From 482bda1260c052a88a2a9636a4c0341673fd6ebb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dmca-sync-bot Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:18:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Process DMCA request --- 2024/04/2024-04-18-corsearch.md | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2024/04/2024-04-18-corsearch.md diff --git a/2024/04/2024-04-18-corsearch.md b/2024/04/2024-04-18-corsearch.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c2c03995f --- /dev/null +++ b/2024/04/2024-04-18-corsearch.md @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +GitHub, Inc +Attn: DMCA Agent +[private] +[private], [private]. [private] + +SENT BY EMAIL ONLY TO [private] +16 +th April 2024 + +Subject: CEASE AND DESIST – ‘GogoAnime API’ + +Dear GitHub Inc., + +This notice is being issued by Corsearch Inc. (“Corsearch”) on behalf of AXN Investment, Inc. (the +“Rightsholder”), the owner of exclusive rights in a vast catalogue of copyright protected anime content which is +being infringed by the platform referred to in this notice. A representative list of such content has been included +as Appendix 1 (“Infringed Content”). +Evidence of Corsearch’s authority to act on behalf of the Rightsholder can be found in the attached enclosure +to this email. + +It has come to our attention, that one of your customers, namely ‘riimuru’ (URL: https://github.com/riimuru), has +been utilizing the online services that GitHub Inc. ("GitHub”) provides to facilitate and/or enable unauthorized +access to numerous works infringing upon the exclusive rights of the Rightsholder. +User ‘riimuru’ has been knowingly providing access to the GogoAnime API, which is available for download +from your GitHub repository at https://github.com/riimuru/gogoanime-api. GogoAnime API enables unauthorized +access to anime content, an activity that is well established as copyright infringement under applicable laws, +and relevant case law. Examples of GogoAnime API facilitating infringement have been attached in Appendix +2. + +The unauthorized distribution or public performance of copyrighted works constitutes copyright infringement +under the Copyright Act, Title 17 U.S Code Section 106(3)-(4), and comparable laws in other countries. +GogoAnime API’s conduct may also violate the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic +Works and The Universal Copyright Convention, as well as bilateral treaties with other countries that allow for +the protection of Rightsholders' interest in copyrighted works. + +In light of the foregoing, we are asking that you immediately remove GogoAnime API from your Repository and +disable access to GogoAnime API on your Repository in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, +Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512(c) (“DMCA") and/or as per the GitHub Inc.'s terms of service, +which prohibits use of your facilities for copyright infringement as stated on your website: + +https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/content-removal-policies/dmca-takedown-policy. + +Infringing repository: https://github.com/riimuru/gogoanime-api + +We also request the removal of the following forks of the GogoAnime API including but not limited to: + +https://github.com/riimuru/gogoanime-api/network/members + +Page 2/5 + +Corsearch United Kingdom + +[private], [private], +[private], [private] +[private]—[private] + +Based on the representative number of forks I have reviewed, I believe that all or most of the forks are infringing +to the same extent as the parent repository. + +We have a good faith belief that the use of the Infringed Content owned and/or controlled by the Rightsholder in +the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents, or the law. The information +contained in this notice is accurate. Under the penalty of perjury, Corsearch is authorized to act on behalf of the +Rightsholder. + +This letter is without prejudice to the rights and remedies of the Rightsholder, all of which are expressly reserved. + +Sincerely, +[private] +[private] +Corsearch Inc