diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 755af6d..d105801 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ node_modules
 
 # Narration
 /html/static/media/cant_think_suricrasia_online.mp3
+/html/transparency
diff --git a/api/takedown.js b/api/takedown.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9115b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/takedown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const constants = require("../utils/constants")
+const {render} = require("pinski/plugins")
+
+module.exports = [
+	{
+		route: "/takedown", methods: ["GET"], code: async () => {
+			return render(200, "pug/takedown.pug", {constants})
+		}
+	}
+]
diff --git a/api/video.js b/api/video.js
index 2f613ad..1161fd5 100644
--- a/api/video.js
+++ b/api/video.js
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ module.exports = [
 			const settings = user.getSettingsOrDefaults()
 			const id = url.searchParams.get("v")
 
+			// Check if playback is allowed
+			const videoTakedownInfo = db.prepare("SELECT id, org, url FROM TakedownVideos WHERE id = ?").get(id)
+			if (videoTakedownInfo) {
+				return render(451, "pug/takedown-video.pug", videoTakedownInfo)
+			}
+
 			// Media fragment
 			const t = url.searchParams.get("t")
 			let mediaFragment = converters.tToMediaFragment(t)
@@ -141,6 +147,15 @@ module.exports = [
 				if (!video) throw new MessageError("The instance returned null.")
 				if (video.error) throw new InstanceError(video.error, video.identifier)
 
+				// Check if channel playback is allowed
+				const channelTakedownInfo = db.prepare("SELECT ucid, org, url FROM TakedownChannels WHERE ucid = ?").get(video.authorId)
+				if (channelTakedownInfo) {
+					// automatically add the entry to the videos list, so it won't be fetched again
+					const args = {id, ...channelTakedownInfo}
+					db.prepare("INSERT INTO TakedownVideos (id, org, url) VALUES (@id, @org, @url)").run(args)
+					return render(451, "pug/takedown-video.pug", channelTakedownInfo)
+				}
+
 				// process stream list ordering
 				const formats = sortFormats(video, settings.quality)
 
diff --git a/pug/includes/layout.pug b/pug/includes/layout.pug
index 5da074d..62504ae 100644
--- a/pug/includes/layout.pug
+++ b/pug/includes/layout.pug
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ html
           p Released as AGPL free software.
           .footer__cols
             div
-              h3.footer__colhead Source
+              h3.footer__colhead Source code
               ul.footer__list
                 li: a(href="https://sr.ht/~cadence/tube") Project hub
                 li: a(href="https://lists.sr.ht/~cadence/tube-announce") Announcements
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ html
               ul.footer__list
                 li: a(href="/privacy") Privacy policy
                 li: a(href="/licenses" data-jslicense=1) Licenses
+                if constants.takedown
+                  li: a(href="/takedown") DMCA
diff --git a/pug/takedown-video.pug b/pug/takedown-video.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e72224d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pug/takedown-video.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+extends includes/layout
+
+include includes/video-list-item
+include includes/subscribe-button
+
+block head
+  title Unavailable for legal reasons - CloudTube
+
+block content
+  main.video-error-page
+    h2 Unavailable for legal reasons
+    p The copyright holders of this video issued a legal notice directly to this website. They demanded that access to this particular video, or the particular channel it's from, should be forbidden.
+    if org
+      p The notice was issued by #{org}.
+    if url
+      p: a(href=url) More information about the notice is available here.
+    p Any content not covered by this notice is still available.
+    p You can still #[a(href=`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${id}#cloudtube`) watch the video on YouTube.]
+    footer.takedown-footer
+      p: i Let this be a warning of why you shouldn't rely on centralised services!
+      p: i You will always be able to download the CloudTube source code, or try another instance.
+      p: i That's all we know.
diff --git a/pug/takedown.pug b/pug/takedown.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9b343b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pug/takedown.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+extends includes/layout
+
+block head
+  title Takedown - CloudTube
+
+block content
+  main.takedown-page
+    h1 Takedown/DMCA
+    p If you own the copyright to videos on this website, you can remove access to the videos. But:
+    section.important-section
+      h2 Read this first.
+      ul
+        li CloudTube is a proxy service for YouTube videos.
+        li CloudTube does not store any videos. Videos are never saved to these servers.
+        li CloudTube reproduces data from youtube.com in an interface that looks a little bit different.
+        li All video data is streamed directly from YouTube. All video metadata is collected directly from YouTube.
+      h2 And understand this:
+      p Anybody can watch or download YouTube videos using many freely available tools. This is just one such tool, and attacking this website will solve none of your problems.
+    h2.new-section “I still want to remove access.”
+    p In addition to the legally mandated information, if you wish for future videos uploaded on the same channel(s) to be restricted, please provide the channel URLs, and state: "Future videos uploaded to the same YouTube channels should also be restricted."
+    p When providing URLs, please format them like so:
+    pre.
+      https://youtube.example.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
+      https://youtube.example.com/watch?v=BBBBBBBBBBB
+    p i.e., one URL per line, with no other information on those lines.
+    section.takedown-contact
+      if constants.takedown && constants.takedown.contact_url
+        p: a(href=constants.takedown.contact_url) Contact information is here.
+      else if constants.takedown && constants.takedown.contact_email
+        p: a(href=`mailto:${constants.takedown.contact_email}`) Send email to #{constants.takedown.contact_email}
+      else
+        p You will need to contact the website owner via their domain or hosting provider.
+    p Please allow 5 days for a response.
diff --git a/sass/includes/takedown-page.sass b/sass/includes/takedown-page.sass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36ede5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sass/includes/takedown-page.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@use "colors.sass" as c
+
+.takedown-page
+  max-width: 700px
+  margin: 0 auto
+
+  .new-section
+    margin-top: 200px
+
+  .important-section
+    padding: 4px 20px
+    border: 1px solid c.$edge-grey
+    color: c.$fg-bright
+    background-color: c.$bg-darker
diff --git a/sass/includes/video-page.sass b/sass/includes/video-page.sass
index 76b6ea3..964dc77 100644
--- a/sass/includes/video-page.sass
+++ b/sass/includes/video-page.sass
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
       .actor
         margin: 4px 0px 10px
 
+.takedown-footer
+  margin-top: 80px
+
 // Chapter highlights
 
 .timestamp--active
diff --git a/sass/main.sass b/sass/main.sass
index a912132..17c15df 100644
--- a/sass/main.sass
+++ b/sass/main.sass
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-@use "includes/base.sass"
 @use "includes/colors.sass" as c
+
+@use "includes/base.sass"
 @use "sass:selector"
 @use "includes/video-page.sass"
 @use "includes/search-page.sass"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 @use "includes/privacy-page.sass"
 @use "includes/licenses-page.sass"
 @use "includes/filters-page.sass"
+@use "includes/takedown-page.sass"
 @use "includes/forms.sass"
 @use "includes/nav.sass"
 @use "includes/footer.sass"
diff --git a/utils/upgradedb.js b/utils/upgradedb.js
index e12ae2d..e5f65e5 100644
--- a/utils/upgradedb.js
+++ b/utils/upgradedb.js
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ const deltas = [
 	function() {
 		db.prepare("CREATE INDEX Videos_authorID ON Videos (authorID)")
 			.run()
+	},
+	// 10: +TakedownVideos, +TakedownChannels
+	function() {
+		db.prepare("CREATE TABLE TakedownVideos (id TEXT NOT NULL, org TEXT, url TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (id))")
+			.run()
+		db.prepare("CREATE TABLE TakedownChannels (ucid TEXT NOT NULL, org TEXT, url TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (ucid))")
+			.run()
 	}
 ]