Remove Piracy Pages From Google and Bing Results for Your Name
When a search for your name or stage name shows piracy pages, those results can keep sending visitors to them. Google and Bing review each copyright notice and can remove the result when it is valid. Adult Model Protection files those requests as your agent and sends notices to the sites behind the results.
Search engines do not remove a name; they remove specific URLs, and only under their own policies. A request names each page that infringes your copyright, and the search engine reviews it.
Google and Bing are US companies covered by the DMCA. Under 17 U.S.C. 512(d), a search engine that is notified of infringing material must respond expeditiously to remove or disable links to it to keep its safe harbor. Google says it is its policy to comply with notices of copyright infringement under the DMCA.
Search engine de-indexing is unlimited on every paid plan, from Essentials up.
Why Search Results for Your Name Matter
When someone searches your stage name, the first page of results shapes what they see of you. A piracy page can rank for a creator's name next to the creator's own profiles, and its title and snippet in the result can be harmful on their own.
A search result can also stay visible for a while after the page behind it has changed or been removed. Google offers a Refresh Outdated Content tool for pages or images that no longer exist; it only updates Google's result and does not remove a page from the web.
The Routes for Removal From Google Search
There are several routes for removal from Google Search, and the right one depends on the content.
- Copyright: a DMCA notice for pages that host or link to your photos and videos (Google's legal removal process)
- Sexual content shared without consent, including fake (deepfake) content (Google's policy)
- Personal and contact information: Google has its own free request route for results that show your personal information, under its conditions (Google's page); see also our private information removal
- Data protection delisting for people in the EU, EEA or UK (Google's overview)
Which Route We Use for Leaked Paid Content
Google's policy on personal sexual content works separately from copyright and also covers fake content. It applies when the content was distributed without your consent, or when you did consent and, in Google's words, "the content isn't commercialized online or somewhere else." A leak of content you sell may fall under the first part, and you can file that request with Google yourself, for free. Google's page does not say how it treats leaks of content that is sold elsewhere. For those leaks we use the copyright route, because it rests on your ownership of the work.
Where a privacy route fits better, for example content that was never published commercially, fake content or pages that wrongly link your name to sexual content, we file privacy reports as your authorized representative. These are part of private information removal on the Luxe and higher plans; deepfake removal is part of the Glamour plan.
If you live in the EU, EEA or UK, data protection law (GDPR Article 17 and the court rulings on search engines) lets you ask search engines to delist results about you; Google weighs each request against the public interest.
How a Copyright Removal Request Works With Google
A copyright request through Google's legal removal process asks Google to remove specific URLs from its results because the pages host, embed or link to your work. Google reports copyright removals from Search in its public Transparency Report. Its copyright removal FAQ says the average processing time across all removal requests submitted through its web form for Search is approximately 6 hours, and that many factors affect it. That is Google's average, not a guarantee for any single request.
Each request names the exact URLs and includes the elements 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3) lists for a notice, including the statements and a signature. For the full list, see how a DMCA notice works.
Google can decline a request. Its FAQ lists reasons such as not having enough information about why a URL is allegedly infringing, not finding the allegedly infringing content, deducing that the process is being misused, and fair use. Incomplete requests can be declined or delayed, which is why a person on our takedown team checks each request before it is sent.
Whose Name Is on the Request, and Lumen
Google shares a copy of copyright notices with the Lumen database, including the name of the person who filed it, the rights holder's name and the reported URLs; contact details are not shared. The rights holder named on our requests is your model (stage) name, and Lumen may publish it. Adult Model Protection is named as the filer, acting as your authorized agent.
Your legal name is not on these requests. It is only shared with your consent, with a recipient that needs it and keeps it confidential, and never with Google, Bing or others that publish or forward notices.
When a notice to a site or its host leads to removal, the uploader can file a counter-notice, and the host may restore the content after 10 to 14 business days unless it is told within that period that the copyright owner has filed a court action (US Copyright Office). Our takedown team tells you when one arrives and explains your options; the decision is yours, and we do not give legal advice.
Filing Yourself or With AMP
You can file Google's copyright removal form and Bing's notice form yourself, for free. If you do, you are named as the person who filed it, and Google shares that name with Lumen. AMP takes over the finding and the paperwork: locating the results, collecting every URL, filing as your agent, checking each request before it goes out, checking afterwards whether each result is gone, and sending notices to the sites that host the copies.
Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and Yandex
Google is the search engine most people use, and Bing also feeds other search engines. Bing's notice form covers links appearing in Bing or provided by Bing via Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo says it largely sources its traditional links and images from Bing. Bing has its own copyright form and its own form for intimate images shared without consent. Bing does not publish a processing time.
Our scans include Yandex as well as Google and Bing. Yandex asks rights holders to contact the site owner or host, and removes links from its results once the page is gone. For results we find on Yandex, we send the takedown notice to the site or its host.
After the Request: Removal Checks and New Results
We check whether each result is gone, through page checks and manual checks, and your dashboard shows every request and its status.
Removed results can sometimes come back, for example when a page changes or the content appears on a new URL. Our regular scans and manual searches look for re-indexed or new pages, and a new result gets a new request. You get a notification when a scan finds a new copy, and you can submit links yourself from your dashboard.
Your Own Pages in Search
De-indexing removes pages; it does not add yours. A stronger official web presence can help your own pages show up for your name. Steps that can help:
- A personal website under your stage name
- Social profiles that use the same stage name
- Links between your official profiles
- Regular checks of the results for your name
If the content shows you under 18, or you are in danger
- Explicit images or videos of you taken before you were 18: use NCMEC's free Take It Down service and report to the CyberTipline. Adult Model Protection serves adults only.
- Explicit images of you as an adult shared without your consent: StopNCII.org is a free tool. If someone is threatening you, see sextortion and blackmail help.
- If you are thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 in the US, or your local emergency number.
How It Works
Our team runs the scans, and every notice is checked by our takedown team before it is sent. Here is what happens from the moment you register to the moment we check that your content is gone.
Search for Results to Remove
We search Google, Bing and Yandex for your name, usernames and your content to find results to remove. You can submit links yourself.
Choose the Route for Each URL
For leaked paid content we use the copyright route. Privacy routes fit content that was never commercialized, fake content and personal information.
File the Requests
A person on our takedown team checks each request, and AMP files it as your agent, with your model name as rights holder.
Removal Check
We check whether each result is gone. You see the status of every request in your dashboard.
Notices to the Source Sites
The pages behind the results get their own takedown notices, to the site or its host.
New and Re-indexed Results
Later scans and manual searches look for results that come back or new pages, and each one found gets a new request.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you remove my name from Google search?
Google removes specific URLs, not a name, and only under its policies. We find the pages that use your content and file a request for each URL, so Google can drop those pages from the results for your name. For results that show your personal contact details, Google has its own free request route, and our private information removal covers those requests on the Luxe and higher plans.
Which plan do I need for search engine de-indexing?
Copyright de-indexing is unlimited on every paid plan, from Essentials up. Privacy reports are part of private information removal on the Luxe and higher plans, and deepfake removal is part of the Glamour plan. The Free plan includes a quarterly web scan but no takedowns.
Will my name appear in the request?
Your model (stage) name appears as the rights holder, and Lumen may publish it, because Google shares copyright notices with the Lumen database. Adult Model Protection is named as the filer, acting as your agent. Your legal name is not on the request and is never shared with Google or Bing.
Can results be removed if my content is from years ago?
Older results can still be reported. Whether they are removed depends on the policy and the page. Results that still show text from a page that has changed or been deleted can be refreshed through Google's Refresh Outdated Content tool.
What if a page uses my name in the title but the content is not mine?
If the page does not use your content, it is not a copyright matter. Google has a route for pages that wrongly link a person's name to sexual content, and we look at each URL for the route that fits. Claims such as defamation are decided by courts; Adult Model Protection is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.
Does de-indexing affect my own pages?
No. Requests target specific infringing URLs on other sites and do not affect your own pages.
Your Name Should Lead to You, Not to Pirates
Adult Model Protection finds piracy pages in the results for your name and files removal requests with Google and Bing. Start with the Free plan and its quarterly web scan to see what is already out there.