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    Website, logo, company identity stolen

    Someone has stolen my company webpage, newly designed logo, and very company identity. I ran into http://www.kawio.com on a forum post -- it is theft of my company site and the logo I just had designed in a SitePoint.com forum contest less than a week ago. The page background image is stolen from my personal blog which went up about a week and a half ago. This is recent work.

    Does anyone know how I can find who's hosting these sites and where I can find a standard DMCA takedown notice to send? I would like to proceed with that before hiring a lawyer of course. Thanks.
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    Re: Website, logo, company identity stolen

    Originally posted by Dan Grossman
    Someone has stolen my company webpage, newly designed logo, and very company identity. I ran into http://www.kawio.com on a forum post -- it is theft of my company site and the logo I just had designed in a SitePoint.com forum contest less than a week ago. The page background image is stolen from my personal blog which went up about a week and a half ago. This is recent work.

    Does anyone know how I can find who's hosting these sites and where I can find a standard DMCA takedown notice to send? I would like to proceed with that before hiring a lawyer of course. Thanks.
    Servername: oxford.buyersheaven-dns2.com

    The IP address is owned by managed.com.

    NetRange: 65.75.173.170 - 65.75.173.177
    CIDR: 65.75.173.170/31, 65.75.173.172/30, 65.75.173.176/31
    NetName: NET-MANAGED
    NetHandle: NET-65-75-173-170-1
    Parent: NET-65-75-128-0-1
    NetType: Reassigned
    Comment:
    RegDate: 2004-04-08
    Updated: 2004-04-08

    AbuseHandle: ABUSE429-ARIN
    AbuseName: Abuse Department
    AbusePhone: +1-925-984-4978
    AbuseEmail: abuse@managed.com

    TechHandle: JPH47-ARIN
    TechName: Pham, Jacques
    TechPhone: +1-888-585-8889
    TechEmail: info@managed.com

    OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE429-ARIN
    OrgAbuseName: Abuse Department
    OrgAbusePhone: +1-925-984-4978
    OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@managed.com

    OrgTechHandle: JPH47-ARIN
    OrgTechName: Pham, Jacques
    OrgTechPhone: +1-888-585-8889
    OrgTechEmail: info@managed.com


    Can't help ya much out for the legal text though, might want to search google for a cease and desist letter.

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    you might want to make the url un-clickable
    takesome screenshots of the site http://www.whois.sc/kawio.com
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    https://registrar.godaddy.com/whois....addy&authGuid=

    Get the domain owners name and contact information then call them with your complaint.

    Then contact the actual hosting company, the site is hosted with buyers-heaven.com



    kawio.com whois lookup results

    Registrant: Derek Myers
    7200 NW 110th st Oklahoma City,
    Oklahoma 73172
    United States

    Registered through: GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com)

    Domain Name: KAWIO.COM
    Created on: 22-Jul-04
    Expires on: 22-Jul-06
    Last Updated on: 22-Jul-04

    Administrative Contact: Myers, Derek
    liquidfusion@gmail.com
    7200 NW 110th st Oklahoma City,
    Oklahoma 73172 United States
    (405) 812-7512

    Technical Contact: Myers, Derek
    liquidfusion@gmail.com
    7200 NW 110th st Oklahoma City,
    Oklahoma 73172 United States
    (405) 812-7512

    Domain servers in listed order: NS1.BUYERSHEAVEN-DNS2.COM NS2.BUYERSHEAVEN-DNS2.COM

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    THats just.....nasty.

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    Well, I found three good DMCA notices online for sending to service providers, and used them to write my own to send to Managed.com and Buyers Heaven. I CCed the Managed notice to Buyers Heaven and the gmail address above. I CCed the Buyers Heaven notice to the address above. Now I just need to find how to word the notice to the site owner himself. Hopefully one of those two hosting providers will stop this guy.

    Weird thing: Outlook Express changed the gmail address above to a name, meaning it was in my contact list. I checked and this person e-mailed me once before, a one-liner last month, asking if I would sell awio.com. Of course I replied that my company site was not for sale. Kawio.com was registered in July, a few days after I said awio.com was not for sale, my business was formed prior.
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    Originally posted by Dan Grossman
    Weird thing: Outlook Express changed the gmail address above to a name, meaning it was in my contact list. I checked and this person e-mailed me once before, a one-liner last month, asking if I would sell awio.com. Of course I replied that my company site was not for sale. Kawio.com was registered in July, a few days after I said awio.com was not for sale, my business was formed prior.
    Heh... although this is a rather inconvenient situation for you, that's pretty funny.

    *ahem* Anyway, I think Managed will take the appropriate action though they might ask for some kind of proof as their standard verification procedure.

    Good luck.

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    Yes, I know. A bit flattering that someone would want to model their 'network' after mine. I still can't tolerate it though, especially since I just paid to have this logo designed less than a week ago.

    All 3 notices sent and CCed to respective parties, hope that does it. I would hate to have to go to court, but it would be an opportunity to talk to a lawyer and I could use some advice on other things anyway
    Dan Grossman - dan @ awio.com
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    Re: Website, logo, company identity stolen

    Originally posted by Dan Grossman
    Someone has stolen my company webpage, newly designed logo, and very company identity.
    That's just wrong.
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    Looks like he stole banners2go.com's design too:

    http://digitalzero.com/

    I e-mailed Rob.
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    I notice kawio.com is registered at GoDaddy. Don't forget to notify them of the situation -- I'd telephone them, actually. If I know GoDaddy, they'll take immediate action and suspend his account, including all other domain names he has through them. Let us know who takes action, and in what order. Also, sounds like a kid -- cc his parents. Rippers suck.
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    As I clicked on the kawio link right now, I got to an account suspended page. Maybe someone already shut down the site.

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    Happened to me about two weeks ago. Hope you get resolution.

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    The web host, Buyers Heaven, suspended the account following my notice Glad they were cooperative with me.
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    Good to hear they took the time to respond to an abuse complaint.
    Patron: I'd like my free lunch please.
    Cafe Manager: Free lunch? Did you read the fine print stating it was an April Fool's joke.
    Patron: I read the same way I listen, I ignore the parts I don't agree with. I'm suing you for false advertising.
    Cafe Owner: Is our lawyer still working pro bono?

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    WHAAAAAAA!!

    The guy http://digitalzero.com/


    1. Stole the banners2go design
    2. http://digitalzero.com/hosting.php it took time for me to do that order form and it was in my original site .. The sucker. Now I know how it feels.. I feel raped.


    EDIT!:
    I just discovered this: http://buyersheaven-dns.com/ Take a look!!
    Last edited by CMachuca; 08-28-2004 at 02:04 PM.
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    Regarding http://digitalzero.com/hosting.php , none of the order buttons work, they all loop back to the page ==> no sales can be generated (or is it some IE-only code?).

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    I don't know but even the buttons were made by me
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    What I mean is it seems the thief was so dumb that he couldn't even make his stolen copy work to enable people to order his crap.

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    See this thread. . This guy was just mentioned here the other day.

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    I wish you luck in getting your individuality back
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