Every pirated copy. Verified. Taken down.
Takedown Guard watches torrents, streaming sites, YouTube and X for your titles, daily around every release. It confirms each copy really is your film, and sends the takedowns in one go, with a report your licensors can read.
Results in about 20 seconds, no account needed.
Case file · an independent action thriller, four months after release
- 14
- complete copies on YouTube, posing as reviews
- 1.87M
- views on those copies
- 3,400
- people sharing it by torrent, at one check
- 2
- posts on X with the whole film
A real title we protect, verified copy by copy in October 2026.
Only real copies count
Search results are full of look-alikes. Trailers, reviews, recaps, podcasts, other films with your title stuck on them, your own official uploads. Every match is checked before it reaches you. If it's the film, it goes on the takedown list. If it isn't, you never see it.
- 1
Is it the film?
Not a trailer, review, recap, podcast or another film wearing your title. Look-alikes never reach your numbers, and never a notice with your name on it.
- 2
Is it still up?
Copies that vanish on their own drop out. A copy only counts as removed once removal is confirmed, with proof for your report.
- 3
Is it yours?
Your own channels, your distributors and your sales agents are never reported. Tell us once, per film or for your whole catalogue.
What piracy costs a release
Put in your own figures. Every line shows its maths, and every default comes from published research.
- Sales lost to piracy
- €74,850
- Revenue kept by taking copies down
- €18,713
- Hours of manual takedowns saved
- 90 h · €3,600
Takedown Guard costs €49 a month per title. Founding partners pay nothing.
An estimate, not a promise. Effects are smaller for niche titles than for wide releases (Peukert et al., 2017). Sources: Ecorys for the European Commission, Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU, 2017; FFA, Der Home-Video-Markt im Jahr 2025, 2026; Danaher, Smith & Telang, UK site blocking, 2016; Danaher & Smith, Megaupload shutdown, 2014 (digital revenues +6.5 to 8.5%).
From release day to report
- 01
Watch
Add your titles and release dates. Each film is checked daily from two weeks before a release to four weeks after, then every few days, then weekly.
- 02
Verify
Every match is confirmed before it counts. Borderline cases wait for one look from you, with what we found attached.
- 03
Take down
One batch per film: hosts get an email from your own address, platforms get one guided report each, links get delisted from search.
- 04
Report
A licensor-ready report per film: what was found where, what was removed, with proof. Share it as a link or a PDF.
Where your film turns up
Torrent indexes
The Pirate Bay, 1337x, YTS, RuTracker and the rest, with how many people are sharing your film.
Streaming and download sites
Pirate streaming front-ends, file hosts and direct downloads.
Video platforms
YouTube, Rumble, Dailymotion, Facebook and TikTok, including full copies disguised as reviews.
Social posts
X posts that carry the film or link to it, and the copies those links lead to.
Found a copy somewhere else? Paste the link and it goes into the same batch.
A report they can read
Most licence agreements make anti-piracy monitoring the distributor's job in its territory. Each film gets a report that shows it was done: what was found where, what was taken down and when, with proof. Send it as a private link or print it as a PDF.
€49 a title, a month
Catalogue plans for distributors and sales agents from €399 a month. A small number of founding partners get it free, for feedback and a reference.
Questions
›How do you know a copy is really my film?
Every match goes through our verification before it counts: is it the film, is it still online, is it yours. We don't publish how it works; pirates read websites too. What you see is the outcome, with proof attached, and anything we can't settle on our own waits for your one-click decision.
›Do you find everything?
No one does, and anyone who promises it is selling you something. We cover the places where most piracy of independent films happens, and you can add any link you find yourself. It gets verified and goes into the same batch. Telegram isn't automated yet.
›Who sends the notices?
You do, as the rights holder: host emails go from your own address, and platform reports are filed in your name. Takedown Guard prepares and tracks everything. It's a tool you control, not an agency acting for you.
›Is this for distributors with a catalogue?
Yes. Release windows, territories and a report per title for your licensors are built in. Most licence agreements make anti-piracy monitoring the distributor's job in its territory; this is how you show you did it.
›Does it work under EU law as well as the DMCA?
Yes. Each notice comes in a US DMCA and an EU Digital Services Act version, and you pick per host.
›Can I sue or send Abmahnungen with this?
The evidence (screenshots, timestamps, how many people share a torrent) is what a lawyer works from. Identifying the people behind downloads is a separate, regulated job for a specialised firm; we don't collect anyone's IP address.
Protect your next release
Free for a small number of distributors and filmmakers while we grow, in exchange for honest feedback.