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Dear sir or madam,
This is a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice of Infringement pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512.
Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) has created and licenses the proprietary video game software known as Fortnite (http://www.epicgames.com/fortnite), which is the work being infringed here. In addition to Epic’s copyright in Fortnite, Epic has registered the Fortnite mark (registration numbers: 4481629 and 5375076, among others), and has various common law trademark rights related to Fortnite (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”).
The software being distributed on the reported site, here: https://leeroyhack.github.io/cheat/, violates that copyright by providing users with "cheats" that allows them to circumvent access control of our copywritten source material. On top of that, the download is being advertised with copyrighted Fortnite imagery, acting as the backdrop the the site, without Epic's consent or authorization. This is not an action protected by any fair use doctrine.
I, [private], am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is being infringed. I am writing to complain about the infringement of Epic’s Intellectual Property Rights identified by the following URLs:
[private]
I may be contacted as follows: [private], Epic Games, Inc., 620 Crossroads Blvd., Cary, NC, 27518.
I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material or reference or link to such material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use).
The information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of Epic Games, Inc., the owner of an exclusive right that is being infringed.
Regards,
[private]
[private]
Epic Games, Inc.