people claiming downloaded styles as their own

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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