Serious Copyright Infrigement! Someone copied my site!! URGENT

Hey guys,

I`m the owner and publisher of www.ps3center.net. I was looking across Google and stumbled upon http:www.ps3infor.com.

They are an IDENTICAL copy of my site. My design and website are fully copyrighted. I believe that this is a major Copyright infrigement.

I dont know how he got access to all my design files on my server and database? I contacted my server for that for now...

I searches a domain whois and got the following infomation:

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=ps3infor.com

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Visit AboutUs.org for more information about PS3INFOR.COM
AboutUs: PS3INFOR.COM

Registration Service Provided By: NameCheap.com
Contact:

Domain name: PS3INFOR.COM

Registrant Contact:
Ps3infor.com
Donglin Wang (ps3infor@yahoo.com)
+1.4806242810
Fax: +1.4806242810
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, ARIZONA 85260
US

Administrative Contact:
Ps3infor.com
Donglin Wang (admin@ps3infor.com)
+1.4806242810
Fax: +1.4806242810
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, ARIZONA 85260
US

Technical Contact:
Ps3infor.com
Donglin Wang (ps3infor@yahoo.com)
+1.4806242810
Fax: +1.4806242810
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, ARIZONA 85260
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
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Creation date: 05 May 2007 03:24:42
Expiration date: 05 May 2008 03:24:42
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Current Registrar: ENOM, INC.
IP Address: 74.220.207.97 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-UTAH-OREM
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: Apache 1
Lock Status: clientTransferProhibited
Web Site Status: Active
DMOZ no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Secure: No
E-commerce: Yes
Traffic Ranking: Not available
Data as of: 31-Jul-2007

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Please help me out guys, I really need to shut this guy down and would need some tips. I`d also like to know if its even worth bringing this guy to court for this.

Thanks

Mike

 

Email his host and B!tch that he is stealing your design which is copyrighted they will more then likely take it down,
Or contact a lawyer if you can afford one

 

One of my good friend's father is a lawyer, I`m getting into contact with him tmr. As for now, I`ve already contacted his host... we'll see what they can do.

 

Wow, they didnt bother changing anything, did they.

 

Nope, absolutely nothing. I`m getting in contact with my host to see how they had access to my Database and all the design files on my server!

 

email namecheap

 

got him shut down

 

Congrats. I had that same problem this morning, a phone call directly to the thief took care of it.

 

The site suspended now..

 

Keep monitoring for content on the web. This happened to me. We removed them and within a week they were back up some where else.

If they do it again, contact an "intelectual property attorney" before you do anything. They can help you set the owner up and nail them.

 

I called his host instead. Spoke to a rep directly and they shut him down immediately. Apperently it was his 3rd warning ... 3 strikes and you're out!

 

Mate it appears to be back up:

http://www.ps3infor.com/ps3infor/index.htm

Someone get this man a Lawyer! I'm sure there's money to be made and lives to be ruined here.

Good luck shutting this guy down. Here is some more (new?) info from www.betterwhois.com:

Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com

 

wow that sucks, you really should take this further, this guy def needs to be taught a lesson

 

Closed closed but i can still see his site looks like yours

 

I'm actually surprised he managed to replicate the site - the CMS this runs on is notoriously difficult to skin/theme so he wouldn't have been able to just copy the source - he would have needed actual access to the files on the server; and even then, they're encoded and won't run without a license.

Might be worth contacting Erik Hillis at customcms.net to enquire about the CCMS license - this guy can't be running that script without one, so Erik should be able to find out who he is, provide you his contact info, and more importantly deactivate his license and thus bring his site down.

 

gosh, how horrible

 

his site is still up?!

 

Do you have any registered copyrights? It is very important to register anything that can be copyrighted. If you have registered copyrights you can simply contact the ISP/webhost and inform them of the infringement. Under US law there is a provision that says that an ISP is not liable for infringement that they are not aware of, but if they are made aware of the infringement then they have to take reasonable steps to address the infringement or they lose the immunity.

Even if you do not have any copyrights registered I would still try and contact the ISP/webhost. It is at least worth a shot.

For more information on registering a copyright see Applying for a Copyright.

Good luck.

-Gene

Patent Attorney & Founder of IPWatchdog.com

 

Register a copyright ASAP.
They're still up, and you need to take legal action!

 

You can draft a letter that may scare the hosting company and others into action even if you don't have any registered copyrights. Notice is important and acting fast is the key!