Help finding stolen website contact Info...PLEASE

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by gerryt, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi,
    Ive tried finding the webhost or contact info for canadatext.com as they have copied my website textcanada.ca
    They have redirected their domain.
    The domain points to NS1 (&2).niagarawebhosts.com.
    niagrawebhosts forwards to niagarafallscorp.com/
    I sent an email to the address listed on the website but I'm not holding my breath.
    Can anyone help?
     
    gerryt, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  2. Nonny

    Nonny Notable Member

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    This is the Whois information, including a phone number (which may or may not work):
    http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=niagarawebhosts&tld=com
    http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=niagarafallscorp&tld=com

    (And both domains are registered to the same person)

    If contacting the domain owner and business doesn't work, you might want to contact the upstream provider for niagrafallscorp.com.

    Here is how I found it:

    1. Find IP address of site using http://www.selfseo.com/find_ip_address_of_a_website.php

    The IP address of both niagarafallscorp.com and niagarawebhosts.com is 209.59.143.61

    2. Use ARIN WhoIs to determine that that IP address is assigned to Liquid Web
    http://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput=209.59.143.61

    If you click the link there is contact information for Liquid Web, or check here:
    http://liquidweb.com/about/contact.html

    Liquid Web is a US company, so you should be able to serve a DMCA takedown notice - I'd actually do that with nigarawebhosts.com and niagarafallscorp.com first, even though they appear to be Canadian companies. Here is some basic information about filing a DMCA takedown notice:

    http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/05/15/takedown-faq/
    http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/category/legal-issues/dmca/page/3/
     
    Nonny, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  3. gerryt

    gerryt Active Member

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    Nice work Nonny :)
    Thanks for snooping around for me as well as the links to do it myself next time.
    I appreciate it and will post back when I get any response.
     
    gerryt, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  4. enrico1999

    enrico1999 Peon

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    domaintools.com is also a great resource for digging further into information about a domain registrant.
     
    enrico1999, Dec 18, 2008 IP