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When the average Joe comes upon a fight or a spat they typically view both
parties 
as flawed individuals. If you attack publicly and these little people are
bold enough 
to counter charge the character of both parties will come into question. I
know this 
goes against the natural tendencies to get back at the scum who stole. 

If your goal is to become to become electronic Zoro then an attempt at
public humiliation 
is in order. But if your goal is to simply remove this threat to your
business I would 
advocate a quick call to my attorney prompting him or her to get in touch
with the 
thieves. And let it quietly go away.

Steve


At 11:05 AM 2/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>       I tend to agree with Shea on this one.  You need to make an example of
>folks like this for the protection of everyone.  Burn, pillage, leave no
>stone standing upon stone.  Put the hurtin' on 'em, or they'll just keep
>on doing it.  
>
>       That kind of behavior is in the same category as spam.  Trying to get
>something for nothing using the shared resources of the Internet.  But
>unlike spammers, who are elusive to the Nth degree, these folks are
>sitting targets.  Pound them to dust.  
>
>TaB
>
>Shea Tisdale wrote:
>> 
>> I disagree.  If you let them get away with stealing your content or design
>> without it costing them and being a public embarrassment then they will
just
>> do it again.
>> 
>> I think you need to pursue it legally and in the media.  It's a validation
>> of you, your company and your content.
>> 
>> Yes, it costs money - but if you win they should be liable for all of those
>> costs as well as for damages.
>> 
>> Also, failing to defend yourself can result in a total loss of rights.  If
>> you don't pursue them legally for stealing your logo, your image, your
>> content, etc you can lose it - it can become public domain.
>> 
>> -------------------------
>> Shea Tisdale
>> President
>> NetworkArts, Incorporated
>> 353 West Main Street
>> Durham, NC 27701
>> Phone: (919) 530-1122
>> TollFree: (800) 530-9577
>> FAX: (919) 530-1133
>> Mobile: (919) 225-4633
>> 
>> > From: "Acipa Media Inc." <Info AT AcipaMedia.com>
>> > Reply-To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>> > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 06:56:27 -0800
>> > To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>> > Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Knockoff Site
>> >
>> >> This kind of stuff happen to me with http://www.javajobs.com this guy
>> > hardly even changed
>> >> the name "www.javajobsonline.com"
>> >> rip out the content from my site and started his.  I would be interested
>> > in what can be
>> >> done, and what steps you have taken to stop content thief, other then
the
>> > thoughts of
>> >> where I might stick a hot needle in this guy.
>> >>
>> >> Doug
>> >
>> > That's a hard question. A very public challenge will only make you both
>> > look bad. The
>> > lag time and cost of suing is not attractive either. If the person
doesn't
>> > cease and
>> > desist upon your notification you have a long road to go. We were
lucky in
>> > that we
>> > appealed to the guy who ripped us off sense of decency.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> >
>> >
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