Design and copyright infringements.

I lately holded a contest at DP for website design and logo design:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1615988

then ordered the theme coding from jinsona again DP member

the site was made live at: www.conceptmobiles.com

now, to the point I find out that this site: technicalnavigator.com has just copied the theme.

To prove that the design was stolen without any notice we have uploaded the view source here: http://pastebin.com/m1f260c39

I have emailed them using their site's contact. Found their twitter account and the whois records: http://whois.domaintools.com/technicalnavigator.com

I will call them today to have the design removed. Next step would be filing a DMCA complaint against them and getting their site removed from SE results.

What else do you suggest guys?

Thanks in advance for your time

 

have you got your template files protected with .htaccess?

 

how to do that ? please help

 

http://www.pliggs.com/protect-your-pligg-template-files/

If the user tries to access your template file then they'll be redirected to a certain page. Change the tpl extention to what ever extension wordpress uses for templates.

 

Thank you vivideye.ca

I asked jinsona whether we can implement it on WP or not.

In the meantime I found out who is the so called designer of the site. Its an indian company called : enlistmedia.com

Domain registrant information:
Registrant:
Rikhav Infotech
12296, Jaikisan Bldg, Pantnagar, Ghatkop
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400075
India

Domain Name: ENLISTMEDIA.COM
Created on: 07-Apr-09
Expires on: 07-Apr-10
Last Updated on: 14-Apr-09

Administrative Contact:
Sarvaiya, Bhavik
Rikhav Infotech
12296, Jaikisan Bldg, Pantnagar, Ghatkop
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400075
India
912225136173 Fax --

Technical Contact:
Sarvaiya, Bhavik
Rikhav Infotech
12296, Jaikisan Bldg, Pantnagar, Ghatkop
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400075
India
912225136173 Fax --

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.BEAUTYOFINDIA.NET
NS2.BEAUTYOFINDIA.NET

tried to call but the number seems to be changed

 

Hi Ludwig,

Have you got through them? lat time I checked, that site was still active.

This is one of the most bad ripoff attempt I have ever seen. The damn ripper has stolen everything from Graphics, CSS, javascripts and html frame. Clear case of violation and if they do not respond quick, you should take action. You have got enough evidence to nail them.



Wordpress template files are php files. It is processed by server. So one cannot view it or copy it from browser. But anybody can view other files like css, html, js etc through modern browsers.

I hope they remove the template soon.

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based on the whois details I guess this is the company behind the domain. http://www.rikhavinfotech.com/corporate_info/contact_us.php

 

I have been trying to contact via all possible phone numbers, some do not respond, some incorrect. I have emailed them to all emails. Lets see. I am sure he can be found with the new name that it has enlistmedia.com if they dont change the design asap, I will file a DMCA and report to hosting and domain registrar

 

This is the copywriting forum and moderators must be pretty busy since they haven't realised this is a copyright/designing/web development thread with nothing to do with writing affairs

 

if this is the case, I apologize, please any of the moderators move this to an appropriate section

 

well back to the point.

I see they dont want to remove the design, but they think they can demand other things from me and want to have this thread deleted. which is not possible, since this is the proof of their rippoff

in any case I have contacted DMCA and they are ready to remove their sites within 5 days.

I will wait for a couple of days, if they fail to remove the website I will go for the DMCA.

 

Seems like they have made some changes to the template. Well, actually the template is still same, seems like they just re arranged the sections here and there.
Did they respond to you? Are they complying to your request?

 

lol, what a bunch of idiots, Clearly a copy!

 

yeah they changed a few things, you should see the emailing. I did not write much since I am not into debating with them, its easier for me to throw in some money for DMCA rather than talking to them.

I have talked with DMCA support and they told me its not a problem for them since all the evidences are here at DP and it will take them up to 5 days to get the rippers removed from the search engines and their hosts shut down.

But their emails look like I have been chatting with them for ages and I am the one who did the mistake and copied their site loool I just dont want to waste time. So far they are on the right track to protect themselves, but if they want problems its not hard for me to make it for them

 

I head they have managed to remove the pastebin source, in any case I have a screenshot saved

 

Who is this DMCA Support?

As for search engines your "claim" will be based on results appearing in Google for a specific "term," "phrase," or "paragraph" and not just "design work"... if no "term," "phrase," or "paragraph" appears in Google - you have no claim.

 

check this:
http://www.dmca.com/

 

Ripping of sites is pathetic. If you really cannot get your own design, then you have no business creating a site in the first place.

It's even worse because a lot of the time the businesses that rip designs are scam operations.. I wish you the best of luck in filing a DMCA take down against this guy.

 

A waste of $100.

...course for them it's a great scam... scam those that scammed you and get you to pay for it.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

"This website has no association with any government organization. DMCA is a privately owned and operated website"​

That site is just some random people taking your money. Good luck.

 

dont think so
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act

dmca.com is linked from copyscape also. its not scam I am sure about that