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		<title>Dealing With People Who Copy Your Site and Business Model</title>
		<description>Discuss Dealing With People Who Copy Your Site and Business Model</description>
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			<title>Hanh1 says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/dealing-with-people-who-copy-your-site-and-business-model/#comment-6979</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I would send them a "notice of intent", basically, asking them to remove the content within 24 hours, or else you could take it to the hosting company and the notice to google as well. I also use copyscape and copy alert .. very useful. I have been notified from these services when my content is duplicated .. it turns out they are from blog directories that I submit my blogs to. Hope this helps. Take care.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Hanh1</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Patekar says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/dealing-with-people-who-copy-your-site-and-business-model/#comment-6977</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Put the line at the footer of your website , that "this site is protected by www.copyscape.com"]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Patekar</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Ulas ALKAN says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/dealing-with-people-who-copy-your-site-and-business-model/#comment-6950</link>
			<description><![CDATA[thanks for the the perfect post. the copy ideas & web sites raises the original ones ;-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Ulas ALKAN</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Richard Cussons says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/dealing-with-people-who-copy-your-site-and-business-model/#comment-6900</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yes hosting companies have a direct responsibility to not host illegal content. I don't know the actual laws but I have a good friend who is a solicitor specialising in internet law. It's him who told me to go direct to the hosts. I also understand that if the hosting company does not respond there are other bodies you can go to who have the power to shut down the hosting company. I bet that would make them listern! R]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Richard Cussons</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Stephen Moseley says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/business/dealing-with-people-who-copy-your-site-and-business-model/#comment-6848</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Richard - that is a good idea going with the hosting company. Probably more effective then going "legal" man to man. The hosts are businesses after all and they don't want to get tied up in such a thing (plus I'm sure it is a violation of some sort of user agreement they signed when they got their hosting account).]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Stephen Moseley</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Richard Cussons says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I agree with the above. But, if someone is effecting your business commercially I believe you should take action to stop them. I have been copied 3 times before. I tried to be nice and approachable but got it didn't work and the problems got worse. Chasing the person doing it is hard but chasing the host the site is hosted on is much easier and very effective too. Most hosts have a system for reporting abuse. One one occasion I just called the host, was polite but firm and the site had gone within 30 mins. The second time I followed the abuse system, nothing happened. So I called again, pointed out I had followed their abuse system. I sent them copies of what their abuse system sent me said regretfully that I would be taking legal action if they had not taken action within 48 hours. The site had gone the next day. The third time was quite serious I called and followed up with a registered letter. I actually received a call from the host to say they had removed the account. I know of two people who had their solicitors sent a "cease and desist" to hosts hosting sites effecting their clients and these have worked too. R]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Richard Cussons</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>David Towers says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Great post Steve. Houdini's tactics are very clever and can see the strategy working. The drawback with the online environment is that things can be copied much quicker than back then! Still whoever copies your ideas, no-one can take away the community you have created :-)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David Towers</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>INForum says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Very helpful article Steve. I've just had a similar problem on a site of mine recently.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>INForum</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve Burge says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi Stephen Yep exactly, but at the same time providing something new and exciting to keep existing members interested.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Steve Burge</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Stephen Moseley says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[That is some good advice Steve. I especially like Houdini's tactic. So, I guess in the content business this would mean putting some of your "premium" content out there for free?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Stephen Moseley</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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