Cheeky Git!

Call the Medway Murderer?

Copyright would seem to be the obvious one.

Personally I'd ask him to remove the meta tags and rewrite his text. If he refused then I'd ask around what to do next - could get his ISP on the case?

cheers, clive

My charges are as follows:

The first good hiding (includes travel); £30

Per punch afterwards; £30

The full Monty: good hiding followed by decapitation (4 hours) pre booked; £100

Burial afterwards; £25

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... remembering to take a copy of some copied pages for use as evidence in the future?

maybe?

You could try getting him out to some random addresses to give quotes.

But yes, take copies of the website and consult a copyright lawyer.

dg

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Cic.

ROFLMFAO!!!!

At least I don't have to pay 0870 rates to contact you at home Dave.

Does your website contain a Copyright notice? You might not need it, but it might help from a legal perspective. If he's blatantly copied text verbatim then you should have a claim.

Also, is your trading name 'The Medway Handyman'? If so then it should be a registered name, and he can't use it.

Might be quite expensive to litigate, but you could at least inform his site host of a breach of copyright - they might be inclined to remove the site in case they get caught up in any action.

Probably the best bet is to get some professional advice...

Regards,

Heaven forfend that someone should be so low! What next? He'll no doubt be sneaking into DIY newsgroups to pick up tips and then passing the results off as knowledge he acquired the hard way.

Domain name: kent-handyman.co.uk

Registrant: derek dowding

Registrant type: UK Individual

Registrant's address: The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their address omitted from the WHOIS service.

Registrant's agent: Dollamore Ltd t/a StreamlineNet [Tag = STREAMLINENET] URL:

Registration status: Registered until renewal date.

Name servers: ns1.streamlinedns.co.uk ns2.streamlinedns.co.uk

WHOIS lookup made at 22:06:33 21-Nov-2006

In message , The Medway Handyman writes

Email to him then email to ISP, mention passing off and copyright theft if the words are the same. Might be worth dropping Google a line and mentioning all that as well, he's one of two sponsored links on a search for Medway handyman. If that fails, seek legal advice if you're that bothered. Might be worth making the point 'Original and best' on your site, accept no substitutes etc. If all else fails, nick his advertising, get the meta tags changed on your site as well.

OK, seriously...email Nominet and complain that he's trading and they'll make him disclose his address sharpish. Might take the wind out of his sails a bit, and it shouldn't be allowed anyway.

(etc.)

He claims to be a non-trading individual. I've just put in a complaint to Nominet. Anyone else want to add weight to it?

At those prices it's cheaper than dying from natural causes and paying the undertaker.

Owain

I have just emailed Nominet requesting the hidden information - They are usually quite good if the registrant has lied about not trading :-)

Sparks...

Done :-)

you need to send the complaint to "nominet" then the @ sign then "nominet.org.uk" For those who can't be arsed to look it up!

Sparks..

Sneaking? I don't think so.

He might regularly answer questions from other members instead of just sniping at people.

He might just offer advice he aquired the hard way on some specialised subjects to help people.

Or he might just be a complete f****it like you.

kent-metalworks.co.uk also seems to be his, again, with-holding the address

Searching for Derek Dowding in Kent reveals this...