Process DMCA request

2023/10/2023-10-05-direct.md

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+**Are you the copyright holder or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf?**
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+Yes, I am the copyright holder.
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+**Are you submitting a revised DMCA notice after GitHub Trust & Safety requested you make changes to your original notice?**
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+No
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+**Does your claim involve content on GitHub or npm.js?**
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+GitHub
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+**Please describe the nature of your copyright ownership or authorization to act on the owner's behalf.**
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+I am the [private] and [private] of Vacation Rental Partners Inc. (d/b/a "Direct" and formerly "Vaystays"), and I am the [private] of the "[private]" [private] account ([private]), which, more importantly related to this report, contains the "[private]" repo:
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+[private]
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+**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.**
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+Our private "[private]" repo is our largest repo for our SaaS web application called Direct (www.directsoftware.com), which provides asset management, booking, back-office, and distribution tools for short-term vacation rental management and RV rental management companies that list on booking sites like Airbnb, VRBO, and RVshare (our integrated channel partners).
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+We are dealing with a disgruntled former [private] who we caught using a fraudulent identity (SSN/W9 and driver's license) on 9/18/2023, which was intended to be his first day as a full-time [private] after approximately two months of [private]. He was terminated with access to all systems revoked on that same day (9/18/2023). He did, however, have a copy of the [private] code repository on his local machine, which he confirmed he had destroyed all copies of in both an official declaration and the Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement ("CIIIA") termination certification he signed on 9/21/2023 (copies in [private] link below).
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+Since then, the individual, who identifies as [private], has been attempting to hold us ransom for payment of money he is not owed and threatened (via text messages to me) to post the [private] repo publicly if we do not pay him, which, if we were to comply, would provide us with no guarantee he would actually destroy copies of our proprietary codebase, considering he already declared he did (and lied). We have been working with our legal counsel, and after the individual "invited" me to the cloned repo on Github, it is now confirmed he has, in fact, made the repo public (https://github.com/connorcasner/versailles/), which is stealing our trade secrets and against the law, which we are taking action on.
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+Here is a folder containing a letter from our legal counsel to the individual (https://github.com/connorcasner) prior to him making the repo public, along with the declarations he executed confirming he had deleted our proprietary codebase and would not distribute it.
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+[private]
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+**What files should be taken down? Please provide URLs for each file, or if the entire repository, the repository’s URL.**
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+https://github.com/connorcasner/versailles/
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+**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.**
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+No
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+**<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.**
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+Github indicates we do not have any forks: [private]
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+However, as you will see, [https://github.com/connorcasner/versailles/ is](https://github.com/connorcasner/versailles/is) a copy of our repo [private] (as of when his access to Github and all systems was revoked on 9/18/2023).
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+**Is the work licensed under an open source license?**
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+No
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+**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?**
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+Reported content must be removed
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+**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.**
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+Github profile: https://github.com/connorcasner/  
+Email address: [private]  
+Phone number: [private]  
+LinkedIn (the individual pictured was present on video calls with our team): [private]  
+Portfolio website he provided while interviewing: [private]  
+Resume he provided while interviewing: [private] 
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+**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.**
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+**I have taken <a href="https://www.lumendatabase.org/topics/22">fair use</a> into consideration.**
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+**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.**
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+**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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+**So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address.**
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+Name: [private]  
+Phone: [private]  
+Email: [private]  
+Address: [private]
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+**Please type your full legal name below to sign this request.**
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+[private]