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Old 11-04-2008, 06:14 AM
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Default GolfChannel.com Borrows Design and Layout From NCGolfers

You may have seen NCGolfers.com featured in CSS galleries since it launched last summer:

Last month The Golf Channel, formerly an advertiser on NCGolfer’s site, launched a redesign of their own:

When asked about the similarities, The Golf Channel’s only response was to withdraw their advertising.
Most every designer admits to taking ideas from sites they admire and this example is nowhere near the biggest “ripoff” I’ve seen. But it seems to reflect pretty badly on the Golf Channel that they, as a large company with a large design budget, would need to borrow so heavily from a small private website which had not only carried their advertising but had already received recognition for the design. Not responding with any useful explanation makes them look even worse.
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Old 11-04-2008, 07:18 AM
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Perhaps you should contact a copyright attorney, or whatever type of attorney specializes in this kind of thing. They might do it on contingency because the golf channel would obviously have what attorney's like (money).

I actually don't think that the sites are so similar. There are obvious changes to the template, such as the menu and the footer. The fact that the background is the exact same is a bit disturbing. The style sheets are totally different too. I think you might have a hard time proving they ripped your code, but the background pic is a different story.

I must say, I can't stand golf. I live on a golf course here in Temecula,CA, and have to deal with seeing golfers all the time. Just looking at those sites gives me the shivers.
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