How to Stop a Plagiarizer?

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How to Stop a Plagiarizer?

His site's WHOIS is private

ember

1:44 am on May 21, 2009 (gmt 0)

Our copy is plagiarized all over the web, but this is beyond blatant. Our site's design, navigation and copy have all been lifted by another site. His WHOIS is private, and his phone number always leads to a recording. That the number is a cell in Washington is all I can find out. How do I go after this thief?

martinibuster

1:53 am on May 21, 2009 (gmt 0)

Even a privatized whois still lists an email at which the domain owner can be reached. It ranges from domainname@example.com to randomstringoflettersandnumbers@example.com where example.com is the registrar.

[edited by: martinibuster at 2:03 am (utc) on May 21, 2009]

tangor

2:00 am on May 21, 2009 (gmt 0)

Have you started with step one: DCMA against the IP hosting that site? Good way to get attention.

ember

2:17 am on May 27, 2009 (gmt 0)

I contacted the owner, left a message and have heard nothing (of course). Contacted the server he is on, and they haven't responded to my complaint. How do I do a "DCMA" complaint? I've found another plagiarizer who has stolen, word for word, 10 to 15 1,500 word articles, from another of my sites. Now I want to nail them both.

JohnRoy

2:34 am on May 27, 2009 (gmt 0)

See Google DMCA [webmasterworld.com]

ember

2:37 am on May 27, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thank you. Very helpful.