people claiming downloaded styles as their own

[Brandon Sheley]

I would try the email to that forum owner first. In my experience this will usually get your link back in place and an apology by the thief.

[vbcustomized]

Loco and shelley,

I actually did both, contacted the host provider and sent an email to the domain owner, Still no responce from either. Its been about two hours.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[TimberFloorAu]

You also could join and contact all 3 members LOL

Nice style dude !

[SEOvB]

Originally Posted by vbcustomized

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.

Your welcome,

It is possible they've done that, however that still doesn't mean they can use it without the original copyright. One of the reasons you should always send a friendly email first.

Most hosts won't respond to DMCA complaints unless you've used a DMCA complaint form that meets the requirements. A good free one that usually works is here: http://www.tareeinternet.com/dmca/DMCA-ISP.doc

You can also send DMCA notices to major search engines which don't take lightly with such things and have their sites compeletly removed from search results. Heres an example for a Google DMCA complaint: http://www.tareeinternet.com/dmca/DMCA-Google.doc

At any rate, good luck with getting your credits back

[Shelley_c]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

You also could join and contact all 3 members LOL

Nice style dude !

The 3 members are likely to be the same 1 person. The admin account and the member OwaisG have the same telephone/e-mail. With OwaisG having it in his signature and the forum having it resided in the footer. The 3rd account is from the same area looking in the profile so chances are the 3 accounts were created by the same person, the forum owner.

[vbcustomized]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

You also could join and contact all 3 members LOL

Nice style dude !

Lmao, wait till the domain owner looks at his site stats and sees that 90% of his traffic is coming fom this thread.

[TimberFloorAu]

Originally Posted by Shelley_c

The 3 members are likely to be the same 1 person. The admin account and the member OwaisG have the same telephone/e-mail. With OwaisG having it in his signature and the forum having it resided in the footer. The 3rd account is from the same area looking in the profile so chances are the 3 accounts were created by the same person, the forum owner.

Mad huh !

DMCA is the only way to go, however.. in our experience, outside of USA, it is a nightmare to try and invoke.
A better aproach is the HOST.

The way we have got sites to bring themselves into line, is by threatening the host.

Insofaras, filing a dmca, copying the infringing domain, also naming the host as being notified. If the offending site doesnt sort itself out, within x amount of days, and the host doesnt make the site owner do it, then you will be holding the host responsible for condoning copyright infringement activity, and not acting upon it.

Ste

[vbcustomized]

Originally Posted by FRDS

Your welcome,

It is possible they've done that, however that still doesn't mean they can use it without the original copyright. One of the reasons you should always send a friendly email first.

Most hosts won't respond to DMCA complaints unless you've used a DMCA complaint form that meets the requirements. A good free one that usually works is here: http://www.tareeinternet.com/dmca/DMCA-ISP.doc

You can also send DMCA notices to major search engines which don't take lightly with such things and have their sites compeletly removed from search results. Heres an example for a Google DMCA complaint: http://www.tareeinternet.com/dmca/DMCA-Google.doc

At any rate, good luck with getting your credits back

Thank you FRDS, good to know. The email I sent was not a dmca but I will consider sending one if it becomes necessary.

Thanks for the link.

[Shelley_c]

A little crazy. What in hell is lollywood songs? *googles*

I'm guessing a group of people singing whilst sucking on chuppa chups

[TimberFloorAu]

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollywood" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollywood</a>

I can see that being a busy forum LOL