Plagiarism – Shame On Your Name! { 0 }
It seems that these days very few designs are original but this company took it one step too far when they attempted to steal a web site which my client and I spent hours designing and writing to get the results we wanted.
WebPro (Currently now offline at time of writing this) and PE Direct (Direct competitors to my client PE Recruitment) decided that it was okay to take the entire architecture of our site including, navigation, home page layout, most of the content of the web site, in some cases not even changing the wording so that PE Recruitment (my clients name) remained in the copy.
A Warning to All Web Designers
Plagiarism is illegal and is theft of intellectual property – so don’t do it! By all means take inspiration from other peoples work but there’s no excuse for stealing!
Tips for Other Victims
Dealing with plagiarism is never easy. Luckily the owner of PE Direct agreed to take the site down immediately but it’s not always that easy.
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