The DMCA Protection Certificate shows the webpage it is monitoring and protecting. It clearly identifies a number of key pieces of information for site users and owners to know the webpage is connected to is protected. It also clearly states the content on that page is the property of the site owner or is used under permission of the site owner.

Click here to view an example of a Protection Certificate

There are three kinds of Protection Certificates:

  1. verified
  2. unverified
  3. unauthorized
  1. Verified Protection Certificates have upgraded to Protection Pro service level. AND no outstanding copyright infringement claims against the website have been registered with DMCA.com Click here to get a Verified Certificate
  2. An unverified Protection Certificate is DMCA.com's Free certificate for all website owners who register their badge. Click here to get a DMCA Protection Badge
  3. unauthorized this is for protection Badges and status pages that are being used to protect copyright content without permission. Or that the site owner has not responded to claims of copyright infringement on the site. Or not responded to a direct Takedown notice, Cease and Desist.
The Protection Certificate provides several specific key pieces of information to help protect your content:
    webpage title - direct connection to the specific webpage it is protecting
  1. verification status
  2. When the Protection of the page started
  3. Last Checked - DMCA.com indexes all Badge Certified pages - this tell you and site users when it was last scanned
  4. Language Option - communicate your copyright or content ownership in the language of your users.
All of this information and the tools connected to the ProtectionPro are critical to helping prevent thieves from stealing your content. And if they do steal your content you have specific content protection information to provide as proof of ownership or copyright to process a successful takedown. It is a powerful solution and guard against theft.

Click here to learn more about getting a Protection Certificate with Protection Pro

If you are already a Protection Pro subscriber you can login here to view your protected pages. To Get Badges click here and you will get the "Unverified" status page with your DMCA Protection Badge. Click here to view the Protection Pro Featureslist of features

Modified: 04/11/2022
Category: Frequently Asked Question
By: Mr. DMCA Helper
FAQ ID:93e5ecb3-60ad-4f53-8117-9cb9c2b4e7d3
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