CopyCat is a Chrome extension that helps Etsy sellers detect copyright infringement across the web and takedown stolen content quickly and easily.

Hi everyone, Art theft runs rampant on Etsy (e-commerce site focused on homemade or vintage products with over 7 million sellers). Copyright infringers post stolen content as their own and persistently re-post it despite removal efforts. The stolen artwork is uploaded on many platforms, posing a challenge for Etsy sellers, who often spend hours each week manually searching the internet and filing DMCA takedown reports. CopyCat aims to help reduce the impact of this problem by scanning the web for stolen content and notifying sellers when it gets published online. The app also provides sellers with a comprehensive toolkit for filing DMCA violations, which can be a cumbersome process. Here are some resources for those interested in this problem! - https://artrepreneur.com/journal/etsy-copyright-infringement/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/19cpu09/someone_is_stealing_my_digital_files_and_selling - https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/15awi72/copyright_infringements_on_etsy/ Please don't hesitate to reach out with any comments or comments - all feedback is welcome :) Thank you, Rahul

@rkm660 Copyright is becoming is huge problem on Etsy. This will be helpful for protecting the content. Wanted to understand more on how will it help identify copying of designs? Appreciate your efforts towards solving this problem. Congratulations for the launch :)

@amit_arora thank you! CopyCat works by scanning the internet (all major platforms as well as smaller e-commerce sites) for images similar to the ones posted on the Etsy product detail page. The scans happen every 3 hours, so the time to identify copying of designs is quite low. Let me know if I can elaborate in any way! Thanks again

Hey Rahul, congrats on the launch! You can add to your MVP 2.0 some kind of lawyer support which will help create a legal claim regarding copyright ;)

@dennisbabych thank you! I would love to add support for DMCA professional services in a 2nd / later version. Appreciate the suggestion

This is a great initiative, Rahul. A friend of mine who works with Etsy has been telling me that art theft is a massive issue for many Etsy sellers. I will let her know about your product. How accurate is CopyCat in detecting stolen content, and does it cover all major platforms where these infringements usually occur? Also, are there any plans to expand the toolkit to automate more of the DMCA takedown process? I'm sure my friend will enjoy it!

@kyrylosilin thank you. Appreciate the share, and feel free to push her in touch with me if interested. My product runs a search across the entire web (all major platforms and also smaller ones) every 3 hours, so generally my accuracy is tied to the indexing frequency of Google Lens, which of course is the de facto standard for reverse image search. To your second question, yes absolutely - the highest priority next feature is to automate the takedown process. I'm going to gather feedback from this initial launch and use seller demand to inform which features to build next. Again, really appreciate your thoughtful comment.

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Copyright protection for Etsy sellers.

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