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+Before disabling any content in relation to this takedown notice, GitHub
+- contacted the owners of some or all of the affected repositories to give them an opportunity to [make changes](https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/dmca-takedown-policy#a-how-does-this-actually-work).
+- provided information on how to [submit a DMCA Counter Notice](https://docs.github.com/en/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-counter-notice).
+
+To learn about when and why GitHub may process some notices this way, please visit our [README](https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/README.md#anatomy-of-a-takedown-notice).
+
+---
+
+**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 authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
+
+**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.**
+
+I am the [private] of Distiller, the company that owns and operates distiller.com and is the copyright owner of the content at issue. I am authorized to act on the company's behalf.
+
+**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.**
+
+Distiller publishes original written and creative content on distiller.com, including expert-authored spirit reviews, tasting notes, flavor profile descriptions, and product page copy for thousands of spirits, together with the site's page design and HTML. This content was authored by Distiller's staff and expert reviewers. The infringing repository contains complete copies of 2,217 of our web pages, scraped from distiller.com in November 2020 and committed as raw HTML files, along with a list of the scraped page URLs.
+
+**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.**
+
+https://distiller.com/spirits — representative examples of individual copied pages include https://distiller.com/spirits/pappy-van-winkle-20-year and https://distiller.com/spirits/1792-bottled-in-bond (the repository's whiskey_urls.txt file lists the full set of copied page paths).
+
+**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:**
+
+Specific files within the repository are infringing
+
+**Identify only the specific file URLs within the repository that is infringing:**
+
+https://github.com/WNawaz/2020-CS109A/blob/master/content/lectures/lecture27/data/data_1_of_2.zip  
+https://github.com/WNawaz/2020-CS109A/blob/master/content/lectures/lecture27/data/data_2_of_2.zip  
+[private]  
+[private]
+
+The two zip archives contain complete copies of 2,217 of our web pages. The copied HTML also embeds a Google API key issued to our company. Please note that these files additionally remain accessible in the repository's commit history — for example at https://github.com/WNawaz/2020-CS109A/blob/13f9ce0fc948e06a38c52a7aad1aea3217ae7112/content/lectures/lecture27/whiskey_urls.txt — so we ask that removal include the repository's history, not only the current branch. Because this fork differs from its upstream parent ([private], which contains none of our content) only by the addition of the infringing material, disabling the fork in its entirety would also be an acceptable and complete remedy.
+
+**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.**
+
+No
+
+**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.**
+
+The repository is owned by GitHub user WNawaz ([private], [private], [private] — reachable through the [private]). The files were committed by GitHub user [private], for whom we have no contact information beyond the [private] [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]