man, what a cunt.
Yeah, I've heard these kind of things all the time. Only problem is, no matter what kind of copyright notices, threats of death or anything, internet copyright is murky, if not complete muck.
I mean, think about it in the simplest terms:
John creates a webpage. The only tags in it are body tags and the line "This page Copyright 2000 John".
Bob creates a webpage. The only tags in it are body tags and the line "This page Copyright 2000 Bob".
Who owns the rights to that particular design? Some people say that each person owns the page they created. But in that case, you're screwed because you cannot really PROVE that he did not create his, no matter how similar they are.
But, you can try. If this is really important to you, start complaining, to people that can actually do something. Your webhost, his/her webhost, the FBI (or whoever does copyright stuff).
These days, copyright notices serve little purpose except a warning, and then only one that can be backed up by large companies.
Not all I just said is completely true, a lot of copyright issues are being resolved lately, but right now for the small time website owner who gets screwed like that, well, it's not looking good.
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-david
I wish the milkman would deliver my milk.
In the morning.
