VK, the Russian social platform formerly known as VKontakte, is a common place for copyrighted work to be reposted: videos, music, photos, and paywalled content all circulate there. The good news is that removing it is more straightforward than on most platforms. VK runs a dedicated copyright complaint form, and a valid submission usually does the job.
Use the VK copyright form
Everything goes through one page: vk.com/dmca.
Open the form, fill it in, and submit. To complete it you will need the same essentials any copyright complaint requires: a description of your original work, the exact VK links where the infringing copies sit, your contact details, and a statement that you own the rights and that the use is unauthorized. If you want help wording the description and the ownership statement, our DMCA notice generator produces that language, which you can adapt into the form’s fields.
Be precise with the links. Point to the specific post, video, or audio page rather than a profile or a community homepage, so VK can find and remove exactly what you mean.
What VK may ask for
VK sometimes asks for documents to confirm that you are who you say you are before it acts. There are two cases:
Having these ready before you submit saves a round of back-and-forth. If VK requests one and you respond promptly, the complaint moves faster.
After you submit
VK reviews the complaint, and for a valid request it removes the infringing material. As with any platform, keep a record of what you sent and the links you reported, in case the same content reappears and you need to file again or reference your earlier complaint.
That is the whole process. VK is one of the rare platforms where a single, well-prepared form submission is usually all it takes. If your work is also being shared elsewhere, the method is similar on other services: identify the work, point to the exact links, and send it to the platform’s copyright channel. Our guide to removing copyrighted material from Telegram walks through a tougher example, and the explainer on what the DMCA is covers why these notices work in the first place.