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**Are you the copyright holder or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf? If you are submitting this notice on behalf of a company, please be sure to use an email address on the company's domain. If you use a personal email address for a notice submitted on behalf of a company, we may not be able to process it.**

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.**

[private] the [private] and [private] of the https://github.com/techchipnet/hound that is being infringed.

**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.**

The original work is a software project that [private] [private] developed and published on GitHub under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). It includes original source code, documentation, configuration files, and related assets. The project was created by [private] from scratch and is the result of [private] own time, effort, and intellectual labor.

The repository was first made publicly available at:  
https://github.com/techchipnet/hound  
It is intended for public use under the terms of the GPL v3.0 license, which requires attribution, inclusion of the license, and clear acknowledgment of the original author.

**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.**

https://github.com/techchipnet/hound

**We ask that a DMCA takedown notice list every specific file in the repository that is infringing, unless the entire contents of the repository are infringing on your copyright. Please clearly state that the entire repository is infringing, OR provide the specific files within the repository you would like removed.**

**Based on the above, I confirm that:**

The entire repository is infringing

**Identify the full repository URL that is infringing:**

https://github.com/codingjunctioncybersec/hound

**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

**If you are reporting an allegedly infringing fork, please note that each fork is a distinct repository and <i>must be identified separately</i>. Please read more about <a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown-policy#b-what-about-forks-or-whats-a-fork">forks.</a> As forks may often contain different material than in the parent repository, if you believe any of the repositories or files in the forks are infringing, please list each fork URL below:**

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

Yes

**Which license?**

gnu-general-public-license-v3.0

**How do you believe the license is being violated?**

The license is being violated because the user downloaded [private] entire GPL v3.0-licensed repository, removed [private] brand name, links and all attribution, and re-uploaded the project under their own GitHub account while falsely claiming authorship. These actions violate key requirements of the GPL v3.0 license, which mandates:

Attribution to the original author  
Inclusion of the original license (GPL v3.0) with any copies or modifications  
Clear identification of the original source and any modifications made  
By stripping attribution and license information, the user is distributing [private] work without complying with the conditions of the GPL v3.0, which constitutes copyright infringement.  
The user has manually downloaded [private] repository and re-uploaded it to a new repository under their own GitHub account, removing:  
[private] brand name, channel/website links and attribution from source files and documentation

**What changes can be made to bring the project into compliance with the license? For example, adding attribution, adding a license, making the repository private.**

Here is the changes:  
Changing in hound.sh file.  
original file: https://github.com/techchipnet/hound/blob/main/hound.sh  
changes:  
https://github.com/codingjunctioncybersec/hound/commit/39874eef61de06a24cbc6193d5c1c5f3d03d24a2  
Changing in README.md file.  
original file: https://github.com/techchipnet/hound/blob/main/README.md  
changes:  
https://github.com/codingjunctioncybersec/hound/commit/12402c2c854b0447da6c982b6d23ead8a3d9096b  
He has removed [private] brand name, website links, and document file and replaced them with his own.

**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.**

[private]

**Please type your full name for your signature.**

[private]
