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[kitz]

Just stumbled across this website

broadbandmadeeasy.com who appear to have ripped off half the contents & images from kitz.co.uk

Guess thats the rest of my evening sorted.
Scumbags.

[kitz]

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[Redirected to whois.123-reg.co.uk]
[Querying whois.123-reg.co.uk]
[whois.123-reg.co.uk]
Domain Name: BROADBANDMADEEASY.COM
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.meshdigital.com
Registrar URL: http://www.domainbox.com
Creation Date: 2012-03-11
Expiration Date: 2014-03-11

Registrar: WEBFUSION LIMITED
Registrar IANA ID: 1515
Registrar Abuse Email: support@domainbox.com
Registrar Abuse Phone: +1.8779770099
Reseller: 123Reg/Webfusion
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant Name: [edited]

Code: [Select]

  6    22 ms    20 ms    17 ms  lonap-1.webfusion.com [5.57.80.16]
  7    27 ms    25 ms    25 ms  109.104.95.102
  8    22 ms    20 ms    20 ms  cr5-cr4.core.webfusion.com [109.104.95.145]
  9    26 ms    25 ms    29 ms  cr4-ld4.core.webfusion.com [109.104.95.142]
 10    25 ms    18 ms    19 ms  94.136.40.37

[roseway]

Registrant Name:


[Edited by admin -
personal info removed after email request 30/12/2103]

[UncleUB]

[edited] ,about 10 minutes from where I live by car.

What do you Have to do Kitz? What is the procedure for this kind of thing?

[burakkucat]

You've found the miscreant's details just some minutes before me, Eric.

Perhaps Uncle, as a Sheffield local, could perform some investigations? 

<Scumbag>

Edit: Uncle is also faster than my paws . . .

[kitz]

About to issue a cease and desist, but currently listing all the content and images that has been plagiarised.   Theres a lot


Some of its not linked from the front page
stuff such as these
http://broadbandmadeeasy.com/webpages/help%20and%20support/pages/how_does_bb_work.htm
http://broadbandmadeeasy.com/webpages/help%20and%20support/pages/how_does_bb_workpart2.htm
which are taken from
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/equip2.htm
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/equip3.htm

[GigabitEthernet]

Ha ha - sorry I know it's not funny, but really, they weren't even remotely careful; just lots and lots of copying and pasting! 

At least we know people think we provide good advice

[roseway]

Knowing the countless hours Kitz has spent researching and compiling that data, it's sickening that someone should steal it and present it as their own work.

[GigabitEthernet]

Knowing the countless hours Kitz has spent researching and compiling that data, it's sickening that someone should steal it and present it as their own work.

100% agree. What is the world coming to when people feel that stealing is okay?

[sevenlayermuddle]

We've had our share of it too, but usually facilitated by certain large US based organisation.   Our US cousins do however benefit from the DMCA, which is usually enough to have US based content imediately taken off-air in event of a credible claim.   I do wish the UK had an equivalent.

Meanwhile Kitz, take solace from the fact... "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

Go get em, though.

[kitz]

Im still compiling the list of c&p information and copyrighted images.  On page 3


That reminds me I need to contact TPlink at some point too, for ripping off one of my pages.

lol..  and to think I thought I may get the wiki sorted tonight

[kitz]

Oh now this is interesting

[Edited]

Past Technical Agent at Plusnet

[burakkucat]

Interesting, indeed. I wonder if Bob Pullen knows of that person?

[kitz]

Probably will.

Anyhow lets see what happens when he gets mail. 
Im not dropping this one, theres too much content involved and since hes using it for business and profit I know what steps I can take.

PITA really the time involved chasing it, when I could be doing other things... 

One day I will get around to adding more content...   admin and backend things that no-one sees seem to take ages.
oooh  Im working on the wiki..  not going to bed till its done, cause Im sick of it hanging over, not complete.   Getting used to doing all nighters on a Friday now 

[kitz]

So far had an apology, but now waiting on further correspondence and official response.
http://broadbandmadeeasy.com/webpages/help%20and%20support/helpandsupporthomepage.htm