How to Remove Your Content from Kemono
Kemono is a public scraper archive of paywalled content from Patreon, Pixiv Fanbox, Fantia, Gumroad, Discord, and similar membership platforms, the sister site of Coomer, run on the same infrastructure with the same disregard for takedown requests. Direct appeals to the site rarely work, so this guide targets what does: its hosts, its registrar, the search engines, and your own membership platform's legal team.
Before you start
- Your creator page URL on the archive and URLs of the individual imported posts.
- Proof of ownership, your live membership page and matching original posts.
- A dedicated email address for takedown correspondence.
- A decision on filing anonymously through an authorized agent, since notices carry the sender's name.
Step 1: Document your archive page and posts
Record the current domain (it has moved several times), your full creator-page URL, each post URL, and dated screenshots showing your content. When the site relocates after losing a host, which has happened repeatedly, this file is what lets you re-file against the new domain immediately.
Step 2: Report the theft to your membership platform
This step is unique to scraper archives: Patreon and other membership platforms treat these sites as attacks on their business and have filed DMCA actions against them. Report the scraped page through your platform's support or trust-and-safety channel with your documented URLs. Their legal notices carry corporate weight and run alongside everything you file yourself.
Step 3: Send a notice to the site, for the record
If the current domain posts a DMCA contact, send one properly formatted notice. Creators overwhelmingly report no response or explicit refusal, so treat this as building your evidence of non-compliance rather than a removal attempt. Move to Step 4 the same day.
Step 4: File with the real hosting provider and CDN
Use WHOIS and urlscan.io to map the current domain to its CDN and origin host, then send your DMCA notice to each abuse contact. This is the pressure that has actually knocked the archive offline in the past, hosts terminate service rather than risk their own safe-harbor protection. If a CDN fronts the site, its abuse process can also identify the hidden origin host for you.
Step 5: Notify the registrar and de-index from search
Send the domain registrar a copy of your notice with the record of ignored requests; note that some TLDs the site has used sit outside standard ICANN policies, so results vary. Then do the highest-impact step: submit every URL to Google at reportcontent.google.com and to Bing via Microsoft's copyright infringement form. De-indexed pages stop appearing when fans, employers, or family search your name, for most creators that is the outcome that matters.
Step 6: Monitor for re-imports
The archive can re-scrape your feed, and mirrors appear under new domains. Check your creator name monthly on the current domain and in search results, and re-file from your saved template when anything resurfaces.
What happens after you file
The site itself will likely stay silent. Your platform's legal team, the hosting provider, and the search engines are where movement happens, typically within days to a few weeks. Keep every confirmation; the paper trail accelerates each future escalation.
If you want the whole cycle handled without your name on any notice, Rulta does exactly this for membership creators, filing through its own agents, coordinating host and search-engine takedowns, and watching for re-imports around the clock.
This guide is educational information, not legal advice.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Kemono remove content when asked?
Creators report that direct requests are usually ignored or refused. Real removals have historically come from hosting providers dropping the site and from search engines de-indexing its pages, which is what this guide focuses on.
Can my membership platform help?
Yes. Patreon and similar platforms have legal teams that file takedowns over scraped subscriber content. Report the theft to your platform as well, their notices run in parallel with yours and cost you nothing.
How does my paywalled content end up there?
The site imports content using session keys contributed from paying subscribers' accounts, then republishes it on a public archive page under your creator name.
Do I have to reveal my identity to file?
A DMCA notice names its sender, and leak-site operators sometimes forward or publish notices. Filing through an authorized agent keeps your legal name off the paperwork.
Will one takedown fix it permanently?
Usually not, the archive can re-import your feed later. Monitoring and quick re-filing from a saved template are part of the strategy.