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ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS.
The services that Rupe Corporation provides to you are subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). Rupe Corporation reserves the
right to update the TOU at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the TOU can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms
of Use" hypertext link located at the bottom of our Web pages.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES.
Through its network of Web properties, Rupe Corporation provides you with access to a variety of resources, including developer tools,
download areas, communication forums and product information (collectively "Services"). The Services, including any updates, enhancements,
new features, and/or the addition of any new Web properties, are subject to the TOU.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION.
Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit,
display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or
services obtained from the Services.
PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
See the Privacy Statement disclosures relating to the collection and use of your information.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Any software that is made available to download from the Services ("Software") is the copyrighted work of Rupe Corporation and/or its
suppliers. Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included
with the Software ("License Agreement"). An end user will be unable to install any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License
Agreement, unless he or she first agrees to the License Agreement terms.
The Software is made available for download solely for use by end users according to the License Agreement. Any reproduction or redistribution
of the Software not in accordance with the License Agreement is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal
penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR
REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED, UNLESS SUCH REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING
SUCH SOFTWARE.
THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS WARRANTED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT,
RUPE CORPORATION HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS
OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, RUPE CORPORATION MAY MAKE AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE SERVICES OR IN ITS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, TOOLS AND UTILITIES FOR
USE AND/OR DOWNLOAD. RUPE CORPORATION DOES NOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES WITH REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OR OUTPUT THAT DERIVES
FROM SUCH USE OF ANY SUCH TOOLS AND UTILITIES. PLEASE RESPECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHEN USING THE TOOLS AND UTILITIES
MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES OR IN RUPE CORPORATION SOFTWARE PRODUCTS.
RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND. Any Software which is downloaded from the Services for or on behalf of the United States of America, its agencies
and/or instrumentalities ("U.S. Government"), is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government
is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS
252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable.
Manufacturer is Rupe Corporation, 1835 A S. Centre City Pkwy. #245, Escondido, California 92025.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Permission to use Documents (such as white papers, press releases, datasheets and FAQs) from the Services is granted, provided that
(1) the below copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear, (2) use of
such Documents from the Services is for informational and non-commercial or personal use only and will not be copied or posted on any
network computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no modifications of any Documents are made. Accredited educational institutions,
such as K-12, universities, private/public colleges, and state community colleges, may download and reproduce the Documents for distribution
in the classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited
by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the HydraulicRepairEstimator.com Web site or any other Rupe Corporation
owned, operated, licensed or controlled site. Elements of Rupe Corporation Web sites are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair
competition, and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image from any Rupe Corporation
Web site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Rupe Corporation.
RUPE CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS
AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. RUPE CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD
TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL RUPE CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE
FROM THE SERVICES.
THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE
PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. RUPE CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES
IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME.
NOTICES REGARDING SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL RUPE CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR
INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.
MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY.
If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete
and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You also will choose a password and a user name. You are entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and
all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Rupe Corporation immediately of any unauthorized use of your account
or any other breach of security. Rupe Corporation will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using
your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by Rupe Corporation
or another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the
permission of the account holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms,
conditions, and notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Rupe Corporation
server, or the network(s) connected to any Rupe Corporation server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any Services.
You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Rupe
Corporation server or to any of the Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to
obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Services.
USE OF SERVICES
The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages,
calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others
(each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post,
send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way
of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Communication Services, you will not:
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Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative
or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
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Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
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Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name,
material or information.
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Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property
laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless
you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same.
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Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are made available through the Services in any manner that infringes
any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
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Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs
that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
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Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows
such messages.
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Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced,
displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.
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Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations
or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
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Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
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Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
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Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
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Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
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Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
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Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Services
or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
Rupe Corporation has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Rupe Corporation reserves the right to review materials
posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Rupe Corporation reserves the right to terminate
your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
Rupe Corporation reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Rupe Corporation deems necessary to satisfy any applicable
law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole
or in part, in Rupe Corporation's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Communication Services.
Rupe Corporation does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore,
Rupe Corporation specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your
participation in any Communication Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized Rupe Corporation spokespersons, and their views do
not necessarily reflect those of Rupe Corporation.
Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination; you
are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO RUPE CORPORATION OR POSTED AT ANY RUPE CORPORATION WEB SITE.
Rupe Corporation does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Rupe Corporation (including feedback and suggestions) or post,
upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public
or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or
submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting Rupe Corporation, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission
to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all Rupe Corporation
Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce,
edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such
rights to any supplier of the Services.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Rupe Corporation is under no obligation
to post or use any Submission you may provide and Rupe Corporation may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.
By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described
in these Terms of Use including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the
Submissions.
In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or
that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such
Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained
in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services,
(b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted
in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example,
and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to
all members of your private community (for each such Images available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general
public (for each such Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use your Images in connection
with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, making
prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license
to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without having
your name attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services. The licenses granted in
the preceding sentences for a Images will terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the Services, provided that,
such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such Images.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Images.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service
Provider's Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES.
THE LINKS IN THIS AREA WILL LET YOU LEAVE RUPE CORPORATION'S SITE. THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF RUPE CORPORATION AND
RUPE CORPORATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES
TO SUCH SITES. RUPE CORPORATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBCASTING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM ANY LINKED SITE. RUPE
CORPORATION IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY RUPE
CORPORATION OF THE SITE.
UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY.
RUPE CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES DO NOT ACCEPT OR CONSIDER UNSOLICITED IDEAS, INCLUDING IDEAS FOR NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS,
NEW PROMOTIONS, NEW PRODUCTS OR TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES, MATERIALS, MARKETING PLANS OR NEW PRODUCT NAMES. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY ORIGINAL
CREATIVE ARTWORK, SAMPLES, DEMOS, OR OTHER WORKS. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO AVOID POTENTIAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR DISPUTES
WHEN RUPE CORPORATION'S PRODUCTS OR MARKETING STRATEGIES MIGHT SEEM SIMILAR TO IDEAS SUBMITTED TO RUPE CORPORATION. SO, PLEASE DO NOT
SEND YOUR UNSOLICITED IDEAS TO RUPE CORPORATION OR ANYONE AT RUPE CORPORATION. IF, DESPITE OUR REQUEST THAT YOU NOT SEND US YOUR IDEAS
AND MATERIALS, YOU STILL SEND THEM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT RUPE CORPORATION MAKES NO ASSURANCES THAT YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS WILL BE
TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE & FAQ.
© 2010 Rupe Corporation. All rights reserved.
The following is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. If you need legal advice, contact
a lawyer.
What is copyright?
Copyright law protects original works, such as websites, books, music, paintings, photos and video. A work is “original”
if it contains some elements you created and did not borrow from others. Typically, when you create an original work, you own the copyright.
As the copyright owner, you can control how others use your work. For example, if you write a movie script, you have the right to, and
can prevent others from, copying your script, sharing it with others (“distributing it”), making a movie or book from your
script (a “derivative work”), or publicly performing your script as a play or movie. You also have the ability to sell or
give away these rights. In other words, you could sell the right to make a movie based on your script to a movie studio.
If you use someone else's copyrighted materials without permission, that use generally violates the copyright owner's exclusive rights,
and is copyright infringement. So if you create a new work and include parts of other people's works in it (such as an existing photo,
lengthy quotes from a book or a loop from a song), you must own or have permission to use the elements you borrow. For example, if your
script is based on an existing popular series, you should obtain permission to use the elements you borrow from the series.
Copyright law is different from the law of personal property. If you buy a physical object, such as a movie on DVD, you own the physical
object. You do not, however, obtain ownership of the “copyrights” (the rights to make copies, distribute, make derivatives
and publicly perform or display) in the content of the movie. The fact that you have obtained physical possession of a DVD does not
automatically grant you the right to copy or share it.
If you make your own movie, it may include many copyrighted works in it. So, if you decide to make a movie based on your script, you
must either create all elements of it on your own, or have permission to use the elements you borrow. Especially keep in mind that photos
or artwork hanging on the walls of your sets and music on the soundtrack (even if you own the CD or MP3) may be copyrighted. You should
not include copyrighted works such as these in your movie without authorization.
A few other things to keep in mind are:
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Just because a work does not include a copyright notice (e.g., © 2010 Rupe Corporation) does not mean the work is in the public domain.
Copyright notices are generally not required for works to be protected by copyright.
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Just because a work is easily available on the internet or elsewhere does not mean you may use the work freely. Look for terms of use,
such as Creative Commons, that explain how works you find on the Internet may be used.
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Isn't it in the public domain?
Just because a work is freely available, does not mean it is in the “public domain.” Copyright is for a limited term; it
does not last forever. In the copyright context, “public domain” means the copyright term has expired. Once a work is in
the public domain, it may be freely used without permission from the copyright owner.
Determining the term of copyright can be complex, particularly because copyright laws vary from country to country. Also, even if the
copyright on a work has expired, you should be careful about how you use a public domain work. For example, a book may be in the public
domain, but it might not be ok to scan the book cover to cover and post it on the internet. This is because the particular version of
the book may contain new copyrightable material that is not in the public domain, such as cover art or footnotes.
What about fair use?
In limited situations, you can use copyrighted works without permission from the copyright holder. It can be difficult to figure out
whether use of copyrighted works without permission is legal, though, because the laws in this area are often vague and vary from country
to country.
The copyright law in the United States has a doctrine called “fair use”. Fair use provides a defense to copyright infringement
in some circumstances. For example, fair use allows documentary filmmakers to use very short clips of copyrighted movies, music and
news footage without permission from the copyright owner. Fair use is a difficult concept because determining whether something is a
fair use involves weighing four factors. Unfortunately, weighing the fair use factors rarely results in a clear-cut answer.
Rather than applying a fair use test, many other countries have specific exceptions to copyright infringement. The number and type of
exceptions vary by country, but they frequently allow copyrighted materials to be used without permission from the copyright holder
for activities such as nonprofit research, teaching, news reporting, or private study.
If you incorrectly decide that something is a fair use or falls into an exception to copyright infringement, you could be held criminally
and civilly liable and have to pay damages. We suggest you talk to a lawyer if you have questions regarding fair uses of copyrighted
works.
What happens if you upload copyrighted materials to one of our websites without permission?
By law, we are required to take down videos, music, photographs or other content you upload onto a website hosted by Rupe Corporation
if we learn that it infringes someone else's copyright. If you believe that we have mistakenly taken down content you uploaded that
you own or have permission to upload, you can also let us know that. Finally, if you upload infringing content repeatedly, we will terminate
your account and you could face criminal and civil penalties. So please, respect other people's copyrights.
What if my stuff is on a Rupe Corporation website without my permission?
If you believe that anything on a website hosted by Rupe Corporation infringes your copyright, let us know. Just provide us with the
information requested here and we will see that your copyrighted works are taken down.
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