Canada notice-and-notice generator

How notice and notice works

Under sections 41.25 to 41.27 of the Copyright Act, a copyright owner sends a notice to the internet provider or host. The provider must forward it to its customer and tell the sender it has done so, and keep records for six months (or a year if court action starts). It does not have to remove the content, and it will not reveal who the customer is without a court order.

What a notice must contain (s. 41.25(2))

• The claimant’s name and address
• The work the claim relates to
• The claimant’s interest or right in the copyright
• Location data for the electronic location
• The infringement claimed
• The date and time of the claimed infringement

What it must not contain (s. 41.25(3))

Since December 13, 2018, a notice must not include an offer to settle, a demand for payment or personal information, or a link to one. Providers don’t have to forward notices that do. This generator never adds them.

Getting content actually removed

Most content Canadians see is hosted on U.S. platforms, which do remove content after a DMCA notice. For sites that ignore both, search delisting removes them from Google results.