1-month old hosting companies that sound like 10-year old firms.

Sad but true Art.
I find it pathetic and an embarrassment to our industry that little kiddies like this consider themselves serious hosts.
Any host who claims that it's OK to steal content and doesn't even have the fortitude to name his/her company and back up the statements is a joke and sadly becoming more and more prevalent.

What is even more sad is that Summer has just started and we will see a whole new slew of these children pretending to be business men.
 
I will keep this thread updated in dedication to all the thieves we have in the industry. There is certainly never a lack of them, so why not bring them a little more "shame" publicity?

Today I stumbled upon another site the owner of which probably shares the common philosophy of why steal the content alone when you can steal everything.

What seems to be an original version:
http://www.devioushosting.com

What seems to be the stolen version:
http://serverhostplus.com

What's funny is that someone else stole the already stolen content from ServerHostPlus.com:
http://evasenet.net/ (content on About Us paragraph)

we understand that the world of hosting can seem a little bit daunting at times, that's why we offer guidance all of the way. When you have a problem with your hosting, no matter how small, you can contact us very easily. We've all used them dreaded Ticketing Systems before, and we know that they can be annoying at times, that's we use the best one on the market! Kayako SupportSuite! We will be ready to assist you as quickly as possible. We understand that in business, time is money, and any problems with your website, can seriously damage your corperate image. We also offer daily backuping to make sure that if you do have a problem with your files, you can easily restore to an earlier point. Just email us like usual to signup for daily backuping.
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If anyone finds any more companies that steal content, feel free to post.
 
Artashes said:
I will keep this thread updated in dedication to all the thieves we have in the industry. There is certainly never a lack of them, so why not bring them a little more "shame" publicity?

Today I stumbled upon another site the owner of which probably shares the common philosophy of why steal the content alone when you can steal everything.

What seems to be an original version:
http://www.devioushosting.com

What seems to be the stolen version:
http://serverhostplus.com

What's funny is that someone else stole the already stolen content from ServerHostPlus.com:
http://evasenet.net/ (content on About Us paragraph)



If anyone finds any more companies that steal content, feel free to post.
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I am CEO of evasenet ltd.

I sincerely appologise for this theft of content, it hadn't come to my attention that it was stolen until a friend done a google search for my site and found this.

The fact is the author of most of evasenet's content placed it on our site, who also designed the site.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

We are creating a new design at the current moment anyway, which will be ready this week.
 
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evasenet said:
I am CEO of evasenet ltd.

I sincerely appologise for this theft of content, it hadn't come to my attention that it was stolen until a friend done a google search for my site and found this.

The fact is the author of most of evasenet's content placed it on our site, who also designed the site.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

We are creating a new design at the current moment anyway, which will be ready this week.
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Thank you for acknowledging this theft. My advice for the future is to run Copyscape.com on content created by hired writers. It is irresponsible to publish content without checking its validity.

Best,
 
Are you even younger than we give you credit for?
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The design of his/her's website shows what kind of age we are looking at. Probably from Zymic.com or one of those free freelancer sites.

No need to get worked up about it because at the end of the day what goes around comes around.
 
Hello there,

I have been contacted by Daniel, the CEO of Evasenet Co LTD. I created the original content of the website. I can assure you to the highest degree that i wrote that about us page.

As far as i can remember, (6 months ago), I wrote an article, but thought that it was of inferior quality, so i supplied Daniel with an *updated version*, which is what is on the website today.

I am very distressed at the illegal theft of copyrighted text. I have contacted the company is question and they have been supplied with an offical 26 day notice of removal. If they do not remove all copyrighted texts, i will be in contact with the courts.

I am very pleased that a member of the public would reveal this theft, because i wouldn't have found it.

Please be assured that the company in question has been dealt with correctly.

Please assure that you aquire the facts before making unfair assumptions which could affect the success of a business.

Thanks again,

Thomas Parker, Design and Managing Director of Evasenet LTD.

Further contact should be made via: thomas@evasenet.com, or through our Support System. We would be happy to assist in problems.
 
Marks said:
The design of his/her's website shows what kind of age we are looking at. Probably from Zymic.com or one of those free freelancer sites.

No need to get worked up about it because at the end of the day what goes around comes around.
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Yes, you are correct the original website was from Zymic.com, but afterall, what is wrong with that? We have been very successful without a extremely expensive "waste of money" website. Ours is fully functional without costing too much.

As Daniel says, another website is in the pipeline.

We have been around for quite some time, but Daniel bought the business from another web community member. But for the last 8 months, Daniel has owned and run it.

Thank you for being so positive towards a newly developing company, it's nice to know!
 
Artashes said:
I will keep this thread updated in dedication to all the thieves we have in the industry. There is certainly never a lack of them, so why not bring them a little more "shame" publicity?

Today I stumbled upon another site the owner of which probably shares the common philosophy of why steal the content alone when you can steal everything.

What seems to be an original version:
http://www.devioushosting.com

What seems to be the stolen version:
http://serverhostplus.com

What's funny is that someone else stole the already stolen content from ServerHostPlus.com:
http://evasenet.net/ (content on About Us paragraph)



If anyone finds any more companies that steal content, feel free to post.
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Do you actually have any evidence that we stole their content, i can assure you that i wrote that all myself, and i was quite pleased with it. Please read higher posts to see the result.

EDIT: Sorry to keep posting, but if they've stolen content before, what has stopped them stealing content from our site now? Seems fishy to me.

I have issued the removal notice, via e-mail and their ticketing system, i will get in touch with you revealing the outcome.

They've got two options, magistrates or simple removal.
 
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Sorry that i keep posting, but soon after i sent the notice of removal, i was contacted by serverhostplus, and they told me that their designer did it.

They have corrected their site.

Artashes, i would like you to correct your post. Evidence below, and on http://serverhostplus.com's website, they have removed the offending content.

I can assure you are Evasenet has been correct from the start.


Shot at 2007-07-09

UPDATE:

Apparently, serverhostplus never knew anything about a stolen website. Evidence below.
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8747/untitledwa8.png
Shot at 2007-07-09
 
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Nothing wrong with it, depending on what your customer 'audience is'.

Evasenet correct me if I'm wrong but you are based in the United Kingdom correct?
 
There are some advantages to be a new guy on the market. If you succeed to create a good local community of customers it may bring many others to your service. I think that most new hosts think of their business in a very virtual way and sometimes forget that web hosting is just a web environment... nothing more...but behind all this you can find real people.
 
Evasenet is based in the uk, however our servers are located in dallas, texas.

So we do not provide uk based webhosting.

However, all of the management is from the uk.
 
evasenet said:
Evasenet is based in the uk, however our servers are located in dallas, texas.

So we do not provide uk based webhosting.

However, all of the management is from the uk.
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Thank You for the clarification as your footer says your a Limited Company what Jurisdiction is this incorporated in or if the UK's Companies House if Registered in the U.K
 
My God.....what a discussion !!!

got really dirty in the middle.... but refreshing to see some good things happening at the end.... keep it up HD.....
 
Going back to the archives of this thread.

I find it pathetic and an embarrassment to our industry that little kiddies like this consider themselves serious hosts.
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Can't agree with you more. What pisses me off is that everyone talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk and in this industry every single customer counts compared to the Supermarket Chain for example.

This industry has no regulators assigned to them, Ofcom (For Television), Ofsted (For Schools) so it's about time the major players take some responsibility because I'm feed up of this industries reputation.

With prices heading up on both Servers and Domain Names this should eliminate 1 in 4 Kiddie Hosts.
 
Marks said:
With prices heading up on both Servers and Domain Names this should eliminate 1 in 4 Kiddie Hosts.
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I hope so Marks. Not to knock on those few teenagers that are capable, but common really. What is the point of running a business so young in the first place? Always wondered what attracts them to running a business that sucks so much free time out of your life.
 
Harry said:
It's because many people, especially these teen kids want to make some quick cash. That's all it is about in the end. Yes, there are some young people, who "really" want to get into the industry. However, many of them just want the quick cash and want to put in the most least effort possible. Meaning, not replying too quickly to support requests, copying content and giving a extremely cheap rate. To them it's not about business at all, it's all about the quick cash.

I agree, it's a very sad time for the internet these years. Back in the day everyone respected each others work. Things have just changed now, especially with almost everyone having access to the net. I hate to say it everyone, but things are only going to get worse as years go by us.
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Maybe get worse..IDK..If you really think about it the internet today is relitivaly new and the way everything is advancing and such..time and law really has a hard time keeping up.
As for the content..i guess you could say its more a copy cat trend or just plain lazyness. I know with out doubt I am not a copy cat and I used this little thing to run a check on the about us page of my company and it looked to me as if everyone in their mather might have used the same thing...The only problem with it is . I know I wrote it and didnt copy it..what are the freaking chances of someone writing something that will look like everyone else uses?..its crazy and really upsets me to no end..im sure someone hear will doubt me and start a flame but oh well...
Does this script take what it scans from a site then compare it parts of other sites?..if thats the case then i can see how this might effect my case.
 
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