Legal:DMCA/A Group Of Ants

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From: Alex Wild <redacted>
To: Wikimedia Legal <legal@wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:30 AM
Subject: DMCA copyright infringement notice
Content: File:A Group Of Ants.jpg

This letter is a Notice of Infringement as authorized in § 512(c) of the U.S. Copyright Law under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The infringing material appears on the Service for which you are the designated agent. The disputed content is a photograph of a several black ants running on sand, in close-up side view: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Group_Of_Ants.jpg Note that the image still bears my copyright watermark. My original file is: http://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Monomorium/i-fRMrSjH/A Please remove these files from your servers at your earliest convenience. I have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by myself, the copyright owner. I hereby state, under penalty of perjury, that the above information in this email is accurate and that I am the copyright owner. Thanks for your time, /s/ Alexander Wild www.alexanderwild.com <redacted> Urbana, IL 61802 <redacted>