diff --git a/2016-05-10-CodingSamples.md b/2016-05-10-CodingSamples.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8569bae3 --- /dev/null +++ b/2016-05-10-CodingSamples.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Dear To Whom It May Concern, + +I am writing this email to submit a DMCA Takedown Notice on a repository +that is essentially forked from my past repository. I have read and +understand GitHub's Guide to filing a DMCA notice. I am an active user +(etaylor5) of GitHub and publish code to many repositories. While in +school, I published some of my code from courses I took at the University +of Maryland for employers to view during their hiring process. However, +after receiving an email about 2 years ago from the Computer Science +department about students finding my solutions online and using them to +cheat, I removed my repository. + +Recently, I received another email stating that students are still finding +my solutions to cheat and I was provided with the following link: +https://github.com/wdefinba/Coding-Samples. This link brings me to another +user (wdefinba) who had forked my repository (Coding-Samples) before it was +deleted 2 years ago. As far as I can tell and after looking around, this is +the only fork of my deleted repository that exists. After looking through +the repository itself, there are no changes from the deleted repository. + +The entire repository is infringing my copyrighted work because students +are taking it as their own. Due to the fact that the repository is forked, +deleting my repository did not solve the problem as wdefinba would have to +delete the forked repository to completely remedy the infringement. I have +tried contacting wdefinba but I have not received a response and I believe +this user is no longer active. I am sending this report because if students +continue to use my solutions, not only will they be jeopardizing their +academic integrity, but I will be as well. I wish for no one to jeopardize +their professional life by using my solutions. + +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 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 would like to thank you for looking into this matter. I can be contacted +by any method listed below. + +[private] +Email: [private] +Telephone: [private] +Address: [private] + +Thank you, + +[private]