#DMCA
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Send a DMCA takedown notice
So ao3.life has scraped the entirety of ao3 and is offering shitty audiobook versions of every fic
I had everything archive locked on ao3 and it's still all here and I as the author have 0 control over any of my fics on there.
This is absolutely not ok and needs to be taken down immidiately.
#ao3
November 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The dmca email for spaceship is dmca@spaceship.com as well. Wink wink.
November 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
An option for ppl who have heard abt the AO3life thing.

**PLEASE DON'T CONTACT THEM, EMAIL THEM, ETC**

Everything abt that site stinks of ✨a phishing scam✨.

Options:

- Submit a DMCA notice to the hosting site. Here's how to do that: library.georgetown.edu/copyright/dm...
DMCA Takedown Notice | Georgetown University Library
If you find infringing copies of your work on a website, you may notify the website with a DMCA takedown notice. The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) sets out a process for copyright holders to...
library.georgetown.edu
November 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
For those of you wanting to send a DMCA takedown notice to the new gross pirate site, this page has info and a sample letter. @turkborne.bsky.social recommends emailing abuse@spaceship.com and dmca@spaceship.com.
DMCA Takedown Notice | Georgetown University Library
If you find infringing copies of your work on a website, you may notify the website with a DMCA takedown notice. The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) sets out a process for copyright holders to...
library.georgetown.edu
November 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
DMCA better be moving fuckin fast on this bullshit
November 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Also dmca@spaceship.com is their dmca email.
November 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'm sending a DMCA takedown or a copyright claim or whatever the fuck they can't do this to me
November 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The DMCA as written is actually a reasonable compromise between the rights of copyright holders, big Internet platforms, and creators. Not a perfect compromise, but a livable one.

The DMCA as overapplied by big tech essentially says "a spammer can destroy your career, fuck you small creator".
November 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
It's likely so folks don't go through DMCA. It feels like the most accessible path. It's a cash grab. And they don't want us to DMCA bc it kills the train early.
November 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
People make shitty DMCA jokes more than actual times Nintendo has taken down fan games
This is my vent art
October 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
🙂

(if you were wondering how you might spend the ao3 shutdown period, perhaps it will be doing endless dmca takedowns)
lmaooooo sayonara you weeab•• shits
November 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Also, you don't need to have a registered copyright to issue a DMCA takedown notice.
November 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In other news, they are hosted by cloudflare :) did you know you can DMCA your fanfics?
November 2, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Biggest surprise of the Pikmin Direct is that the sharing of fanmade Nintendo material on social media led to a collaboration with Miyamoto instead of an account termination and DMCA 🤔
October 31, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Only for the DMCA takedown to be taken seriously
November 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
They buy dead IPs like glover then immediately go on dmca sprees.

They also use emus without clearing them for commercial use. The same dmca they filed against others, they did.
November 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
please note with how DMCA claims work, a compliant claim w/ the host WILL FORWARD YOUR CONTACT INFO TO THE REPORTED SITE. this ao3 dot live site is clearly aiming to scrape info and ragebait writers into a hasty response. AO3 is addressing this already. please don't give up anything further to them
November 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Who to send a DMCA takedown notice to if your stuff is on AO3life: abuse@spaceship.com
Here's the info on the Hosting site
November 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
You do not need to provide that to submit a DMCA takedown
November 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
DMCA it?
November 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
also i'm laughing so hard. when ppl were talking about DMCA-ing their fics uploaded without their consent onto google or other platforms people were crying saying that would lead to AO3 getting taken down.

meanwhile AO3 told people to DMCA fics on the ao3 life site
November 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
You should issue a DMCA if you can
November 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Guess I'll be filing a dmca takedown later...

Fucking vibe coded ao3 dot life shit.
November 2, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This is a common pattern with a lot of their takedowns. AM2R got a DMCA around the time of Samus Returns, and Heaven Studio (a custom rhythm heaven level creator) got a DMCA right before Rhythm Heaven Groove was announced
November 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM