How to Report Stolen Designs on Redbubble
Print-on-demand theft is brutally simple: someone downloads your artwork, uploads it to Redbubble, and starts selling it on shirts, stickers, and phone cases within minutes. Redbubble handles this through a DMCA-style notice-and-takedown process described in its IP/Publicity Rights Policy, and it's one of the more responsive platforms once a complete report lands.
Before you start
- Proof you created the design, original working files, dated posts on your portfolio or social accounts, or your own store listing.
- The URL of every infringing work. On Redbubble, one uploaded design spawns many product pages, so link the artwork page for each stolen design.
- The uploader's shop URL if one account has taken multiple designs.
- Your contact details, full name and a monitored email; your notice may be shared with the uploader.
Step 1: Open Redbubble's IP/Publicity Rights Policy
Go to Redbubble's Help Center and open the IP/Publicity Rights Policy, it's the canonical description of the takedown process and links to the current reporting route. You can find it from the "Report content" or legal links in Redbubble's site footer if the Help Center layout changes.
Step 2: Start a notice-and-takedown report
Follow the policy's link to the Notice and Takedown reporting form. Redbubble's process mirrors the DMCA: you identify yourself, the work, and the infringing material. Many published guides also note [email protected] as the contact for takedown correspondence, but the form is the reliable front door.
Step 3: Identify your original design
Describe each stolen design and link to where the original lives, with dates where possible. If the thief recolored, cropped, or mirrored your art, a common trick on print-on-demand sites, point it out so the reviewer can match the images.
Step 4: List every infringing URL
Paste the link to each infringing work. Be complete: partial reports leave stolen designs live and force a second round of filing.
Step 5: Sign the declarations and submit
Finish with the DMCA statements, good-faith belief the use is unauthorized, accuracy of your information, and a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the rights holder or authorized agent. Sign with your full name, submit, and keep the acknowledgment email.
What happens after you file
Redbubble typically makes contact within about 48 hours. Valid reports get the works removed and the uploader notified; accounts that repeatedly or deliberately infringe can be suspended or terminated under the policy. The uploader can send a counter-notice claiming mistake or authorization, if that happens, Redbubble may restore the content unless you pursue the matter legally.
The frustrating reality of print-on-demand is that serial infringers open new accounts and re-upload the same art. Set a reminder to search Redbubble for your design names and images every few weeks, or let Rulta, a done-for-you takedown service, run that monitoring and file the takedowns for you across Redbubble and other platforms.
This guide is educational information, not legal advice.
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Exhibit A — official takedown formhttps://help.redbubble.com/hc/en-us/articles/201579195-Redbubble-IP-Publicity-Rights-Policy
Frequently asked questions
How fast does Redbubble respond to takedown reports?
Redbubble says it aims to be in touch within about 48 hours of receiving a complete report, though removal of every listed work can take a little longer.
Do I need a Redbubble account to file?
No. The notice-and-takedown process is open to any rights holder or authorized agent, whether or not you sell on Redbubble.
One uploader has stolen dozens of my designs. Do I list them all?
Yes. Include the URL of every infringing work. Redbubble removes what you identify, and a long list of valid claims also builds the case for terminating the uploader's account.
Can the uploader dispute my report?
Yes. Redbubble accepts counter-notices when an uploader believes the removal was a mistake, and it may restore content if you do not escalate with legal action.
Will Redbubble ban repeat infringers?
Yes. Redbubble's policy allows it to suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly or deliberately infringe copyright, trademark, or publicity rights.