Is there a way to fingerprint the code in such a way that it's quite difficult to detect/remove but easy to trace?
No. But you can just diff the code and see it's XX% the exact same code.
Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
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Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#12I found it interesting that three images were commented out of the article:
http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi...
http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi...
http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi...
I can only guess why they weren't included, but it does seem like they're less blatant rip-offs than the others.
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#13I found it interesting that three images were commented out of the article: http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi... http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi... http://www.adhamdannaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desi... I can only guess why they weren't included, but it does seem like they're less blatant rip-offs than the others.
nice catch!!!
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#14I like how, out of the 20 examples, 10 of them essentially copied the HTML snippet in the 'Coder' section of the 2012 image. Most of them even left the "jedi" div intact.
On the other hand, only 6 of the examples copied the yellow-blue-pink splotch motif from the 'Designer' section.
(These don't have any meaning in the bigger scheme of things; they're just statistics that amused me.)
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#15Is there a way to fingerprint the code in such a way that it's quite difficult to detect/remove but easy to trace?
My guess is even basic obfuscation of his code via minification/compression would eliminate the majority of these copies. The version of his portfolio linked in the article has no obfuscation (granted it could be in dev mode)
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#16I'm wondering how you've found about them?
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#17I wouldn't be very happy if I hired a designer based partly on his website and then found out that he copied the design. Just sayin'.
I couldn't help but think this as well.
I also don't understand how someone who is supposedly a creative type and makes their own art/copyright material be able to unabashedly steal something like this.
What's even creepier by the way, is that some people even copied his smile and hair style for their photos.
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#18If you didn't mind you wouldn't have posted all the other copies ;)
It's alright to mind, and it's alright to complain sometimes
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#19A while back I got really annoyed when two of my competitors copied the buttons, pricing table and the content of two of my websites. This guy is handling it well. I understand getting some inspiration, but copying the whole thing is just too much. They are "designers".
I found one especially ironic, where the guy has the nerve to call himself a "Creative Visionary"... He must be capable of some impressive doublethink if he's not just outright lying to his clients.
Re: Over 20 designers have copied my website and I don't mind
#20Repost.. jk