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[ManUtdRul3]

My forum: http://swapitshoplounge.myfreeforum.org/index.php
Copying forum: http://swapitshopdaily.myfreeforum.org/index.php


When you look at the forum, you can see the site instantly looks like a rip off. A lot of the sections (and descriptions) have been copied and tweaked slightly.

Any action would be great. Thanks.
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Sections and descriptions are always going to be similar between similar forums. We will take action only on posts.
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[Dan_Brown]

Yes, but every aspect of our forum has been copied.

They have the same:

Karma images
Profile layouts
Ranks
Online offline images
Forum Layout
Forum sections
Descriptions

They even tried to make their logo the same as ours.

(By the way, I am an admin on swapitshop lounge)

[Bravo]

A pretty blatant copy site imo, even the misspellings are the same, indicating a copy n' paste.

Whether that falls foul of the ToS is Admins decision though of course.
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I'd agree it makes it debatable, but really though this just indicates a totally lame forum, sure we could slap them and get some bits changed, but that would only actually do them a favour. You have 18,000 registered users, they have 18.... unless they offer something distinctive they are doomed anyway.
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[Zudane]

There must have been a lot of changes today, because I see very little in common between the two... some of the forum titles are the same, but descriptions are different, the style is different...

Granted you can definitely see some parts that are copied, but right now I don't think I could say the entire forum is a copy.
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[dom.1994]

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As people have said, even spelling mistakes were the same, and when I looked the logo was a blatant look alike as was the general style.

It was beyond the point of coincidence, and close to the point where you might simply have been shut down.
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[dom.1994]

why should even think of being shut down come into the picture i used parts of there descriptions if the dont want people to use there stuff they should get it comprighted and most of that is freeley avalible from the webi.e the karma images and i could find you several site which have the same sectiona and same rough descriptions

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Given the admission of directly copying someones implicitly copyrighted material this forum has now been suspended for breach of copyright.
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[dom.1994]

they do no have a copy right

how can i get the forum back


how can i get the forum back?

is there any legal action i can take?

as i have put a lot of hard work into the forum

[OopsTVForum]

[dom.1994]

its a bit hars as i ahve spent weeks on the forum and in under like 1 min it is all destroyed

[kclives]

[dom.1994]

but i do not see why it has been suspended as it was not the same as the other site if i can get my forum back i will change it so its not the same as i took a lot of hard work and now its juat wasted

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