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+my name is [private] and I'm the author hikinginfinland.com. I host 
+my website on your servers, and am very happy with your services (and 
+happily would pay for them, too).
+
+Another website which is hosted also on your service is copying my 
+intellectual property nearly 1:1 and after talking with a lawyer friend 
+of mine he suggested I consult with you and bring up my case with you, 
+in order that his page might be taken down. The page in question is 
+called hikventures.com. The complete page was modeled after my own 
+design and the two owners are copying my ideas, article layout and 
+design often 1:1. Here's a few examples, also see the attached 
+side-by-side comparisons:
+
+1. My "The Week In Review" 
+
+   http://hikinginfinland.com/2014/03/the-week-in-review-lxiii.html 
+
+   versus their "Weekly Newsletter": 
+
+   http://hikeventures.com/hikeventures-newsletter-25/
+
+2. My Destinations Page: 
+
+   http://hikinginfinland.com/destinations/ 
+
+   versus their Destinations page: 
+
+   http://hikeventures.com/destinations/
+
+3. My Gear Reviews Section: 
+
+   http://hikinginfinland.com/gear-reviews/ 
+
+   versus their Gear Reviews Section: 
+
+   http://hikeventures.com/gear-reviews/
+
+4. And an example of a complete copy of my post on Calazo maps: 
+
+  http://hikinginfinland.com/2013/06/waterproof-hiking-maps.html 
+
+  and their version: 
+
+  http://hikeventures.com/waterproof-maps-for-sweden/
+
+If you browse these examples you will quickly recognize the 
+similarities. Hiking in Finland will be this year five years old, and 
+will be running nearly two years on Octopress and Github in the spring. 
+For example the idea for my "The Week In Review" dates back to April 
+2010 (http://hikinginfinland.com/2010/04/the-week-in-review.html), 
+whereas they just copied idea & layout since last year. As this is my 
+business, and they also are aggressively trying to monetize their 
+content, I'd like them to stop. As talking with them has yielded no 
+result, this is the next step to take.
+
+My contact details are
+
+[private]
+
+"I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials 
+described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the 
+copyright owner, or its agent, or the law."
+
+"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this
+notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am
+authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is
+allegedly infringed."
+
+I'm looking forward to hear from you and what you think about this
+situation.
+
+Have a nice weekend,
+
+/[private]