— About us —
Built by people who got tired of watching creators get robbed.
DMCA Masters exists because the anti-piracy industry was failing the people who needed it most — independent creators building real businesses online.
Our story
How we got here.
We started DMCA Masters after watching the same thing happen over and over: a course creator or content professional would discover their work on pirate sites, try an automated takedown tool, and watch the same links reappear within days. The tools filed notices. The pirates reuploaded. Nobody followed through.
The enterprise anti-piracy companies had the capability to do more — but they priced out everyone except Fortune 500 brands. Independent creators were left choosing between expensive services they couldn't afford and cheap tools that didn't actually work.
We built DMCA Masters to close that gap. Real enforcement — human investigators, legally precise DMCA notices, platform-by-platform escalation, payment processor reports — at rates that independent creators and small teams can actually justify. No enterprise-only pricing. No per-takedown fees. No fire-and-forget automation pretending to be a service.
Today we protect course creators, online educators, premium content creators, software developers, and brands across 100+ platforms. Every takedown is verified by a human. Every case gets follow-through until the content is actually gone.
We make sure that people who create valuable work online don't lose revenue, reputation, or control to pirates.
Not through automated form-filling. Through actual enforcement — the kind that follows the money, reaches the hard platforms, and doesn't stop at the first notice.
What drives us
The principles behind every takedown.
These aren't marketing slogans. They're the operating rules our team follows on every case.
Follow through, not just follow up
Filing a DMCA notice is step one. We track every notice through to resolution — and when a platform ignores it, we escalate until the content comes down. A reported link isn't the same as a removed link.
Go where others won't
Telegram groups, Discord servers, Yandex results, DuckDuckGo indexes, file-hosting sites, payment processors. The platforms most services skip are often where the worst infringement lives. We cover them all.
Price it for the people who need it
Enterprise pricing locks out the creators who suffer the most from piracy. We deliver premium enforcement at rates that independent creators, educators, and small studios can afford — without cutting corners on quality.
Humans verify, humans decide
Automated scanners flag false positives and miss context. Our team manually verifies every infringement before filing, writes legally sound notices, and makes judgment calls that bots can't. The result is higher accuracy and higher actual removal rates.
Protect the work, respect the person
We handle sensitive cases — leaked intimate content, impersonation, identity theft. Every case is treated with discretion and care. We never sensationalize, and we never use a client's situation as marketing material without permission.
Stay relentless
Pirates are persistent. They reupload, mirror, and rebrand. Our monitoring and enforcement matches that persistence. A single takedown isn't a win — sustained protection is.
The team
Who's behind the operation.
DMCA Masters was founded by two people who saw an industry failing its most vulnerable customers — and decided to build something better.
Santhej Kallada
Technology, discovery systems & infrastructure
The technical force behind DMCA Masters. Santhej is obsessed with building systems that find pirated content faster than anyone else in the industry — and he's convinced he can make our detection and enforcement pipeline 1,000% more efficient. He architects every piece of the technical stack: the monitoring infrastructure, the automated discovery tools, the platform integrations. If there's a way to find stolen content faster, track it across more platforms, or process takedowns more accurately, he's already prototyping it. Computer engineer by training, relentless builder by nature.
Martin Thomas
Operations, enforcement & client strategy
The operations mind behind DMCA Masters. Martin owns the enforcement pipeline end to end — from first investigation to final takedown confirmation. He manages client relationships, oversees the enforcement team, and ensures no case falls through the cracks. His deep background in SEO and digital marketing means he understands exactly how pirate links erode a creator's search rankings and revenue — and how to systematically reverse that damage. Every case gets his attention until the content is actually gone.
Ready to protect your work?
Tell us what's happening with your content. We'll assess the situation and recommend the right approach — no obligation.