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To whom it may concern:
This is a DMCA takedown notice.
I am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder, The California Institute of Technology [Caltech] is copied on this email. Basic Books is copied on this email.
The work infringed is The Feynman Lecture on Physics [FLP]. It is under copyright by Caltech and currently licensed for duplication and distribution exclusively by publisher Basic Books (an imprint of Perseus, member of the Hachette Book Group). Here are some URLs for FLP, including the online edition, Hachette's FLP page, and Amazon's FLP page:
http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/richard-p-feynman/the-feynman-lectures-on-physics-boxed-set/9780465023820/
https://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/dp/0465023827/
The master infringing files on Github are:
I've found the same infringing files in all of the following Github forks: https://github.com/apetrunev/Feynman-Lectures-On-Physics/blob/master/Vol.%20I--Mainly%20Mechanics%2C%20Radiation%2C%20and%20Heat.pdf
https://github.com/classysky/Feynman-Lectures-On-Physics/blob/master/Vol.%20III--Quantum%20Mechanics%20.pdf FLP is not under an open source license.
FLP is under copyright by and may not be reproduced or distributed in whole or in part without permission of the copyright holder or their licensees. No such permission or license has been granted for any copy of FLP on any of Github's servers, including all those listed above. The only solution for these numerous infringements is to remove all of the infringing files from Github's servers.
I do not have any personal contact information for the infringers. The infringers' Github usernames are included in the Github links above.
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 has been infringed.
I confirm that I have read your Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice: https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/, and I have followed all the instructions in your guide to the best of my ability.
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The California Institute of Technology
[private], The Feynman Lectures on Physics New Millennium Edition www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu