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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?
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?
Yes
Please provide the Zendesk ticket number of your previously submitted notice. Zendesk ticket numbers are 7 digit ID numbers located in the subject line or body of your confirmation email.
2033863
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 a [private] at Columbia University and [private] at Columbia University (proof: [private]). The contents of [private] course material (especially the homeworks and exams which are private and only accessible to the current enrolled students) have been posted online in a github repo. This, of course, violates academic integrity and promotes student cheating in the future semesters and I would like this material to be taken down immediately.
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.
All files in each of the following repos (except for the README.md files)
https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771-Exam
https://github.com/powcoder/COMS-4771-HW4
https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771
There is absolutely no original student work in any of these repos.
What files should be taken down? Please provide URLs for each file, or if the entire repository, the repository’s URL.
Repo #1 https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771-Exam (contains total 3 files + README.md)
The entire repo contains homework and exam questions (copyrighted by [private] as the [private]), there are no student solutions or any original work. In particular:
- (private file, all questions no student answers or any original work) https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771-Exam/blob/main/Exam2_COMS4771_S21.pdf.pdf
- (private file, all questions no student answers or any original work) https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771-Exam/blob/main/ml_fi_fa2017.pdf
- (private file, all questions no student answers or any original work) https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771-Exam/blob/main/ml_hw4.pdf
The entire repo should be taken down.
Repo #2 https://github.com/powcoder/COMS-4771-HW4 (contains total 1 file + README.md)
The entire repo contains homework questions (copyrighted by [private] as the [private]), there are no student solutions or any original work. In particular:
- (private file, all questions no student answers or any original work) https://github.com/powcoder/COMS-4771-HW4/blob/main/ml_fa2021_hw4.pdf
The entire repo should be taken down.
Repo #3 https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771 (contains 40 files + README.md)
Every single file is taken from [private] class website and already appears here: [private]
Few examples:
- https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771/blob/main/lec1_intro_mle_bayes_naive_evaluation.pdf appears here: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~verma/classes/ml/lec/lec1_intro_mle_bayes_naive_evaluation.pdf
- https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771/blob/main/lec2_nn_improve_decision_trees.pdf appears here: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~verma/classes/ml/lec/lec2_nn_improve_decision_trees.pdf
- https://github.com/powcoder/COMS4771/blob/main/lec3_linperceptron_kern.pdf appears here: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~verma/classes/ml/lec/lec3_linperceptron_kern.pdf
Again, the entire repo should be taken down
Do you claim to have any technological measures in place to control access to your copyrighted content? Please see our Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology if you are unsure.
Yes
What technological measures do you have in place and how do they effectively control access to your copyrighted material?
[private] course material (homeworks and exams) is only accessible to the currently enrolled students for a limited time. After that we revoke everyone's access to maintain academic integrity. Students are also given explicit instructions and sign a pledge to not share or post the material online.
How is the accused project designed to circumvent your technological protection measures?
The github account https://github.com/powcoder is a homework solving service and is known to promote cheating. Most likely some of the enrolled students used this service for "help" solving the homeworks/exams questions. By posting the private material, this service is likely promoting (via github and other channels) that they can provide "help" with this type of material.
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.
As far as we have checked, there are the subsequent folks of the infringing files/repos.
Is the work licensed under an open source license?
No
What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?
Reported content must be removed
Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.
All information we have is from https://github.com/powcoder
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 fair use 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 Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice.
So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address.
phone: [private]
Office mailing address:
[private]
Columbia University
[private]
[private]
[private]
Please type your full legal name below to sign this request.
[private]