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

Yes, I am the copyright holder.

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

The purpose of this proposal is to request that your GitHub Company takes down an entire repository. The URL is https://github.com/lyldft/ . In website of GitHub was hosted my instances used in [private] published papers.

In first, [private] describe about instances. The instances are types of problems developed by a software. [private] generate [private] instances for an optimization problem in PhD program. [private] have published [private] works using [private] instances conform can be seen in a URL:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2012.10.001

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0101-7438.2016.036.01.0113

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.12.018

In second, these instances are of my proprietary and I did not authorize that anybody can host these instances, neither third parties.

In third, the paper in Portuguese (in translate “User Manual of Instances for the Clustered Traveling Salesman Problem”) below show more a document that confirm a proprietary of my instances.  
User manual: [private] et al. “Manual de Utilizaçao das Instâncias para o Problema do Caixeiro Viajante com Grupamentos” (in Portuguese). Available at: https://scholar.google.com.br/scholar?start=30&q=%22M%C3%A1rio+Mestria%22&hl=pt-BR&as_sdt=0,5

In this document (user manual), there is an example of an instance:  
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Thus, I request that GitHub Comapny remove my instances in the URL: https://github.com/lyldft/

**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.**

My instances was posted in first at http://labic.ic.uff.br/Instance/index.php and in the last years at http://www2.ic.uff.br/~labic/conteudo/instance/ through of a compacted file called of ClusteredTravelingSalesmanProblem.zip.

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

I request that should take down the entire repository. The URL is https://github.com/lyldft/
Delete the ClusteredTravelingSalesmanProblem.zip file in https://github.com/lyldft/ctsp

**Have you searched for any forks 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.**

I haven’t searched these forks of the allegedly infringing files or repositories. I request taken down of all forks that are infringing the hosted instances. In case that the GitHub Company found my instances in several forks, I request that this company delete the ClusteredTravelingSalesmanProblem.zip file.

**Is the work licensed under an open source license? If so, which open source license? Are the allegedly infringing files being used under the open source license, or are they in violation of the license?**

The work (my instances) is not licensed under an open source license. The files are infringing because there is a violation of authorial rights.

**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement? Are there specific changes the other person can make other than removal? Can the repository be made private?**

The repository can not be made private. The best solution for the alleged infringement is removing the entire repository that is https://github.com/lyldft

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

I haven’t contact information of infringers. The infringer’s contact information was not listed on your public profile page or repository README.  
I have only information that is the user: lyldft.

**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>.**

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