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Public exposure identified plagiarists and violators who are use stolen copies of other people's work, articles, photographs, or trademarked names on the Internet

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This website exposes to public view the identity of apparent or confirmed copyright or trademark violators who have declined to stop their violation. Using the Heisenberg Journalism Principle, also referred to as the Sunshine Principle, articles here shed the light of public exposure upon improper, illegal and generally disreputable marked-up copies of online trademark® and copyright© violations including web articles that have been posted by copyright violators and content plagiarists. Information provided here includes a link to violating material or copyright name, the violator's business or personal name, and their contact information. Also provided is a link to the original copy from which the trademark, copyrighted or plagiarized material was copied without permission.

Trademark violations are the responsibility of the owner / user of the violating name. Mere registration of a trademarked name is not itself a violation of the law. But unauthorized use of a trademarked name at a website is illegal. Courts have held that owners of domain names who have usurped trademarked names have been forced to surrender the registered name.

Plagiarism is theft of intellectual property and is illegal. It also reflects poorly on individuals or businesses who make use of plagiarized material and by the concomitant theft of website traffic web theft plagiarism also inflicts recoverable monetary damages.

Notice: Removal of plagiarized material and copyright-violating-material is the responsibility of the owner / author of the offending website where the illegal copy is published.

Current Web Theft Hall of Shame Concerns

InspectOPedia

InspectOPedia.com - hosted by INACHI a home inspectors association. This website is created, posted, and owned by "InterNACHI" (http://www.nachi.org/)

Consumer warning: by creating a website that places an O in its name instead of an A consumers land on INSPECTOPEDIA.COM (owner, INACHI, Nick Gromiko). That website name confuses the public and many home inspectors between two different organizations and websites.

InspectAPedia.com ® with an A in its name is a registered U.S. Trademark and is the primary online resource for the Online encyclopedia of building & environmental inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, & problem prevention advice - illustrated, detailed, in-depth research on finding, diagnosing, testing, correcting, & preventing building defects, energy conservation, & indoor environmental hazards. No Conflicts of Interest: no financial relationship with products or services discussed.

  • Response from INACHI: InspectOPedia.com is owned and hosted by iNACHI, operated by Nick Gromiko, founder of InterNachi. Response provided by Mr. Gromiko to a professional, neutral third party negotiator, "we have no intention of releasing this name"

Complaint by trademark owner: We have had multiple complaints from readers who report being confused by the "lookalike" name (InspectOPedia.com/) ... and ...the trademarked site (InspectAPedia.com ® ) including home inspectors who have paid fees thinking that they were obtaining advertising listings at "InspectAPedia". [InspectAPedia.com ® does not charge any fees whatsoever for home inspectors or other professionals and offers free directory listings at Directory of Professionals to Inspect or Test a Building.


InspectOPia.com - Sean Pecor - Sudden Ventures, Inc. Small Business Advertising

InspectOPia.com - hosted by Mr. Sean Pecor, a website designer. Inspectopia.com offers free and paid referral listings for home inspectors.

Confusion About Fees Paid for Home Inspection Directory Listing & Referrals:

Home inspectors have indicated confusion between website names and in some cases inspectors have paid home inspector directory listing fees to be included in a home inspectors referral directory provided at InspectOPIA.com while believing they were making payments to InspectAPedia.com.

InspectAPedia.com ® also provides a home inspectors directory at InspectAPedia.com ® and emphasizes that no fees are ever charged for home inspectors listed at InspectAPedia.com .

InspectAPedia.com ® is an independent publisher of building, environmental, and forensic inspection, diagnosis, and repair information for the public - we have no business nor financial connection with any manufacturer or service provider discussed at our website. 

InspectAPedia.com ® with an A in its name is a registered U.S. Trademark and is the primary online resource for the Online encyclopedia of building & environmental inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, & problem prevention advice - illustrated, detailed, in-depth research on finding, diagnosing, testing, correcting, & preventing building defects, energy conservation, & indoor environmental hazards. No Conflicts of Interest: no financial relationship with products or services discussed.

Inspectopia.com - Sean Pecor, Sudden Ventures, Inc. Small Business Advertising uses a "lookalike" name and graphic similar to the trademarked material below.

Our concerns are with this website name as well as the graphic, the confusion engendered concerning website identity and concerning inspection directory & referral fees and website traffic diversion.


InspectAPedia.comInspectAPedia.com ® Home & Site Map

No fees are charged for home inspectors listed at InspectAPedia.com .

InspectAPedia.com ® is an independent publisher of building, environmental, and forensic inspection, diagnosis, and repair information for the public - we have no business nor financial connection with any manufacturer or service provider discussed at our website. 

InspectAPedia.com ® with an A in its name is a registered U.S. Trademark and is the primary online resource for the Online encyclopedia of building & environmental inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, & problem prevention advice - illustrated, detailed, in-depth research on finding, diagnosing, testing, correcting, & preventing building defects, energy conservation, & indoor environmental hazards. No Conflicts of Interest: no financial relationship with products or services discussed.

Open Website Plagiarism Cases

Plagiarism by Advanced Septic Services

Here is a clear plagiarism case observed on 03/08/2011, also a copyright violation:

Screen shot of the Google search engine's response: see http://inspectapedia.com/Copyright_Violation_Google_Search.jpg

The FIRST LINK returned by Google at the top of the search results is

http://www.advancedsepticsystem.com/pump-outs/

The above web page is a direct verbatim copy of original web page text and table found at InspectAPedia.com (and a copyright violation)

The original original web article that was copied by Advanced Septic Services can be seen at http://www.inspectapedia.com/septic/tankpump.htm

The THIRD LINK returned by Google is our original web page from which the first web page copied our material

Notice provided to Advanced Septic Systems on 03/08/2011

 

Recently-Resolved WebTheftHallOfShame Copyright, Trademark, & Plagiarism Violations

  • T.x. - T.X. vs. I.aP. Posted 11/15/2010; Resolved 11/17/2010 - plagiarism, resolved by email, Tx to DF
  • Q.L. - J.B. vs. R.H. Posted 11/08/2010; Resolved 11/08/2010 - plagiarism, resolved by TC RH to JB

Useful Copyright, Trademark, & Plagiarism Links

Directory of U.S. Copyright Law, Information, Lawyers, Legal Services

  • The U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress - web search 11/8/2010, original source:
    http://www.copyright.gov/
  • Copyright Law Text: Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92, Chapter 5, Copyright Infringement and Remedies - this document summarizes U.S. Law on copyright. - web search 11/17/2010, original source http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html. Quoting paragraph 501(a) from the above government document:

    (a) Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A(a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author, as the case may be. For purposes of this chapter (other than section 506), any reference to copyright shall be deemed to include the rights conferred by section 106A(a). As used in this subsection, the term “anyone” includes any State, any instrumentality of a State, and any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity. Any State, and any such instrumentality, officer, or employee, shall be subject to the provisions of this title in the same manner and to the same extent as any nongovernmental entity.

Copyright Services

Directory of U.S. Trademark Law or Copyright Law, Information, Lawyers, Legal Services

Trademark Law Firm Listings: [no fees for listing here] - Trademark Lawyers

  • Missouri trademark attorney: Annette P. Heller, Trademark Attorney, 14323 South Outer Forty, Suite 512, Town & Country MO 63017, Tel: 314-469-4775, e-mail: at Annette@TrademarkAtty.com - web search 11/17/2010
  • Missouri, St. Louis MO 63017-8208 trademark attorney: Morris Turek, 167 Lamp & Lantern Village, #220  St. Louis, MO 63017-8208, Tel: 314-749-4059,  Email: morris@yourtrademarkattorney.com "Morris Turek is an experienced trademark attorney committed to providing a full range of trademark services to you and your business. He primarily focuses his practice of law on helping you obtain federal trademark registrations for the valuable and unique names, slogans, taglines, logos, and characters you use (or intend to use) to advertise and sell your products and/or services."
  • California trademark attorney, Trademark Sentinel - Bruno W. Tarabichi, David R. Owens, trademark attorneys, Owens Tarabichi LLP, 111 North Market St., Suite 730, San Jose, CA 95113, Tel: 408-298-8205. Website offers a "Trademark Primer" and ability to order services online.
  • Complete Trademarks® - Muskin & Cusick & list of other top trademark law firms - includes an image from Intellectual Property Today, May 2009 - web search 11/8/2010, original source: http://www.completetrademarks.com/
  • Intellectual Property Today™, Magazine - web search 11/8/2010, original source: http://www.completetrademarks.com/TI.jpg
  • Choosing a Trademark Attorney - article - web search 11/8/2010, original source:
    http://www.registeringatrademark.com/choose-trademark-attorney.shtml
  • See Link Exchange - to list trademark or copyright related legal services here - no fees are involved

Plagiarism Information, Definitions, Services

Website Policy on Plagiarism Notifications

Offenders and complainants are listed in the Web Theft Hall of Shame at no fee, by the accusers: the originating authors of the material; responses will also be posted. We reserve the right to edit submissions or to post or not post them based on our editorial judgment of decency of language and of accuracy.

Offenders and complaints are removed from WebTheftHallofShame.com promptly on our receipt of notice by the originating complainant that the illegal copy of their material has been removed or that they are otherwise satisfied on the issues, or on receipt of other information that in our editorial judgment closes the complaint.

Contact: To have your listing removed from HallofShameWebTheft.com, contact the originating author of the material for prompt resolution and removal from this list. Send us a copy of that correspondence.

No fees are involved in listing or de-listing trademark or copyright violations at this website. We reserve the right to list or refuse to list violators or violations at this website.

How to Contact the WebTheftHallofShame.com

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How to be listed as a service provider at this website:

  1. Copy and publish at your website the link exchange text shown just below. Just post that text or html code on a page at a valid, live location at your own website.

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