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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.**

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.**

[private] [private] [private], [private] and [private] this project to life with the assistance of Codex and Claude Code.

**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.**

This is [private] project was developed using Python, Next.js, Claude Code, Codex, and Supabase. It's hosted on a private server and deployed to to a publicly facing URL on a windows box. It's for converting a .PDF into an .ESX file.

The codebase was developed with the assistance of Claude Code which required the codebase to be public for a brief period of time around 2 - 4 days. At some point the user "swayerloren" came across the repository and downloaded a version of it and has since reposted a version of the codebase that is not for public use.

There were some specific changes to the release notes here: https://github.com/swayerloren/PDF-TO-ESX-/commit/914aadcd7775ad75e772a87d73eb02b095b69c57

Seems to be modified to make it look more like an open source codebase.

[private] [private] repo can be found here: [private]

**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.**

[private] Please email me if you would like access to the backend to review the functionality.

**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/swayerloren/PDF-TO-ESX-

**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?**

Repository is private and code is locally secured on a private server. Repo was briefly public to let another developer look at an issue but the name was also changed to avoid appearing in searches.

**How is the accused project designed to circumvent your technological protection measures?**

Reposting an insecure prior version of the codebase that is not for public use or viewing.

**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:**

**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.**

[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.**

**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]