Comments on: Stealing web site design

By: Ryan Lane

Ryan Lane — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:33:14 +0000

Oh boy! Maybe I should make that encyclopedia product I was thinking about. When you look for a term it just copies the page from Wikipedia and displays it.

By: Phil Barnhart

Phil Barnhart — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:04:06 +0000

Well, now Zimplit is using the ability to download and edit any website as a selling point for its newest release: http://forum.zimplit.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=384 So now anyone can do it!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:15:46 +0000

This has actually happened to me several times now over the course of my career. One time I found out because the code on the offending site was referencing files on my site directly. Another time I found out because a rival of the offending site contacted me with the news. This time I found out in an entirely different way. I’m sure it’s happened other times and I never found out.

By: Web Design » Stealing web site design

Web Design » Stealing web site design — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:39:48 +0000

[...] Ryan wrote an interesting post today on Stealing web site designHere’s a quick excerptSo when is it okay to borrow someone’s html code and design? I think there are times when it’s okay to take a snippet here and bit from there. Most likely they found it someplace else too. I guess I could be better at citing the sources … [...]