Process DMCA request

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+While GitHub did not find sufficient information to determine a valid anti-circumvention claim, we determined that this takedown notice contains other valid copyright claim(s).
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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 have read and understand GitHub's Guide to Filing a DMCA Notice.
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+I am the [private] of record for [private], an introductory CS course at [private], Northeastern University taught using Python. [private] and organize all aspects of coding assignments, starter code, and solution code for the sections of the course [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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+The contents of the following repository are entirely duplicated from material provided in [private] NEU course, specifically assignments, labs, starter code, and solution material:
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+https://github.com/learnerInTheFirstStage/CS5001_Python_learning
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+The [private] listed in the readme, [private], was a student of [private] in this course (I do not know if this person is the owner of the repository, and our university's administration and faculty have so far been unable to reach him directly).
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+The URL to the original material is not public. The material resides in the Canvas LMS course environment and is only available to students enrolled in the course.
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+Students in [private] course sign an academic integrity pledge and are informed clearly in person and in the syllabus that the material in the course is not to be published or distributed.
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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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+The following repository and all its contents are infringing on my copyright:
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+https://github.com/learnerInTheFirstStage/CS5001_Python_learning
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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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+Yes
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+**What technological measures do you have in place and how do they effectively control access to your copyrighted material?**
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+The material is only available to students enrolled in [private] course through the Canvas LMS environment. Students in [private] class are required to sign an academic integrity pledge acknowledging among other things that none of the material is permissible to distribute or publish.
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+**How is the accused project designed to circumvent your technological protection measures?**
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+It appears that the owner of the GitHub repository was a legitimately enrolled student who broke the academic integrity pledge and published material that he was entitled to access but not entitled to publish.
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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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+There do not appear to be any forks associated with this repository, although I don't think I am able to know whether and how often the repository has been cloned, which is a reason that I would like it removed as soon as possible.
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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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+The student from the course whose name is written in the [private] who may or may not be in control of the repository is [private]. This person's university email address is:
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+[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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+Telephone #: [private]
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+**Please type your full legal name below to sign this request.**
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+[private]