland/Canada/Australia, or your jurisdiction's equivalent); ABA IP section referral roster (US); law school IP clinics for individual creators and small businesses.
Do not write the final output without explicit engagement with the gate.
Primary: <matter-folder>/takedown/<slug>/notice-v<N>.md (or .docx if the service provider accepts it — most accept pasted text or web-form submission). The notice content, ready to paste into the service provider's DMCA intake form or send to its designated agent.
In-chat: show the notice as plain text for review before writing. Iterate before committing to disk.
Reviewer-facing closing note (in the in-chat preview only):
This is a draft DMCA notice for attorney review, not a notice ready to send. Sending it is a sworn statement with §512(f) exposure. A licensed attorney reviews, edits, and takes professional responsibility before submission. Do not send this unreviewed.
Citation verification. Any case or statutory citation included (for example, in internal memoranda around the notice) must be verified on a legal research tool. Source-tag each — [Westlaw], [CourtListener], [user provided], [model knowledge — verify], [web search — verify]. Citations tagged verify get checked first. No silent supplement from web or model knowledge if a configured research tool comes up thin — present options to the user.
Post-send record. After submission, write <matter-folder>/takedown/<slug>/submission.md: service provider, designated agent used (address or web form URL), date submitted, confirmation ID if returned, URLs targeted, counter-notice watch date (generally 10–14 business days), legal hold refreshed.
Your content was taken down. A service provider has notified you of a §512(c)(3) notice. You have options.
Extract:
Present 4 options with tradeoffs:
A — Comply (let the takedown stand)
B — Send a counter-notice (§512(g)(3))
/ip-legal:takedown --counterC — Engage the sender directly
D — Ignore and let it stand; raise it elsewhere
Recommend one with two sentences of rationale.
Output: <matter-folder>/takedown/inbound/<slug>/triage.md.
Close the in-chat presentation with:
This is a triage memo, not advice. The assessments above are a first read from the four corners of the notice. An attorney evaluates before you counter-notice (which consents to federal jurisdiction) or decide not to respond.
Counter-notices put content back up unless the original sender sues within 10–14 business days. They are the step before litigation.
§512(g)(3) elements — every one must be present:
Structure:
If the user is a non-lawyer:
A counter-notice consents to federal court jurisdiction and is sworn under penalty of perjury. Have you reviewed with a licensed attorney, solicitor, barrister, or other authorised legal professional in your jurisdiction? This is not the Claude-review layer; this is the step where you need licensed professional judgment. Brief for the conversation: [generate a 1-page summary]. Referral resources: your professional regulator's referral service (state bar in the US, SRA/Bar Standards Board in England & Wales, Law Society in Scotland/NI/Ireland/Canada/Australia, or your jurisdiction's equivalent); law school IP clinics; ABA IP section (US).
Do not write the final output without explicit engagement.
Primary: <matter-folder>/takedown/<slug>/counter-notice-v<N>.md — the counter-notice content, ready to submit via the service provider's counter-notice intake.
In-chat: present as plain text for review before committing.
Reviewer-facing closing note (in-chat only):
This is a draft counter-notice for attorney review, not a counter ready to send. Sending it is a sworn statement and consents to federal court jurisdiction in the claimant's district. A licensed attorney reviews before submission. Do not send this unreviewed.
Post-submission record. After submission, write <matter-folder>/takedown/<slug>/counter-submission.md: service provider, date submitted, confirmation ID, 10–14 business-day watch window end date calendared, watch for suit filing in the claimant's district, plan if content is restored, plan if suit is filed.
Per ## Decision posture on subjective legal calls in the practice profile: when uncertain whether the use is fair, whether the rights holder is us, whether the work is actually ours, whether fair use defeats the claim on the receiving side — do not silently decide. Fair use is the paradigmatic uncertain call. Flag for attorney review; surface the factors. Sending a takedown or a counter-notice on an assumption is a one-way door.
--send and --counter modes.