This Guy Completely Stole My Website!

[itsdonny]

This is unreal to me. This photographer in San Diego, who may even be on this forum completely cloned my site!

His name is David Harding.
<img src="http://www.d3fotos.com/images/dave_sml.jpg">

My site is Los Angeles Photographers | Photography | Weddings | Headshots | Commercial Photographer
His site is www.d3fotos.com

He didn't use my photos but he totally copied my design and copied my content almost word for word.

Look at this...

My headshot prices: Los Angeles Wedding Photographer & Videographer Rates & Prices | Orange County | Santa Barbara
His headshot prices: http://www.d3fotos.com/prices_portrait.php

I called him today on the phone and totally caught him off gaurd. He played it off as if he didn't know what in the hell I was talking about or who I was. He said he would look into it and call me back. I bet. I'm hoping he'll just come clean and redo his website. I can understand using ideas from someones site, but but flat out copying it is illegal.

[incrediblehelp]

Why are you worried about it if the content is different? Stealing styles will always happen, its those content thiefs that are the worst.

Did you guy by chance use the same designer? It is common for designers to use the same look and feel on websites.

[itsdonny]

Thanks for replying Jaan. After I called him yesterday he started changing his site immediately. If you're looking at his site now it looks nothing like it did a day ago. I designed my site myself. He actually did steal my content! Both text and graphics. Word for word on a few pages. He's changed that too.

Don

[incrediblehelp]

Don I am glad he changed it back. I hate those thieves!

[photoscout]

I've only just joined and saw this post. And I hope I'm not being to critical here by saying that: After looking at the site you mentioned and yours you seem to be sniveling like a baby. What has this guy done? It doesn't seem to have anything you've mentioned.

I'm sorry but give the guy some credit for making his site better than yours! That's all I seem to see what's happened here.

Paul

[incrediblehelp]

Since you did just join photoscout easy on the flaming. It is perfectly acceptable for someone to make a post like this and ask for advice. The situation seems to be resolved and then you come and post this message. Seems fishy to me like you might know or be the owner of the other website. Either way relax on the name calling.

[photoscout]

Sorry you feel that way but, I'm friends with everyone. After that I won't respond to anything else you're crying about.


Paul

[Hometutor]

Originally Posted by photoscout

I've only just joined and saw this post. And I hope I'm not being to critical here by saying that: After looking at the site you mentioned and yours you seem to be sniveling like a baby. What has this guy done? It doesn't seem to have anything you've mentioned.

I'm sorry but give the guy some credit for making his site better than yours! That's all I seem to see what's happened here.

Paul

As an author I can tell you copyright violation is a serious issue. Anything you publish is automatically copyrighted.

Rick

[itsdonny]

Originally Posted by incrediblehelp

Seems fishy to me like you might know or be the owner of the other website. Either way relax on the name calling.

That's exactly what it is Jaan. Classic!

[imsickofwebpro]

Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal!

Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal [Design Principles] <-- Good article.

[photoscout]

Gee wiz, all I can say is to itsdonny or should I say "itsthewiner" is please get over yourself. Man, that guys site is nothing like your site and say thanks to that dude for complimenting you if you still think it looks like yours!!!!
Happy Holidays to all you winers!!

[jkjazz]

Originally Posted by photoscout

Gee wiz, all I can say is to itsdonny or should I say "itsthewiner" is please get over yourself. Man, that guys site is nothing like your site and say thanks to that dude for complimenting you if you still think it looks like yours!!!!
Happy Holidays to all you winers!!

Gee whiz, you sniveling crybaby. Learn how to spell. What are you, 14? It was stated clearly that the thief had changed his site and that the situation was resolved.

Are you trying to call him a whiner or a winner?

3 Flame posts from a new member. Wonderful.

Red rep for you!

[dschips]

What is your problem photoscout? On the 12th, itsDonny posts both his problem, and that he called the offending webmaster about it. By the next morning, the offending webmaster started making changes to his site so that it was no longer in violation. When incrediblehelp mentioned that he didn't see the problem, itsDonny replied that offending site had been changed.

You come along that night and start flaming itsDonny because you couldn't see the problem. Well, of course not, as had been posted, the offending webmaster had made the requested changes in his site! When you were corrected, you lashed out again. And yet again.

ItsDonny's post was appropriate. He wasn't wining, he had a legitimate complaint. The problem was that you either didn't bother to read all the intervening posts (3), or chose to ignore them. Is it itsDonny's fault that the site had changed before you got to see it?

Then again maybe the speculation that you're involved with the offending site is accurate and you're trying to publicly embarrass itsDonny. You've only managed to embarrass yourself.

[David Pearson]

Originally Posted by photoscout

Gee wiz, all I can say is to itsdonny or should I say "itsthewiner" is please get over yourself. Man, that guys site is nothing like your site and say thanks to that dude for complimenting you if you still think it looks like yours!!!!
Happy Holidays to all you winers!!

Duhhh ... photoscout ... the oroiginal poster, itsdonny, has already said the culprit has started changing his site in response to a phone call

After I called him yesterday he started changing his site immediately. If you're looking at his site now it looks nothing like it did a day ago.

So ... photoscout ... can the namecalling ....

"itsthewiner"

... it is you, photoscout, who is proving to be the idiot here, and on only your first few posts.

[bj]

LOL! Definitely the thief, otherwise he wouldn't be so obnoxious. Thieves are always obnoxious when caught. I should know, I've had stuff stolen a few times now, have managed to catch them each time, and the response is always that the thief was doing ME a favor.

And the changes he's made since are awful, makes my motion sickness kick in . . .

[chrisJumbo]

I agree with the others. Also awarded a Neg. point to photoscout. I'm not sure what kind of forums your use to, but we try to be civil.

[itsdonny]

Actually taking another look at "photoscout's" website I see he still has several pages of content that are virtually identical. He did change the design quite a bit. Your getting there "photoscout". I wish you would just write your own copy and we could be on our way.

[phx-keith]

A developer from India stole my site completely.

My site looked like Hire Freelance PHP Programmer before the summer.

Here is my site today : Freelance PHP MySql Developer . Very similar.

I sent him a email and an Instant Message. He has not responded.

[deepsand]

Why are we seeing this same question asked repeatedly, when it's already been discussed to excess.

And, why are such dicussions constantly being featured in the daily WPW e-letter?