Ripping a site and getting caught.

[Stroh]

hostingworld.co.uk/new

compare it to hostmist.com

Very similar! Not to mention the fact that you left a snippet of live chat coding on the page and that told where you were :crab:

Oh well my first DMCA ever.

[Righteous]

First off, what's DMCA?
Secondly, who the hell are these people and why did they copy your EXACT site design and logo!?

I think you should slap a copyright on it and file a suit.

[Stroh]

DMCA is Digital Millennium copyright Act and it's the legal authority at which I hold to file a complaint to their upstream provider which tells them that they have 24 hrs to remove said content or be slapped with a lawsuit and possible criminal charges if not complied to.

Basically it's what companies do to those stealing their stuff (example: Motion Pictures Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America send you these if you get caught for downloading stuff only theirs contain suits)

We will be working on legal issues.

The design is Copyrighted and is solely Host Mist's.

[Stroh]

To Whom It May Concern:

The following information is presented for the purposes of removing web content that allegedly infringes on our copyright per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We appreciate your enforcement of copyright law and support of our rights in this matter.
Be aware that if you ignore this notice, you (as a Provider covered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) forfeit the Act's immunity from monetary damages, which range from $750 to $30,000 per work infringed and up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement. Attorney's fees and costs can also be recovered.


What you (the Provider) need to do now:
1) reply to the Complainant (Us) and /or the Authorized Agent thereof that this notification has been received, within 24 hours.
2) send your customer written notification, along with a copy of this notification, requesting removal of the infringing material and requiring confirmation of the removal be sent to you (the Provider) within 24 hours;
3) disable access to the infringing material or the customer's account if the customer fails to remove the infringing material and/or fails to inform you (the Provider) of the removal within 24 hours of notification;
4) send the Complainant (Us) and /or the Authorized Agent thereof notice of the customer's counter notification and your (the Provider) intent to re-enable access to the material or the account within 14 days of your (the Providers) receipt of any customer counter notification, assuming the counter notification meets the requirements of the DMCA Act.
Identification of Copyrighted Work

The copyrighted work at issue is the text that appears on www.hostingworld.co.uk (http://www.hostingworld.co.uk) and its related pages. The pages in question contain a clear copyright notification and are the intellectual property of the complainant.
Identification of Infringed Material

The design of the site has been ripped from www.hostmist.com (http://www.hostmist.com/) at which is fully copyrighted by Host Mist and can be found as the original design by Payton Designs within their portfolio: http://www.paytondesigns.com
Be aware that these are blatant and obvious examples and are not necessarily a complete list of all alleged violations. We require that all alleged copyright violations be removed from the website in question and the onus is on the infringer to locate and remove all alleged copyright violations of the complainant’s intellectual property.
Be further aware that simply making a few changes (such as changing a name or rewording or reformatting some text) is not sufficient to remove the rights of the complainant. The alleged offending materials (or website) must be wholly removed.


Website: www.hostingworld.co.uk

Copyright Owner Contact Information


Host Mist
Attn: Matthew Strohmeyer, CEO
18 Centennial Drive
Poland, OH 44514

Email: admin@hostmist.com

(330) – 518-3754
Copyright Infringers WhoIs Information

Domain name: hostingworld.co.uk Registrant: H3K Ltd Registrant type: UK Limited Company, (Company number: 6697314) Registrant's address: PO Box 62409 London E14 1EY United Kingdom Registrar: Webfusion Ltd t/a 123-Reg.co.uk [Tag = 123-REG] URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk Relevant dates: Registered on: 19-Aug-2006 Renewal date: 19-Aug-2010 Last updated: 03-Oct-2009 Registration status: Registered until renewal date. Name servers: ns.123-reg.co.uk ns2.123-reg.co.uk



Copyright Owners Statement

I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the allegedly infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Signed on this day, the 8 day of November 2009,
Matthew Strohmeyer
That's exactly what you send idiots like these.

[Righteous]

Very nice... clean and professional!
Funny thing is; even a Creative Commons Strict license would hold enough right to file a suit. I'm going to switch Wabuf to completely CC Strict as soon as our copyright is up. This is because I could care less if someone took my designs; heck, I make completely new designs once if not, twice a year and maybe they'll learn a thing or two from it. Plus, with the CC being strict, they must display my name and link somewhere on the page.

[Stroh]

New one sent to abuse at OVH.net

[Stroh]

Finally design was taken down. Now the fun part, 14 days for a counter complaint and if one comes, I get to setup a legal battle.

[Righteous]

Hahaha, let the juicy drama begin! Hopefully it doesn't break out into total mayhem.