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Attention: Sasha Abrams, Legal Department, communications@moore.org, 650.213.3000 or 1661 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304.
If you believe content available through the Site infringes a copyright, please provide the following information to the person identified above (17 U.S.C. § 512):
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b. Identification of the copyrighted work(s) claimed to have been infringed;
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