Someone copied my website, what can i do?

When you upload your site its automatically copyrighted!!!
Go to the host and make a complaint... If they don't do anything you can hire someone.. to do the dirty job.. xD muahaha!!! lol

 

Get a DMCA template and fill that out and send it to the host. They must comply with it or risk being held liable.

Also make a post on Webhostingtalk.com saying host xyz refuses to comply with copyright infringement with a live link to them. The bad publicity will prompt them to do something.

 

***k em. As long as you wrote it all first it belongs to you, it will have been cached on your site first so their's will be treated as the duplicate, and wayback machines will eventually show that your version is older.

 

Misguided article to say the least...google has no legal jurisdiction over anything.
This "Google is God" mentality online is absolutely hilarious.
If your work is truly unique and copyrightable ( which most isn't these days) and you will stand to lose revenue then your best bet is to hire an attorney. Build a fast food restaurant and use the golden arches for your logo...bet you dont get a letter from McDonalds...it will be a law firm. Thats the costs of doing legitimate business.

 

I just checked both sites and I agree with you. He copied form you. I hate those people because they just try to make their life as easier as possible and in my view they are thiefs

 

I don't know where you cam up with that, but you are completely wrong. Someone can copy your site and outrank you, when it was cached has nothing to do with anything.

 

If his host is him, it is probably why you're not getting a reply. I've had that problem with some previous roles I have performed.

One little trick I use regularly when people begin to ignore you is to contact (pref. by phone) and say you are ringing on behalf of your 'client' - it generally makes people do a brown one instantly because it sounds quite official and as though they are a lawyer/solicitor. Keep up the act well enough and you get a result. Not garunteeing it'll work but its an idea!

 

Phone call won't work coz usually no one provides a REAL phone number is whois.
I would suggest that you hire someone to hack them !

 

No don't hack him, do things by the book.

Run his site though http://www.whoishostingthis.com/ which should tell you the upstream hosting provider. Then lodge a DMCA notice with them, i have templates on my site here. You want the ISP one, also it wouldn't hurt to lodge the Google/Yahoo ones.

Sending a DMCA as opposed to writing a random email complaining makes a huge difference, upon receipt of a DMCA his host is bound to act and is committing an offense if he doesn't for harboring copyright infringement.

Also if the Whois details are fake, you can report it to his domain registrar and they are bound by ICANN legislation to terminate the domains registration.

 

Anyone have any current info on this subject ?

 

The copycat site is gone now. All done. Cheerio