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If We do not receive notice within 10 business days that the original person is seeking a court order to prevent further infringement of the material at issue, We may replace or cease disabling access to the material that was removed.</p> </li> <li style="list-style-type: inherit"><strong>REPEAT INFRINGER POLICY</strong> <p>It’s our policy to process termination of users who uploaded content to our Services and for whom We have received more than three copyright notices that are compliant with applicable law with respect to such content. Additionally, we reserve the right to terminate accounts of users who infringe on a single occasion if the circumstances warrant. 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