Files - General term for infringing content that appears on a website
Torrent - Websites which allow content to be downloaded via P2P (peer to peer) networks
Social Media Site - A platform in which an online community engages in networking, communication, interaction and sharing content
Indexer or Search Site - Platforms that aggregates infringements from piracy websites
Blog or Forum - Websites which include embedded infringements and/or redirects to other websites which host the infringement
Cyberlocker - Websites which offer a service of 'file hosting'. It is a storage service on the internet designed to accommodate user files, allowing them to store data which can then be downloaded by other users.
eCommerce - Online shops and/or marketplaces which sell physical or digital goods
Forwarder - A redirection website which referrs uses from one website to another
Streaming - Infringing content which may be consumed directly in a web browser
UGC - User Generated Content created by individuals and uploaded to websites such as YouTube
Lyrics - The unlicensed words of a song appearing on a website
Sheet Music - Unlicensed printed music appearing on a website
Online reading - Websites which embed an image on a web page, allowing consumers to view the content directly from their web browser
To be confirmed - The infringement type has not yet been identified for the link
Search engine - The delisting of results from a search engine
Google - The delisting of results from Google's search engine. A Google delisting is the process whereby Google removes a link that infringes copyright from their search results.
Status = The status of the infringement
All statuses - All stages the infringing link is at in the removal workflow
Authorisation required - The infringing link requires review before a takedown notice is issued
Authorised - The infringing link has been approved for takedown
Closed - The infringing content has not been removed. Please refer to the comment to see the reason why. One of the most common reasons is due to either the website, ISP or CDN being non-compliant to our takedown request, i.e. we have received no response from them.
Complete - The takedown was successful and the infringing link has been removed OR in the case of Google delistings this means we’ve completed the submission to Google
In progress - A takedown notice has been issued and it is progressing
In progress - ISP - A takedown notice has been issued to the ISP and it is progressing
Rejected - The infringing content was submitted for authorisatiodn, and the authorisation was rejected
Unknown - A status has not been assigned to the infringing link
