cease and desist

[donger]

hey all<br />a friend of mine tipped me off that my site <a href="http://www.gimmethumbs.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gimmethumbs.com/</a> is being ripped off by this site:<br /> <a href="http://www.hotpornpics.net/" target="_blank">http://www.hotpornpics.net/</a> . What's the best way to get this fucker to change his design? Does anybody have a standard cease and desist letter i can email this guy? <br /><br />thanks<br />donger

[SexySites]

tell the host of the website.<br /><br />laters,<br />Chris

[PeepNTom]

hey donger, hit me on ICQ and I'll give ya some<br />ideas since I have had this happen 3-4 times<br />myself and yes he flat out ripped ya off <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad.gif" />

[PeepNTom]

If you hadn't already done so which you<br />probably already did, here's a whois for<br />the cheater which is hosted by the same company<br />reliable hosting/xxxwebhosting/gigburner etc. that<br />I had a design stealing bastard from.<br /><br />send email here to get them on it:<br />abuse@reliablehosting.com<br /><br />Registrant:<br /> none<br /> 2412 5 St SW<br /> Edmonton, Alberta T3E 2M9<br /> CA<br /><br /> Domain Name: HOTPORNPICS.NET<br /> <br /> Administrative Contact:<br /> johnson, bob gogo@hotmail.com<br /> 2412 5 St SW<br /> Edmonton, Alberta T3E 2M9<br /> CA<br /> 403-229-0908<br /><br /> Technical Contact:<br /> johnson, bob gogo@hotmail.com<br /> 2412 5 St SW<br /> Edmonton, Alberta T3E 2M9<br /> CA<br /> 403-229-0908<br /><br /> Billing Contact:<br /> johnson, bob gogo@hotmail.com<br /> 2412 5 St SW<br /> Edmonton, Alberta T3E 2M9<br /> CA<br /> 403-229-0908<br /><br /> Registration Service Provider:<br /> California.net / Reliablehosting, webmaster@california.net<br /> 530 542 3331<br /> <a href="http://www.reliablehosting.com" target="_blank">http://www.reliablehosting.com</a><br /><br /> Record last updated on 13-Mar-2002.<br /> Record expires on 04-Apr-2002.<br /> Record Created on 04-Apr-2001.<br /><br /> Domain servers in listed order:<br /> NS1.CALIFORNIA.NET 216.131.95.20<br /> NS1.OAKWEB.COM 216.131.94.5

[donger]

cool, thanks for your help guys. I emailed abuse@reliablehosting.com<br /><br />we'll see what happens. Hopefully these guys will be sympathetic to my plight. The hotpornpics.net guy is obviously an asshole.. he's hotlinking all of his images from a shaw.ca account.<br /><br />ttyl<br />donger

[Klaus...]

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[shane]

I have the same problem,<br />my site <a href="http://lolita-tv.com/" target="_blank">http://lolita-tv.com/</a><br /><br />somenoe else<br /><a href="http://www.1000girl.com/great/lolitatv/" target="_blank">http://www.1000girl.com/great/lolitatv/</a><br /> <img border="0" alt="[Repuke]" title="" src="graemlins/repuke.gif" /> <br /><br />Ive been hotlinking my tour images off him for months <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

[Dan S]

LOL Shane, actually some good use <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />