Key Takeaways
- •A likeness complaint, copyright notice and intimate-image removal request have different requirements.
- •The TAKE IT DOWN process concerns covered intimate visual depictions and covered platforms.
- •Being depicted does not automatically make you the copyright owner.
- •Each selected route needs its own statements and factual support.
- •Creating a document does not send it or start a response clock.
- •Use safe descriptions and locations; do not download or redistribute suspected child sexual abuse material.
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What Is AI Likeness Takedown Notice?
This notice organizes a request to remove or restrict specific material, including synthetic images, video or voice content.
Select only the grounds you can support: a covered statutory request, a copyright claim, a specified state-law claim or an actual platform policy.
Where no such route is selected, it can be a voluntary request for review. It does not establish a violation or guarantee removal.
Why This Matters Now
Incorrect citations and unsupported certifications can undermine a report.
The TAKE IT DOWN platform process and copyright process have different triggers and procedures.
An accurate description of authority, publication consent and material locations helps the recipient evaluate the appropriate route.
The Legal Backbone
TAKE IT DOWN platform process
Section 3 of Public Law 119-12, noted at 47 USC 223a, requires covered platforms to provide a process by May 19, 2026. A valid request through that process triggers removal as soon as possible, within 48 hours after receipt, plus reasonable efforts to identify and remove known identical copies.
Separate criminal provisions
The Act’s criminal provisions are in 47 USC 223(h), added in May 2025. They have distinct elements and exceptions. A platform-removal request does not determine criminal liability.
Copyright notice
17 USC 512(c)(3) requires a signature, work and material identification, adequate contact information, copyright good faith and the accuracy/authority certification. Consider licenses and legal authorization, including fair use.
State-law distinctions
California AB 1836 concerns deceased personalities under Civil Code 3344.1; AB 2602 concerns certain digital-replica contract provisions under Labor Code 927. They did not both amend section 3344. Tennessee’s ELVIS Act is a separate enactment. Check the actual current law and exceptions for the claim.
Platform review
A platform may assess identity, realism, consent, disclosure and public-interest or expressive context under its actual policy. Do not turn a policy review into a guaranteed statutory removal right.
Build a supported request
Identify the recipient’s designated route and each location of the material.
Describe the person, the content and actual publication-consent facts without graphic detail.
Confirm your authority for each selected ground. Copyright authority and authority to act for the depicted individual may differ.
Complete each applicable certification independently. Selecting TAKE IT DOWN does not replace the copyright good-faith statement.
Report only records and submission events that actually exist. Review the final notice, sign it and use the correct process.
When You Need This
To ask a covered platform to remove a covered nonconsensual intimate visual depiction.
To report a supported infringement of a copyright you own or are authorized to enforce.
To request review under a specifically identified publicity, privacy or likeness law.
To seek policy review or voluntary removal of identified content.
How to Fill Out AI Likeness Takedown Notice
1. Locate the content
Record exact URLs or post IDs and a safe description. Do not collect unnecessary intimate material.
2. Confirm authority and facts
Identify the actual rights holder and who can act for them. Distinguish creation consent from publication consent.
3. Choose each route
Check the statutory definitions, exceptions or current platform policy. Select each supported route independently.
4. Check the certifications
Do not sign a statement you cannot truthfully make. Keep unresolved work as a draft.
5. Submit through the correct process
The wizard does not transmit a report. Retain the actual receipt, channel and timestamp after submission.
Key Terms Defined
- Covered platform
- A service within the TAKE IT DOWN statutory definition, subject to its exclusions; not every online recipient.
- Copyright notice
- A notice asserting infringement of an actual exclusive copyright right, with the section 512(c)(3) components.
- Counter-notice
- The subscriber’s statutory response in the copyright process; separate from a general disagreement with a likeness report.
- Publication consent
- Authorization for the particular dissemination, distinct from authorization to create material.
- Designated process
- The recipient’s applicable reporting route or designated copyright agent.
Related Documents
Likeness release
Records permissions and limits agreed to by the relevant parties. A takedown request must account for permissions actually granted.
Copyright complaint
Requires copyright ownership or agency and an infringement assessment. A depicted person may not own the photo or recording.
Platform report
Uses the platform’s own rules and review process. Those rules do not necessarily have a statutory 48-hour deadline.
Legal Authorities & Sources
This page is grounded in primary law. The statutes and official resources below are the authorities behind the guidance above. Verify the current text of any statute before relying on it.
- TAKE IT DOWN Act sections 2–4, Public Law 119-12
- FTC platform compliance guidance
- 17 USC 512 notice, counter-notice and misrepresentation provisions
- Copyright Office notice-and-takedown guidance
- October 15 2026 Evidence Rules Committee agenda: withdrawn Rule 707 proposal
- YouTube likeness privacy review factors
- California enacted digital-replica laws: distinct performer and estate protections
- Tennessee ELVIS Act enactment
- NCMEC Take It Down: safe hash process
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