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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).
+
+---
+
+**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.**
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+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.**
+
+I am an authorized representative of Playnetic Ltd, the copyright owner of the software code in question. The code was developed by our internal engineering team and contractors under exclusive contractual agreements, including NDAs and intellectual property assignment clauses. The copyright for all such code belongs solely to Playnetic Ltd.
+
+**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.**
+
+The copyrighted work consists of proprietary backend source code for one of our commercial software systems. It includes application logic, configuration files, API endpoints, and deployment structures that were originally stored in our company’s [private] [private] [private]. The work was developed over time by authorized employees and contractors of Playnetic Ltd, and has never been licensed or released to the public.
+
+**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.**
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+The original work is not publicly available. It is hosted in a [private] [private] [private] maintained by Playnetic Ltd and is accessible only to authorized team members under NDA. If needed for verification, we are willing to provide secure, read-only access to GitHub Trust & Safety for comparison purposes.
+
+**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:**
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+The entire repository is infringing
+
+**Identify the full repository URL that is infringing:**
+
+https://github.com/staffengineer0217/techtellent-main-backend-service
+
+**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.**
+
+Yes
+
+**What technological measures do you have in place and how do they effectively control access to your copyrighted material?**
+
+Playnetic Ltd uses [private] [private] [private] with strict access controls. Only authorized users with two-factor authentication (2FA) and internal company credentials can access source code. Access is governed by project-level permissions, and all external collaborators are bound by signed NDAs and IP clauses. Repository access logs and audit trails are maintained. No repositories containing production or backend code are made public under any circumstances.
+
+**How is the accused project designed to circumvent your technological protection measures?**
+
+The accused project was cloned and downloaded locally by a former contractor who had temporary access to the [private] [private] [private] under an NDA and contractual limitations. The publication of this code on a public GitHub repository circumvents our access controls by making proprietary content available to anyone online—without permission, security, or tracking. This bypasses our authentication system, security measures, and legal agreements intended to protect this content.
+
+**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:**
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+**Is the work licensed under an open source license?**
+
+No
+
+**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?**
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+Reported content must be removed
+
+**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.**
+
+[private]
+
+**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.**
+
+**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>.**
+
+**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]