Another Site Design Ripoff

Posted on June 25, 2007
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Well, it happened yet again. Another one of my client’s site designs was ripped off by a competitor. North Shore Parasail of Lake Tahoe is now sporting the exact same design as my client, Beach Parasail of Virginia Beach. I’m hoping that the parasail company isn’t to blame for the plagarism. It could be that their “web design firm”, a company which on the site bills themselves as “NSPR” but then links to a real estate site with no mention of any web development. Nonetheless, if the parasail company isn’t the culprit, they should have done some market research and/or hired a reputable developer to get their own custom site.

The ripoff site uses many of the same identical graphics, and those that were recreated were obviously done by an amateur. With all the proliferation of free or low cost web templates out there, it always amazes me that people resort to outright theft of other peoples designs. I guess some things never do change. See the comparison screencaps after the jump.

Original parasail company website design

Parasail company website design ripoff

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  1. on June 25, 2007    
    possum4all said:

    Wow, that’s pretty bold, huh? What a buncha chumps.

  2. on August 15, 2007    
    Hosting Reviews said:

    first off, nice design. Very nice infact. However, for some reason the rip off works better in my linux firefox. :\

  3. on August 30, 2007    
    Kevin Flahaut said:

    thanks for the note.. I’ll have to check that out.

  4. on September 28, 2007    
    molly said:

    Thanks Kev.
    It appears they have shut down the site.
    It’s flattering, I’m sure, but mostly annoying.

  5. on December 12, 2007    
    Capt. David Leppo said:

    Hello,I’m trying to reach you to talk about a web design. I own Cuddy-Cuz Parasailing & Watersports in Lewes Delaware. You can reach me at 717-332-6399 or 302-645-0830 or 717-845-5507.
    Thank you for your time,

    Capt.David Leppo Owner,Ceo

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