"Stolen? What's Stolen? Oh...this isn't Stolen!"

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Why is the first thing that comes to mind is the phrase "Hey y'all, watch this.."?

I'd say that seems to be a given as it's a Seraph post.

She does seem to get the most special stupid ones.

[rose_metal_nz]

The only thing I love more than your avatar is the fact that once again you have delivered PWNADE(tm) Love it!

[KMMCurly]

Grabbing a chair and my popcorn, the stupid and entitlement are strong with these two and their fall with be awesome.

[Shalom]

I would slightly prefer..."After having the template pulled, and receiving a legal notice, the site owners wised up, called (or emailed..or you know the drill) and apologized profusely paid the licensing fee."

Fixed that fer ya -- I think that's even more preferable.

But..from the sounds of the SC's..they are not that bright

Amen.

[Mystic]

Ready and waiting for update.

[Mr Hero]

Please update us once you know something.

[Draper Mel]

You should have sent them this gif:

[wolfie]

"Oh, hey officer. I didn't know the car was stolen when they sold it to me, so I get to keep it, right?"

Strangely enough, that matches with something I've heard about Russian law. If someone is caught driving a car that was stolen OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY, it starts a statute of limitation clock ticking. If the owner doesn't claim it (which would require that the owner know that the thieves sent it to Russia) within one year, they get title to it.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Strangely enough, that matches with something I've heard about Russian law. If someone is caught driving a car that was stolen OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY, it starts a statute of limitation clock ticking. If the owner doesn't claim it (which would require that the owner know that the thieves sent it to Russia) within one year, they get title to it.

In Soviet Union, car steals you!

[PepperElf]

i am wonder if they knew it was YOU they were contacting - I mean if they knew it was your code in the first place like they claimed or not. I'd like to think they weren't so stupid as to buy or steal code and then contact the coder to cut a deal.

but then again we are talking about your customers. some of them i think *would* be that stupid.

I do think, regardless of where they got the code from that they only blocked you because they realized you were right and somehow they thought that ignoring you meant you would be forced to go away. (little do they know)



So I'm betting on either a very very fast apology
or they'll just go ape-shit and start acting like you're the bad guy and start threatening legal actions, and all sorts of SC/psychotic behavior as if they somehow are entitled to keep the code that they "paid" goodness-knows-who for

[Girlysprite]

*Grabs popcorn*

I demand updates!

[Pedersen]

The one possible snag in all of this is the question of who bought the code from Seraph. If the original company was named "MySite.com", and was incorporated as such, and "MySite.com" is the entity that actually bought and paid for the site (and not the owners, that matters hugely here), then the license for the design would be long to "MySite.com". At that point, the company could change ownership a thousand times over, and the license would likely still be valid, since the company owns it, not the people who own the company.

It's weird, but unless there's a clause in the license that covers this situation and specifically denies it, it's a matter of property law, and they would be able to win.

[Jester]

Certainly a possibility, but my bet is that either they stole it, or they hired a web designer who stole it to cut corners. Either way, they're idiots. But at least in the second scenario, they are uninformed idiots, rather than thieving knowledgeable idiots.

I'm not putting too much money on the second scenario, though.

[I am the Lizard Queen!!]

Come on Come on COME ON....

"Hahahahahaha! I'm laughin, but it's a laugh of impatience! Show the
movie!"-Homer

[AmbrosiaWriter]

It's weird, but unless there's a clause in the license that covers this situation and specifically denies it, it's a matter of property law, and they would be able to win.

Yes, the company could change owners and the license would still be valid. However, if that were the case, Seraph would either recognize the website, or have records of people purchasing the design for "MySite.com."

Since she does not, I can only assume that no one purchased the design for that website, or their purchased it from someone who stole it from Seraph, in which case it's still copyright infringement and she will win.