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Ask HN: How should I deal with a clone of my site?

• Killswitch 14y ago
  Cease and Desist letter.
  • podman 14y ago
    Is this something I can do on my own or would I need to get a lawyer involved?
    • Killswitch 14y ago
      Lawyer would be the best bet.
• podman 14y ago
  Clickable links: http://sproutvideo.com http://sproutvideo.com -> http://www.ogle-tm.com http://www.ogle-tm.com http://sproutvideo.com/features http://sproutvideo.com/features -> http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/Security.aspx http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/Security.aspx http://sproutvideo.com/contact http://sproutvideo.com/contact -> http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/contactus.aspx http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/contactus.aspx http://blog.sproutvideo.com http://blog.sproutvideo.com -> http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/Blog.aspx http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/Blog.aspx
  • fuzzythinker 14y ago
    They look very different now, so if this got them to C&D, congrats on the effort!
    • dgabriel 14y ago
      They look different, but much of the content is an exact duplicate of the sprout video site.
• veyron 14y ago
  C&D. I'd also reach out to those companies listed at the bottom: IBM, eBay, Cadbury, ToysRUs, getty images, Budweiser Give them a heads up. It's strange to see those company marks used on this site.
• ecdobry 14y ago
  On a side note, you have a very nice website.
  • podman 14y ago
    Thanks!
• mikeratcliffe 14y ago
  If you call 1and1 they can take it down very quickly: tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Ltd. tech-c-street1: 10-14 Bath Road tech-c-street2: Aquasulis House tech-c-pcode: SL1 3SA tech-c-state: BRK tech-c-city: Slough tech-c-ccode: GB tech-c-phone: +44.8716412121 tech-c-fax: +49.72191374215 tech-c-email: hostmaster at 1and1.co.uk
• jack-r-abbit 14y ago
  They seem to be hot linking your images. Do something so that the hot linked images they get served up are all about how they are goat raping thieves.
  • veyron 14y ago
    If the images themselves are direct (png, jpg, etc) how would you set this up? Would you just change your site to use different images (and change those at the existing addresses) or is there some sort of way to get apache or whatever server to do this for you?
    • jack-r-abbit 14y ago
      A quick Google search landed me here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6977613/differentiate-between-hotlinking-vs-user-on-site http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6977613/differentiate-bet... From there you could do any number of things. Always serve up one single "hotlink.jpg" image. Rewrite all image paths to include a special "/hotlinked/" folder so all you images get duplicated and then water marked. Rewrite all images paths to send the original image path to a script that would dynamically watermark or swap images. I'm sure there are other things you can do. But the main objective is to not have to change any of your own source code.
    • jfc 14y ago
      This online tool will generate the .htaccess rules for you based on your inputs (URLs, etc.) - http://www.htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/ http://www.htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/
• staunch 14y ago
  Another option is that if there is copyright infringement (copied images/code) you can send their hosting company a DMCA notice.
• anujkk 14y ago
  They are so lame that they don't even know how to copy properly. Check their blog page - http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/Blog.aspx http://www.ogle-tm.com/Pages/Blog.aspx . That isn't even a blog. It is a static page. Their comment system is not working like in the real site - http://blog.sproutvideo.com/ http://blog.sproutvideo.com/
• CoachSeven 14y ago
  After careful analysis, it looks more like they've cloned your product rather than your site. Do you know the site owner?