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Verification Center

Verify the agency and its authorisation

This page is for platforms, review teams, notice recipients and anyone performing due diligence before working with us.

Official identity

Agency identity
Brand
DMCA Agency Deutschland
Short name
DMCA Agency
Official domain
dmcaagency.de
Copyright
copyright@dmcaagency.de
Verification
verification@dmcaagency.de
Role
Authorised representative

Register details will be published once incorporation is complete and documented. Until then this site carries no commercial-register, VAT or representation details at all.

Only these channels are official

Official correspondence from this agency comes exclusively from the domain dmcaagency.de. If you receive a message invoking DMCA Agency Deutschland from any other domain, please treat it as unverified and report it to verification@dmcaagency.de.

For platforms and review teams

If you have received a notice from this agency and are checking where it came from, the following is what you need.

Official brand
DMCA Agency Deutschland
Official domain
dmcaagency.de
Copyright enforcement
copyright@dmcaagency.de
Verification
verification@dmcaagency.de
Role
Authorized Representative
Authorization
A documented Letter of Authorization exists before any submission.
Verification route
/en/verification
Check or dispute a notice
/en/check-a-notice

Independent service provider — not a public authority, not a platform operator, no partnership.

Our role in a notice

In short: we file on behalf of a rightsholder, never as the rightsholder.

Role 1

Rightsholder

The person or company to whom the rights in the protected work actually belong. Copyright stays entirely with them.

Role 2

DMCA Agency Deutschland

Acts as authorised representative — on the basis of a documented mandate, in the rightsholder’s name.

An authorisation transfers no rights. DMCA Agency Deutschland never becomes the owner of a client’s work.

Role
Authorized Representative
Ownership
Remains with the client; an authorization transfers no rights.
Signature
The full legal name of the authorized individual — not a company name — wherever a platform requires a personal signature.
Notice mailbox
copyright@dmcaagency.de

Authorization chain

A notice from this agency presupposes a documented Letter of Authorization that exists before submission.

  1. Position 1

    Copyright owner

    Holds the rights in the protected work. The rights stay there — entirely and at all times.

  2. Position 2

    Letter of Authorization

    A documented authorization stating scope, platforms and validity period. It exists before submission.

  3. Position 3

    DMCA Agency Deutschland

    Prepares, reviews and files — within the scope the authorization covers, and no further.

  4. Position 4

    Authorized Representative

    The role stated to the platform. Not "Copyright Owner" — that role stays with position 1.

An authorization transfers no rights. It permits acting in the rightsholder’s name, and nothing else.

How to verify an authorization

  1. Write to the verification mailbox

    Send your enquiry to verification@dmcaagency.de, quoting the case or authorization reference from the notice where you have one.

  2. We check it

    We reconcile the reference against our case records and check whether a valid authorization of the stated scope existed at the time of the notice.

  3. We answer to the extent required

    You receive confirmation of the existence, scope and validity period of the authorization. On a reasoned request from a legitimate recipient we provide suitable evidence — but not the underlying contract in full.

Handling of verification enquiries
Working hours
Monday–Friday · 09:00–17:00 Uhr (CET/CEST)Europe/Berlin
Case submission
Available online at any time.
Initial case assessment
typically one business dayAn agency target, not a contractual guarantee. How long a platform takes is decided by the platform.
Weekends
For existing engagements, limited weekend handling may be available in urgent matters. No fixed weekend hours are promised.
Public holidays
Public holidays in Germany differ by federal state. Handling may be delayed on holidays at the agency’s registered office; a precise holiday calendar will be published once that office is registered and evidenced.

Reference schemes

Five objects, five reference types. A notice quotes the case reference; authorization queries also quote the authorization reference.

  • Case

    DEA-YYYY-NNNNNN

    Format example DEA-2026-000001

    One matter; may cover several works and many reported uses.

  • Work

    DEA-WNNNNNN

    Format example DEA-W000001

    Not year-bound — a work stays the same work across years.

  • Authorization

    DEA-AUTH-YYYY-NNNNNN

    Format example DEA-AUTH-2026-000001

    Covers one or more cases within its scope.

  • Evidence package

    DEA-EV-YYYY-NNNNNN

    Format example DEA-EV-2026-000001

    The evidence belonging to one case.

  • Notice

    DEA-NOT-YYYY-NNNNNN

    Format example DEA-NOT-2026-000001

    A single submission to one recipient.

Illustrative only — not a real record.

Planned reference lookup

No public lookup by reference exists yet. So that nobody waits for one, here is what it is specified to return — and what it never will.

Not available yet

The address /verify/{reference} is not live. Until it is, every check runs through verification@dmcaagency.de.

Fields intended to be public

reference
The reference queried.
agency
DMCA Agency Deutschland — the filing party.
verificationType
Case, authorization or notice.
status
State of the authorization at the time of the query.
scope
Subject-matter scope, to the extent its disclosure is covered.
platform
The reporting route concerned.
validFrom · validUntil
Validity period.
revocationStatus
Whether and when it was revoked.
verificationContact
verification@dmcaagency.de
lastVerifiedAt
When it was last checked.

What a lookup will never return

  • The engagement contract or the letter of authorization in full
  • Identity documents
  • Signatures
  • Confidential evidence from the case file
  • Internal notes and correspondence
  • The rightsholder’s identity where its disclosure is not covered

What we disclose — and what we do not

On a reasoned request

  • That an authorization existed at the time of the notice
  • Its subject-matter scope: work, platform, period
  • The rightsholder’s name, where its disclosure is covered
  • Confirmation that the notice came from us
  • A contact route for questions about the case

Not published

  • The engagement contract in full
  • Fees and commercial terms
  • Internal communication with the client
  • Personal data beyond what is necessary
  • Details of cases that are not the subject of the enquiry

Why the contract is not published: a letter of authorization routinely contains information about the client and about third parties — work catalogues, commercial terms, named contacts. None of it is needed to check a notice. What is needed is confirmation that an effective authorization of the stated scope existed. That is exactly what we give.

Impersonation

The name of an enforcement agency is worth misusing: a message demanding a removal under someone else’s name looks credible at first glance. So, without exception:

Official senders
Addresses on dmcaagency.de only. The full list of mailboxes is on the contact page.
No other domains
We do not send notices from freemail addresses, from look-alike domains, or through third parties.
When in doubt, check
Forward the message in question to verification@dmcaagency.de. We will confirm or deny that it came from us.
No demand for payment
A notice from this agency does not demand payment from the other side and does not ask for a settlement sum.

Make a verification enquiry

Enquiries from platforms and recipients are handled at the verification mailbox.

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