---
title: "Content Takedowns"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/content-takedowns-1346-en"
field: "Media, Entertainment & Sports Law"
description: "Content takedowns in Georgia: the 24-hour rule, counterfeit copies, restoration and a court injunction within 14 days. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-19"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Content Takedowns

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/content-takedowns-1346-en

Content takedown — the procedure for removing material placed in violation of rights from a platform — is regulated in Georgia by the copyright law. This is a Georgian system: the similar mechanism operating in the United States does not apply here directly, and citing its rules as an argument is a mistake. This page explains the Georgian mechanism on the basis of articles 58, 60 and 60-1 of the law — from liability for infringement to the 24-hour rule.

## Infringement and Liability

Under article 58, the infringement of copyright, neighbouring rights and the rights of the maker of a database entails civil, administrative and criminal liability. A natural or legal person that does not comply with the requirements of the law is deemed an infringer of those rights. Infringement includes the unlawful use of a work, performance, phonogram, videogram, transmission of a broadcasting organization or database; the alteration or deletion of rights-management information without the right holder's consent; the circumvention of technological measures; and the production and distribution of technologies serving that purpose.

In addition, the non-fulfilment by a provider of intermediary (hosting) services of the obligations established by the law is itself deemed an infringement — this provision concerns precisely platforms and connects them to the removal procedure.

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### How quickly is content removed?

No later than 24 hours from receipt of the written notice.

### Who must remove the material?

The intermediary (hosting) service provider, on the basis of the right holder's notice.

### Is restoration possible?

Yes — if no court injunction is submitted within 14 days, the platform restores the material.

### What liability does an infringer bear?

Civil, administrative and criminal.