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LogMu
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Some of you have seen this web site of mine:
http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/
It's about as simple as a web site can be, yet despite that it gets thousands of hits every day, people blog about it, it features in design reviews, and newspapers write articles about it.
Here's a screenshot:
Recently, I found this web site:
http://icantspelldefinitely.com/
Here's a screenshot:
Look familiar?
It's a direct rip-off. Not only has he stolen the design and layout and content (and source code), he's added a story explaining why he made the site, which gives no credit to my original. In fact, he claims it's his own design and idea.
Now, I'm not that bothered, I think it's rather pathetic actually that he couldn't even come up with his own design. In the past, people have emailed me asking permission to make similar sites and I've been glad to grant it.
Of course, I was curious to find out who is behind this blatant rip off, so I did a whois, and found this:
Please note that this information is publicly available; just follow the whois link above.
Further investigation discloses that:
His business websites, http://williamsburgdesign.com/ and http://www.gospellabs.com/ indicate that they are:
It turns that Gospel Labs is some kind of christian-based organisation, to the extent that a reference to religion is explicit in its name. One of its web sites is the Christian Life Center, a church in the same town as John Hamman.
So, I've been ripped off, and by, of all people, someone who appears to be a devout and practicing christian.
I've sent him an email. Let's see what he's got to say.
http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/
It's about as simple as a web site can be, yet despite that it gets thousands of hits every day, people blog about it, it features in design reviews, and newspapers write articles about it.
Here's a screenshot:
Recently, I found this web site:
http://icantspelldefinitely.com/
Here's a screenshot:
Look familiar?
It's a direct rip-off. Not only has he stolen the design and layout and content (and source code), he's added a story explaining why he made the site, which gives no credit to my original. In fact, he claims it's his own design and idea.
Now, I'm not that bothered, I think it's rather pathetic actually that he couldn't even come up with his own design. In the past, people have emailed me asking permission to make similar sites and I've been glad to grant it.
Of course, I was curious to find out who is behind this blatant rip off, so I did a whois, and found this:
Code:
Domain name: icantspelldefinitely.com
Registrant Contact:
GospelLabs, LLC
John Hamman ()
Fax:
6062 Mooretown Road
Williamsburg, va 23188
US
Administrative Contact:
GospelLabs, LLC
John Hamman (john.hamman@gmail.com)
+1.7575613596
Fax: +1.5555555555
6062 Mooretown Road
Williamsburg, va 23188
US
Technical Contact:
GospelLabs, LLC
John Hamman (john.hamman@gmail.com)
+1.7575613596
Fax: +1.5555555555
6062 Mooretown Road
Williamsburg, va 23188
USPlease note that this information is publicly available; just follow the whois link above.
Further investigation discloses that:
His business websites, http://williamsburgdesign.com/ and http://www.gospellabs.com/ indicate that they are:
and
It turns that Gospel Labs is some kind of christian-based organisation, to the extent that a reference to religion is explicit in its name. One of its web sites is the Christian Life Center, a church in the same town as John Hamman.
So, I've been ripped off, and by, of all people, someone who appears to be a devout and practicing christian.
I've sent him an email. Let's see what he's got to say.
thanks, I heard about it on the AFA forums, and thought I better check it out, unfortunately the username Davo was taken :\ heh looking forward to contributing here.
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