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richi3f / pokemon-team-planner

A non-competitive team planner tool for Pokémon games
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/
MIT License
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Potentially impersonating website - is this you? #69

Open Swepps opened 2 weeks ago

Swepps commented 2 weeks ago

Hi there. I've noticed this website appear high up on google search results recently.

Based on what I can gather I assume that this isn't you?

At least with the websites that have reused your source you are still referenced and your GitHub is still linked. However this site has ripped out all mention of you and even has their own "Donate Here" link to try to steal revenue from you.

Swepps commented 2 weeks ago

This guide to submitting a DMCA takedown from GitHub may be a useful resource for you. I hate to see people have their work and traffic unfairly stolen.

richi3f commented 2 weeks ago

Hi @Swepps . Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'm very disheartened to see such callousness. Being inspired is one thing, but out right stealing the work is not. I will look into this takedown guide and try to get in contact with whoever is doing this.

Other websites have stolen before, but at least they kept my contact information (AND were not profiting). This is disgusting.

Swepps commented 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry to see that this is a malicious site as I suspected. I have reported their "Buy me a coffee" link for intellectual property infringement. Hopefully that might at least reduce the impact of their site and halt any revenue they might be earning.

richi3f commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks for doing that! I also went ahead and reported their "buymeacoffee."