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To whom it may concern:
This is a DMCA takedown notice.
The work infringed is The Feynman Lecture on Physics New Millennium Edition [FLP-NM]. It is under copyright by The California Institute of Technology [Caltech], myself and [private], and is currently licensed for duplication and distribution exclusively by publisher Basic Books and their sub-licensees.
Copied on this email are [private], [private] of Caltech's Office of The General Counsel, [private] for FLP-NM at Basic Books, and the rights department of Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, exclusive sub-licensee for the Simplified Chinese translation of FLP-NM.
Here are some URLs for FLP-NM, including the online edition, Basic Books FLP-NM page, and Amazon's FLP-NM page:
http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465023820
https://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/dp/0465023827/
The infringing repositories contain a partial simplified Chinese translation of FLP-NM, including .tex, .pdf, and .jpg files that infringe on the FLP-NM copyrights. The master infringing repository is:
https://github.com/a358003542/feynman-lectures-one
The master infringing repository has been forked 11 times and copies of the infringing files can be found on all of the following GitHub repositories:
- https://github.com/artmunich/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/fz420/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/jiyanjiang/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/Karries/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/laisun/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/lizhen-dlut/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/QIanGua/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/ringwraith/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/tsenzhi/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/wujfhero/feynman-lectures-one
- https://github.com/xiaji/feynman-lectures-one
According to the front matter in the largest PDF file in the a358003542/feynman-lectures-one repository, 费曼物理学讲义第一卷上.pdf ("Feynman Lecture on Physics Volume I.pdf")
本文档的图片和公式都来自原英文官网在这里
("The pictures and formulas in this document are taken from the original English official website")
While in file 费曼的物理学讲义第一卷第27章几何光学.pdf ("Feynman's Handout of Physics, Volume I, Chapter 27, Geometrical Optics.pdf") one finds
英文官网：http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
("English official website: http: //www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/")
In addition to confirming that "the pictures and formulas" (as well as several tables) in the infringing repositories have been copied from the online edition of FLP-NM, I have confirmed that the Chinese text in the files is a direct translation of FLP-NM. Thus the files in this repository not only infringe on the FLP-NM copyrights, they violate the exclusive FLP-NM licenses held by Basic Books and Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers.
FLP-NM is not under an open source license. FLP-NM is under copyright and may not be reproduced or distributed in whole or in part in any form (including in any language) without permission of the copyright holder or their licensees. No such permission or license has been granted for any copy of FLP-NM 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 repositories from GitHub's servers.
I do not have any personal contact information for the infringers. The infringer's Github username is included in the Github link above. For clarity, they are:
- a358003542
- artmunich
- fz420
- jiyanjiang
- Karries
- laisun
- lizhen-dlut
- QIanGua
- ringwraith
- tsenzhi
- wujfhero
- xiaji
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.
I can be reached by email at [private], or by phone at [private]
I hereby sign,
[private]
The California Institute of Technology