Takedown

net.lawyerdPublished by lawyerd.netOfficial publisherv0.2.2Updated Oct 24, 2026

DMCA takedown & host reveal for AI agents: who hosts an infringing URL, even behind Cloudflare.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

A hosted MCP server that helps an assistant find who hosts an infringing URL, plan a DMCA or abuse takedown, and preserve page evidence.

What you can do
Resolve the hosting provider, platform, or CDN/proxy in front of a URL and its abuse contact, noting when the real host is hidden behind a proxy and must be revealed first. Assess how a takedown would proceed: the route, documents and signed attestation the rights holder must supply, the steps, and legal caveats. Return a secure onboarding link so a human can identify themselves, sign the authorization, and provide proof of ownership. Preserve a public page as a forensic package with screenshots, HTML, headers, hashes, a timestamp anchor, and an archive snapshot delivered to the user's own storage.
When to use it
Use it when someone needs to know where to send a copyright, trademark, or brand-impersonation complaint for a specific URL, or wants to capture a disappearing page as evidence before starting a takedown. It is a lookup and planning layer, not an auto-filing service.
Requirements
A remote Streamable HTTP endpoint; nothing to install. The README says it is free, needs no account, and is rate-limited. Starting a takedown requires a human to open a link in a browser, sign an authorization, and provide proof of ownership.
Before you install
The server is operated by a commercial content-removal practice, and actual enforcement is done by that firm under counsel. It does not file notices itself and does not guarantee removal. It is not legal advice and declines lawful criticism, reviews, and journalism. Preserving evidence sends page data to third-party timestamp and archive services and delivers the package to storage the user chooses.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Takedown in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/net.lawyerd%2Ftakedown/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "takedown": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown"
    }
  }
}

README

DMCA Takedown MCP Server

The first DMCA takedown & host-reveal MCP server. Connect it to Claude (or any MCP client) and your AI agent can answer: “who really hosts this infringing site — even behind Cloudflare — where does the DMCA/abuse notice go, and how do I actually get it taken down?”

Hosted and operated by Lawyerd, a counsel-led content-removal practice. This repository is the public home and documentation for the server; it is a remote, hosted MCP server — there is nothing to install or run yourself. Just point your agent at the endpoint.

  • Endpoint: https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown (Streamable HTTP)
  • Alias: https://mcp.lawyerd.net/mcp
  • Registry: net.lawyerd/takedown in the official MCP Registry
  • Cost: free, no account, rate-limited
  • Discovery: /.well-known/mcp.json

Quick start

Add the server to Claude Code / Claude Desktop:

bash
claude mcp add --transport http lawyerd https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown

Or add it to any MCP client config (mcpServers):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "lawyerd": {      "type": "http",      "url": "https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown"    }  }}

Then just ask your assistant, in your own words:

“Someone reposted my photo set and is selling prints at https://example-infringer.com. Who hosts it and how do I take it down?”

The agent chains the three tools below and hands you a plain-language answer.

Tools

resolve_host

Look up who hosts a URL and where a DMCA/abuse notice would go. Identifies the platform, the CDN/proxy in front (e.g. Cloudflare, DDoS-Guard), or the direct hosting provider and its abuse contact. For domains whose real host has already been revealed from behind a proxy, it returns that host immediately; for a domain still hidden behind a proxy it says so honestly — revealing the true host means initiating an abuse report. Read-only; files nothing.

assess_takedown

The plan for a takedown of a specific URL: the route it would follow (host abuse, platform form, or reveal-first), what the rights holder must supply (proof of ownership and a one-time signed attestation), the step-by-step process, and the legal caveats — including 17 U.S.C. §512(f) and scope limits. Read-only; it does not judge the merits of the claim.

start_takedown

Returns a secure onboarding link to actually begin a takedown. A human opens it once in a browser to identify themselves, sign the authorization (the one step that legally requires a human), and provide proof of ownership. Nothing is filed by the agent.

Example

jsonc
// tools/call → resolve_host  { "url": "https://example-infringer.com" }{  "domain": "example-infringer.com",  "frontedBy": "cdn_proxy",  "proxy": { "name": "Cloudflare" },  "realHostHidden": true,  "takedownRoute": "needs_reveal",  "nextStep": "The site is behind Cloudflare — the real host is hidden. Revealing it requires initiating an abuse report; start a takedown to do that."}

For a domain already revealed, resolve_host returns the real host and its abuse email directly, with revealSource: "cached_reveal".

What this is — and is not

  • ✅ A lookup and planning layer for DMCA / abuse takedowns, callable by AI agents.
  • ✅ Honest about what it knows: it never invents an abuse contact, and it does not claim a synchronous “reveal behind Cloudflare” it cannot actually perform without filing.
  • ❌ Not an auto-filing bot. A DMCA notice is signed by the rights holder under penalty of perjury; that signature is always made by a human.
  • ❌ Not legal advice, and it does not guarantee removal.
  • ❌ Not a tool for suppressing lawful content. Copyright, trademark and brand-impersonation matters only — lawful criticism, reviews and journalism are declined at intake.

The actual enforcement — revealing the real host, filing the notice, following up, and confirming the content is genuinely gone — is done by Lawyerd under qualified counsel. The MCP server is the front door; lawyerd.net is the practice behind it.

Keywords

DMCA takedown · MCP server · Model Context Protocol · AI agent · host reveal · find the real host behind Cloudflare · abuse contact lookup · copyright takedown · brand protection · content removal · Claude · takedown automation.

Links

License

Documentation in this repository is released under the MIT License. The hosted service, its tool implementations and the underlying host-resolution data are proprietary to Lawyerd and are not included here.

Source: README.md at commit 7923618

Tools

4

resolve_host

Resolve host & abuse contact

Look up who hosts a URL and where an abuse/takedown notice would go. Identifies the CDN/proxy in front (e.g. Cloudflare), the platform, or the direct host and its abuse contact. For direct hosts and previously-revealed domains it returns the real host immediately; for a domain hidden behind a proxy it explains that revealing the true host requires initiating an abuse report. Read-only; files nothing. A lookup, not legal advice; it does not guarantee removal.

Parametersurlrequired

assess_takedown

Assess a takedown

Assess how a takedown for this URL would proceed: where the notice goes (host, platform, or a hidden host that must be revealed first), what documents and attestation the content owner must supply, the step-by-step process, and the legal caveats (§512(f), scope limits). Read-only; does not judge the merits of the claim and files nothing. Use resolve_host first if you only need the hosting answer.

Parametersurlrequiredwhat

start_takedown

Start a takedown (onboarding link)

Get the secure onboarding link to actually start a takedown. The content owner opens it once in a browser to identify themselves, sign the standing authorization (the one step that legally requires a human), and provide proof of ownership. Returns the link plus what to prepare and what happens next. Creates nothing by itself; filings targeting lawful criticism, reviews or journalism are declined at intake.

Parametersurlrequired

preserve_evidence

Preserve a page as evidence

Preserve a public web page as evidence BEFORE it disappears: a forensic-grade package — full-page screenshot, raw and rendered HTML, HTTP headers, hosting/registrar context, SHA-256 hashes of every artifact, an OpenTimestamps Bitcoin anchor and an Internet Archive snapshot — delivered to the USER'S OWN email in ~2 minutes (free: 3/day, 10/month per email). Use when the user wants to "save proof", "screenshot for court" or fix a scam/infringing page before takedown. Sends one email to the address given; captures only public pages (no logins/paywalls); lawful preservation only. Not notarization — Lawyerd counsel can add a signed declaration of the capture procedure on request.

Parametersurlrequirednameemailrequiredcompany

Version history

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  1. v0.2.2LatestSep 16, 2026

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