Dont Steal/Rip Sites

[Timmee_3Styler]

hahah this site is so funny:

http://www.pirated-sites.com/

it has alot of sites that are jsut rip of each other...

itz especially bad if your a web design company and cant come up with something original =( shame shame shame :rolleyes:

[Colin Campbell]

was that supposed to be a comical site? Because I'm laughing too hard right now! :p some of them were way too obvious! When I was really really new to flash, I was going to copy www.battleengine.com to see how alike i could make it, just as a challenge though, not as a site. :p

[Timmee_3Styler]

theres betta sites to rip then battleengine ;)

opppz well it wasnt too comicall...just funny how ppl rip sites off so obvious...i mean their IDENTICALs

[spriggan]

Haha I know it's not suposed to be funny but it is. There's that article about BYU's newspaper stold their site design, I got there and allwayse thought it was odd that they won since BYU has probaly some of the worst Website design classes. The classes are through the humanites deparment (the English people) and not the graphic design deparment.

[Timmee_3Styler]

takes taking a little of looking @ nicely designed sites for inspiration a little too far
when everything but the content is dif

like the netmology sites.. their 100 % carbon copy design of each other

[farafiro]

good to know there is such a sites list so
but they didn't list the MM rip of site yet

[JHallam]

Very good site, but I don't agree with most of them. Some of them are clear rips but they have posted some crap. Which the sites are no way intended to be the same. Lets remember that online their are thousands and thousands of designers, design teams, studios, begginners etc etc so ideas and site design is going to clash. I think sites who downgrade other online media are not justifying anything.

Some are totally outragously RIPS but come on, simple site like -


http://www.madeinsthlm.com/ - Apparently ORIGNIAL
http://www.hkhkronprinsen.dk/ - APPARENT RIP

See what I mean? Why bother designing anymore if a site like this is going to submit crap like that?!

[Timmee_3Styler]

i know but theres a question to b asked.. I dunno, Im not a big company, just a student that designs...but waht if a client offfers 500 $ to have the same look and feel exactly like a site... what would u do?

[Colin Campbell]

well, i donno what I would do. I try and point out that I make innovative designs. (even if it isn't true ;)) its just, I don't like to download other peoples effects. I do it... because I don't know how to make my own. But I look at everything in the file to see how they did it. Then I can make my own some day.

[Timmee_3Styler]

happened to my first client..when i was like 16
i was like um okay....... but other than one fading effect ... n the style of site.. everythign was redone..

but with the experience I have in webdesign now... I feel it would be neccessary for me to even copy a site no more.. could be inspired...but any elements.. I could easily do better hopefully

[Colin Campbell]

Thats the problem with me... I kinda need the experience first.

[Timmee_3Styler]

ya i guess itz fine to try to reproduce menus and other elements of site for your own experience and knowledge.... just draw the line to not do it for your clients

[subquark]

what a great link, thanks Timmee101! it is rather funny! I guess you know your good when you get ripped so exactly as a few of those examples show!

definately a site to visit when you need a good smile, thanks!:)

[subquark]

Timmee101 where are you in Canada? I'm from Quebec City. But don't hold that against me! :p