Legal:DMCA/If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Dear Sir or Madam: I am Assistant General Counsel of HarperCollins Publishers ("HarperCollins"), the publisher of the title If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (the "Work") written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. As the exclusive publisher of the Work, HarperCollins has the sole right to publish and otherwise distribute and display the Work. It has recently come to our attention that your website located at https://en.wikipedia.org is displaying the full text of the Work without authorization (the "Infringing Content") at the following web page (the "Web Page"): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Give_a_Mouse_a_Cookie Specifically, the last paragraph of the "Text" section of the Web Page is literally the text of the Work in its entirety (albeit with some errors). Please be advised that this unauthorized publication of the Infringing Content violates HarperCollins' valuable rights under the Copyright Law of the United States, 17 U.S.C. sec. 101 et seq. For your reference, below is a link to where the Work is legitimately available directly from HarperCollins: * http://www.harpercollins.com/9780060245863/if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie Accordingly, we respectfully request that you remove the Infringing Content from the Web Page immediately and provide us with written confirmation of removal within ten (10) days of the date of this notice. We represent in good faith that none of HarperCollins, the Authors or any provision of law has authorized the Infringing Content. The information contained in this notification is accurate. Under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of HarperCollins in this matter. This letter does not represent a complete statement of HarperCollins' position and is without prejudice to our legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved. Sincerely yours, <redacted> Assistant General Counsel HarperCollinsPublishers 195 Broadway New York, NY 10007 <redacted contact information>