DMCA Removal Requests

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States federal law that provides copyright owners with legal mechanisms to protect their digital works from unauthorized use and distribution online.

Workflow change March 2019

As of March 2019, the Trust and safety Team has taken ownership of DMCA Requests.

Read more about the DMCA Workflow here: Abuse DMCA Request (TBD).

Submitting a DMCA Request

All new DMCA requests can be sent to dmca@gitlab.com for review by Legal and Abuse.

The Abuse team will continue to maintain a single channel of communication with the requestor through the open Abuse Issue created when the request is received via dmca@gitlab.com.

DMCA Requirements

Recommended template of requirements when submitting a DMCA request to dmca@gitlab.com

1. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim is being infringed;
2. A description of the material you claim is infringing and that you want removed or access to which you want disabled and the URL or other location of that material;
3. Your name, title (if acting as an agent), address, telephone number, and email address;
4. The following statement: “I have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material I am complaining of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)”;
5. The following statement: “The information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed”; and
6. An electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

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