I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
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Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#2Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Pehaps you could reference these guys on your site as evidence of love for your design chops :)
Incidently - did you check whether these are individul copies or multiple clones by one person/organisation?
Anyway, if assets are being hotlinked you could have some fun...
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#3wow, some of those copies were just blantant. Is there a way to embed a specific string in the website (either through html or css) so later you can somehow google search anyone is copying you?
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#4Make a premium WordPress theme based on this design, slap a price on it, and distribute through WordPress theme sites thereby creating an additional income stream for your company. I'm in Miami and I'd be happy to help.
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#5You provided the links to those websites, and added that you're not sure how to proceed.
From your post, I get the impression that you have not yet spoken to those companies about it.
That would be a good start.
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#6Trouble is - web site design is very fashion oriented. You can tell a 2011 site from a 2012 site. I find a lot of sites are very similar and put it down to a common fashion more often than copying. Font selection, icon colours and general layout is bound to "cluster" around a limited range of values at the leading edge. Look at the "please review our start-up" requests here on HN - most of those web sites pretty near interchangeable.
Having said all of that - copying is a no-no - taking inspiration from others - well that would be normal.
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#7Make a premium WordPress theme based on this design, slap a price on it, and distribute through WordPress theme sites thereby creating an additional income stream for your company. I'm in Miami and I'd be happy to help.
+1 on this. I came here to say that this seems like an awesome opportunity to sell what seems to be quite the hit.
That people are taking the risk of illegally copying it and being publicly shamed speaks volumes for the desirability of your design.
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#8Trouble is - web site design is very fashion oriented. You can tell a 2011 site from a 2012 site. I find a lot of sites are very similar and put it down to a common fashion more often than copying. Font selection, icon colours and general layout is bound to "cluster" around a limited range of values at the leading edge. Look at the "please review our start-up" requests here on HN - most of those web sites pretty near…
I always feel like its a flash website at first :P
But yeah, I didn't realize either so many just flat out copy website designs. I guess this is a pretty common thing now :(
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#9Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Pehaps you could reference these guys on your site as evidence of love for your design chops :) Incidently - did you check whether these are individul copies or multiple clones by one person/organisation? Anyway, if assets are being hotlinked you could have some fun...
Exactly. It's a really nice layout, but honestly -- should the essence here (full page photo, small menu at top right, logo at top left, Title/quote in middle with "more info" button) really be "protectable" IP? I just don't see it, sorry.
That doesn't make those designers (or probably just one) honorable or talented or honest. But they have the right to clone layouts too.
Re: I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out
#10Finally! A .co site that isn't abusing the Colombian TLD for some stupid naming gimmick.