[proBiotic]

Hi,

I run a commercial script and I have found a company on a different continent selling a reskinned version of my work for three times the price I do.

I'm basiaclly after advice about how I can take legal action against them. Are there any authorities people can direct me to? I have crystal clear evidense against the offending company and I wish to sue them.

If it helps I am based in the United Kingdom and the offender is based in Canada. I have a professional license agreement binding all downloaders to the laws of England & Wales. It is a custom license agreement not GNU etc...

I would very much appreciate any advice on this matter as not only do I lose business I feel very angered that that people can be so dishonest.

Many thanks.

[C. Michael]

This is not the place to come to for legal advice.

You should speak with an attorney (or whatever they're called in the UK).

[proBiotic]

edited post....

[ImGeek]

I think your best consulting a local intellectual property attorney. However, if you can get a lawyer to write a harshly worded letter to the culprits, that might do it.

[HackMaster]

dude, i live in the USA, but i think around the world, you can get them in deep trouble. contact the companys CEO, if possible. if not, get as high as possible in their company. Demand them to remove the script NOW, and request them to contact all the people that have purchased your software through them, and admit to everything. require that they CarbonCopy a copy of the e-mail to you, and ensure that it has all of the offendings company's clients e-mails on it.
Could you link us your product, and their product.

WARNING: you cannot do any of the above if you have not Copyrighted your code.

dude, if you do this correctly, then u will have everything all happy, and their company will be almost useless...

--HackMaster
www.hmstudios.net

[ermau]

I don't know about UK law, but in the USA you own the copyright on anything you create the second its created, HackMaster.

Only trouble is proving it without purchasing a copyright.

[nameeta]

Yes this script theft problem is always there and in USA there are atleast options of some LAW but in India such laws are not so strict at all.

So the best way is i think to have encryted data only.

[saint]

Contact them for sure and let them know about this. This is the first step anyway, so you should get it out of the way.


Send an email and hard copy for your records.

[mvander]

Will you ever stop them or recover your losses? Probably not.

My advice...don't waste too many resouces trying to stop it. Take it as a lesson learned...put your efforts into making an even better (and secure) product.

Don't mean to be a downer, but I think that is your best move.

[phpcode]

I agree, you always have you look at how much you could have made durring the time you were fighting them. Is it worth it. Sure it is terrible, but you have to look at the economics also. But defenity send a legal looking email or snail mail. A shot of the bow often will help.