you're welcome, hopefully the more providers complain the better! I just found this on the K i n s t a blog which is the clearest explanation I've seen. Thanks, Mr Jackson the author. Give him his reps
A DMCA takedown notice applies to where the content is physically hosted. So people outside the US can still file DMCA complaints. For content hosted outside of the US, many hosting providers will still honor DMCA complaints, however, legally they are not obliged to comply.
Generally, when your ISP or web hosting provider receives a DMCA complaint they will demand the removal of the content immediately, or do it for you. And by this, it sometimes means they may even shut off your hosting. So don’t ignore emails about DMCA takedown notices'
OOps my bad! m o n i k e r. c o m is his registrar (the company who sold him his website name), they're not the host. He is using a legit company to hide the IP and company name of his host. This 'anonymizing' company is called Cloudflare. Mr Jackson says big, fat, go for it anyway!
'Note: If they are running behind a CDN or proxy such as Cloudflare, this makes it a lot harder as they will show as the owner of the IP address. In that scenario, you might have more luck reaching out to the individual site owner first (if you haven’t already). However, Cloudflare does have a DMCA complaint form.'
I know it all sounds really complicated and strange but take it step by step, love to catch this monkey.