people claiming downloaded styles as their own
 

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omg i see what you mean.. lol wth ;)

i think i will be adding something similar into my styles in the future..
"hidden (C) messages" :D

It comes in handy when you need to contact a web host to get your work removed from their server, its the smoking gun of proof of ownership.

I think you should give the guy a call seeing as his number is freely available on the site. Or maybe I will and record it for your listening pleasure :D

lmao, thats pretty funny.

It actually isnt a big deal, there is always a few that will do something like that, the majority keep it intact. My guess is its someone that downloaded it from themesbase.com, not here

Sad to hear.
Hope you are able to do something about it.

definitely contact them. you never know how they came into posession of the software, could be they really do think its free (doubtful but possible) iow maybe thats how they received it and have no idea your (c) is missing (doubtful but possible) :)

just send off an email and say hey i noticed youre using my new theme, glad to see you like it, but ummm my (c) is missing ;) kind of msg. and see what happens,...

btw - theme looks very nice, keep up the good work.

If you've got it in your TOS/AUP/User Agreement for using the style, send the webmaster a friendly email letting them know they are infracting your copyright and kindly ask them to restore the copyright within X days.

Send your copyright code and even instructions for restoring it in the email, and possible consequences if they don't restore it.

If they don't comply, send a DMCA notice to the hosting company

Thank you everyone for your suggestions.

It is possible that they downloaded the style from someone that has removed the license file.

I have emailed the website owner and hosting provider about the issue.

Now I will wait and see what happens.

It's quite amazing what lengths people will go to steal and/or even claim stuff as their own even when you provide them for free. Some people were just brought up to steal, and, expect everything on a plate. Normally, these kind of people have trouble even with the simple tasks like wiping their own backsides and still have their guardians do it for them. Just haven't got time for people who steal or lie, there's no reasoning with them.

As FRDS advised. Send a DMCA notice to the hosting company which may have the desired results your looking for or atleast contact the guys ISP though filing the DMCA notice should do the trick.