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Are you the owner of the content that has been disabled, or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf?
Yes, I am authorized to act on the content owner's behalf.
Please describe the nature of your content ownership or authorization to act on the owner's behalf.
I am a member of the iptv-org GitHub organization.
What files were taken down? Please provide URLs for each file, or if the entire repository, the repository’s URL.
https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv
Do you want to make changes to your repository or do you want to dispute the notice?
Dispute the notice.
Is there anything else you think we should know about why you believe the material was removed as a result of a mistake?
No infringing content is stored in this repository. The repository simply contains user-submitted links to publicly available video stream URLs, which to the best of our knowledge have been intentionally made publicly by the copyright holders.
Furthermore, even if the content is in violation of copyright laws, simply linking to the content is not a valid reason to submit a DMCA request. Linking does not directly infringe copyright, because no copy is made on the site providing the link. See Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146, Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007), Flava Works, Inc v. Gunter, 689 F.3d 754 (7th Cir. 2012) and Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc., 337 F.Supp.2d 1195, 1202 n.12 (N.D. Cal. 2004) for prior caselaw, and https://ilt.eff.org/Copyright__Infringement_Issues.html#Linking for more information.
If any links to infringing content are found in this repo, they may be removed by sending a pull request or opening an issue.
I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
I consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located (if in the United States, otherwise the Northern District of California where GitHub is located), and I will accept service of process from the person who provided the DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
Please confirm that you have you have read our Guide to Submitting a DMCA Counter Notice.
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