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Cease and Desist Letter - Copyright Infringement

Use our Copyright Infringement Letter template to warn violators that you’ll take legal action unless they stop.

Updated May 5, 2022

If a person or company is copying, stealing, or imitating your original work or website, use a Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Notice to demand that they provide proper credit or stop immediately.

The notice threatens legal action unless the violator stops profiting from, claiming credit for, or using your original work without permission. Learn more about this from our copyright infringement guide.

Table of Contents
  • What Should a Copyright Infringement Notice Include?
  • Is a Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Letter Legally Enforceable?
  • Sample Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Notice

What Should a Copyright Infringement Notice Include?

There are several elements you need to ensure are included in your Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Notice to make it as effective as possible. All of the below are included in our cease and desist copyright infringement letter template:

  • Infringement Method: How the offending party infringed on your copyrighted material
  • Original Work: The material you own that the offending party infringed on, and how their work is the same as or similar to your own
  • Copyright Registration Number: The number provided to you by the US Copyright Office, if you’ve registered the work

Benefits of Using a Cease and Desist Copyright Infringment Letter:

  • Resolving issues of copyright infringement quickly, without the need for litigation
  • It can act as additional evidence if your case goes to court, showing that you made attempts to put an end to the copyright infringement
  • If an offender continues to violate copyright laws after receiving a cease and desist letter for copyright infringement, the damages you’re awarded in court could increase if you win the case.

Is a Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Letter Legally Enforceable?

No, a cease and desist copyright infringement letter is not legally enforceable. The letter’s only purpose is to serve as a warning that you may take legal action unless the infringement stops. Ideally, the violator will stop before you need to take legal action, saving you time, money, and stress.

What if My Letter Is Ignored?

If your cease and desist letter is ignored, you have the option to file an infringement lawsuit against the offending party. However, you must first formally register your original work with the US Copyright Office in order to file the lawsuit. [1]

Your original works are protected by US copyright laws. [2] As soon as the expression of an idea is written, the work is copyrighted and the owner has the exclusive right to use and display this original copyrighted work.

Those exclusive rights include:

  • Monetizing the work
  • Creating derivative works
  • Displaying the work publicly

Registering your work creates a public record of the copyright, and anyone wishing to use all (or a portion) of this copyrighted work must then first get permission from you, the owner.

If your website is covered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and a third party is posting your copyrighted material, you may have to send a takedown notice to your registered DMCA agent.

Sample Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Notice

Here’s a sample of our Copyright Infringement Notice template:

Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Letter

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  1. Register Your Work: Registration Portal. https://www.copyright.gov/registration/
  2. U.S. Code § 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106

Related Intellectual Property Documents

  • Cease and Desist Trademark Infringement Letter: Use this document to let offending parties know they are violating your trademark.
  • Confidential Information & Inventions Assignment (CIIA) Agreement: Download a confidential information and inventions assignment agreement here
  • Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA): Use this template to establish a contract between two parties promising to keep certain information confidential.
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