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kschwab
You're right, I haven't included all the details.
I was trying to keep this generic enough to apply
in more than one situation.<p>
Basically, I'm selling something direct via a website.
I have no resellers. A set of people I don't know
at all have created their own websites, but they are nothing
more than a shell around my website. They make money
by adding a "service charge" and billing it to the customer.
( Without adding any apparent value )
<p>
They take all the http and https requests from the Customer,
via their own forms, and then take the data and make
simulated browser requests to my site to make the purchase.
Other areas, such as feedback, etc, are directed to my
site as well.<p>
They obviously feel they are doing something wrong, since
they hide behind unprotected web proxy servers and use
other "stealth" techniques to make stopping them difficult.
<p>
If it were just one party, a legal approach would work.
Unfortunately, this situation happens over and over again,
with a different set of front-enders, sometimes with an
offshore website.
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