Originally Posted by Cyrano

I was tempted to start a thread about this. Like you, I'm receiving a large volume of takedown notices from DMCA Piracy Prevention. Branditscan is operated by the same company and they appear to be based in the Montreal area.

Notices have slowed down a bit for me, but this has definitely been stressful. It's hitting random pages based on old advertisements that Google cached, stuff of that nature. Google is letting these fuckers takedown major URLs as well. I'm worried my root domain will eventually be included in a notice.

Also, Google seems to have altered their process a bit. When submitting a counter-notice, I first receive an email informing me that my counter-notice will be reviewed. After it's "reviewed" -- whatever that entails -- they then send an additional email letting me know that it's been forwarded to the complainant, who has 10 days to respond. The span of time between filing a counter-notice and the 10-day-countdown has been up to a week for me, usually 3 or 4 days. I assume others are experiencing this?

Does anyone know whether a platform, such as OnlyFans, has hired them? This behavior points in that direction. That or they tweaked their bots (or developed a new one) and it's much more aggressive than before. I searched around and Branditscan seems to be popular among webcam models -- only $45 for unlimited automatic takedowns. They've been around for a while but I've never dealt with them, via DMCA Piracy Prevention, until June 25.


Separately, does anyone know if Bruqi is affiliated with these guys? They use the same format in their notices and I've noticed an uptick from them as well.