Somewhat off topic. Did these guys copy the SC website?

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Somewhat off topic. Did these guys copy the SC website?

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By doing a video search for JEROEN J. VERMEULEN who is quoted on the SC pages

https://www.google.com/search?q=JEROEN+ ... 20&bih=992

https://startup-rheinland.de/index.php?id=1579&lg=en

The resemblance is there https://startup-rheinland.de
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It sure looks like the "startup" build their new site using the code from SonicCore's website.

I wonder if there is a good explanation other than theft?
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Digging around a bit:


Whois Record for Startup-Rheinland.de

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IP Address	217.160.0.194 - 14,693 other sites hosted on this server 
IP Location	Germany - Baden-wurttemberg - Karlsruhe - 1&1 Internet Se
ASN	Germany AS8560 ONEANDONE-AS Brauerstrasse 48, DE 

Whois Record for Scope.zone

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IP Address	217.160.0.168 - 13,791 other sites hosted on this server 
IP Location	Germany - Baden-wurttemberg - Karlsruhe - 1&1 Internet Se
ASN	Germany AS8560 ONEANDONE-AS Brauerstrasse 48, DE
Different ip addresses for the public frontend, but clearly on shared hosting that may have some configuration issues? Both sites are using Joomla as the CMS and the header for the startup-rheinland.de even shows:

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      /  ___/ | | /  ____>           
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Copyright 2019 Sonic Core GmbH, Germany.
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i'll pass this along....
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He's quoted on SC site and a Scope On Mac user : https://www.scopeusers.com/ScopeRise/is ... s_mast.htm
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hahaha! yes, i'm sure there is a good reason...
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@valis my guess is that somebody who had direct access to the site+database did a one-to-one copy and then modified it. that would explain why some remnants from the old site are still indexed by google but not necessarily linked to from within the site.
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Quite possible, though silly.
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Are they stupid? They can''t steal SC's Design!
:wink: out and about for music production. Are you still configguring your Studio :lol: music first!
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yeah, that was a database error...
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Seemed likely. The IP's are different but it's essentially the same rack behind them all.
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