**Are you the copyright holder or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf?**

Yes, I am the copyright holder.

**Are you submitting a revised DMCA notice after GitHub Trust & Safety requested you make changes to your original notice?**

No

**Does your claim involve content on GitHub or npm.js?**

GitHub

**Please describe the nature of your copyright ownership or authorization to act on the owner's behalf.**

Company Name: KMC JAPAN CO. LTD.

Website: kmcjapan.co.jp

Issue Summary:  
KMC JAPAN CO. LTD., a company specializing in selling used cars worldwide, recently encountered issues with our website. To address these problems, we hired a freelance web developer, GitHub username: techpappu. As part of this arrangement, we provided him with access to our previous website code for debugging and fixing purposes.

**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed. If possible, include a URL to where it is posted online.**

Incident Details:  
Description: We discovered that the developer, techpappu, has uploaded the entirety of our website code to a public GitHub repository without our consent. The repository can be accessed here: https://github.com/techpappu/car-app.  
Action Taken: We have contacted techpappu requesting the removal of our code from the GitHub repository. However, he has responded by blackmailing us regarding this matter.  
Requested Action:

Remove Unauthorized Content: We request GitHub to take immediate action to remove our website code from the repository created by techpappu.  
Investigate the User: We also request GitHub to investigate the behavior of techpappu and take appropriate action against this user for their breach of trust and blackmail.  
Contact Information:

Company Representative: [private]  
Email: [private]  
Phone: [private]  
Additional Notes:  
We trust GitHub will handle this matter with the urgency it requires to protect our intellectual property and business integrity. Thank you for your prompt attention to this issue.

**What files should be taken down? Please provide URLs for each file, or if the entire repository, the repository’s URL.**

The repository can be accessed here: https://github.com/techpappu/car-app

**Do you claim to have any technological measures in place to control access to your copyrighted content? Please see our <a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice#complaints-about-anti-circumvention-technology">Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology</a> if you are unsure.**

No

**<a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown-policy#b-what-about-forks-or-whats-a-fork">Have you searched for any forks</a> of the allegedly infringing files or repositories? Each fork is a distinct repository and must be identified separately if you believe it is infringing and wish to have it taken down.**

No, I haven’t searched for any forks of the repository in question.

**Is the work licensed under an open source license?**

No

**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?**

Reported content must be removed

**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.**

**I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law.**

**I have taken <a href="https://www.lumendatabase.org/topics/22">fair use</a> into consideration.**

**I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.**

**I have read and understand GitHub's <a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/">Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice</a>.**

**So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address.**

Company Name: KMC JAPAN CO., LTD.  
Company Representative: [private]  
Email: [private]  
our physical location at [private]  
Phone: [private]  

**Please type your full legal name below to sign this request.**

[private]  
