Merge pull request #20216 from github/updates

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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? 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 authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
+
+**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 [private] for a [private] [private] [private] at Georgia Institute of Technology. My institution email address is [private]. I am authorized to act on behalf of Georgia Institute of Technology for copyright issues when it comes to course materials specific to [private] course, [private].
+
+**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.**
+
+The GitHub repository in question contains files that are prohibited to be shared outside of the course. More specifically, these files are used in our autograder process as a hidden dataset to test student submissions and are NOT provided to students. I don't know how this student got their hands on these files, but these files being publicly available defeats the entire purpose of having a hidden dataset. Please take this repository down ASAP.
+
+**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.**
+
+[private]  
+[private] is one of our [private] [private] for the course and was the person responsible for creating the project that the files in question belong to. He has hosted these files in his [private] [private] and obfuscated their name in an attempt to hide them from students. The link I provided is the most recent method he has done this, but he has hosted the files in other ways on GitHub in previous years. If you would like to contact him, he can be reached at [private].
+
+**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:**
+
+The entire repository is infringing
+
+**Identify the full repository URL that is infringing:**
+
+https://github.com/DanielChoo92/cachefiles
+
+**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?**
+
+As mentioned above, one of our [private] [private] is hosting these files in a [private] [private] respository in the form of a RAW GitHub LFS test file, which when extracted, yields the files in question. He has obfuscated the name of the files to prevent students from finding them with a simple Internet search. Additionally, we do not provide these files to students within our project files.
+
+**How is the accused project designed to circumvent your technological protection measures?**
+
+The GitHub repository in question completely bypasses the obfuscation efforts mentioned above by simply hosting the files in a public repository.
+
+**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?**
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+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]  
+This email address was found using our university's directory lookup. I am unsure if this email address belongs to the infringer, but they share the same name so this is my best guess.
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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.**
+
+**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 <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]