Mark's List Claims Theft
The owner of one of Florida’s largest gay websites is fighting back after discovering a new start-up company is allegedly stealing his site’s content. JumpOnMarksList.com owner Mark Haines claims that owners of ThePinkLife.com has taken a majority of their content from his website and the websites of other local gay organizations such as Sobe Gay Life and the Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
Mark’s List is a seven-year-old company that posts GLBT photos, news, events restaurant and bar reviews. They attract about 4,000-6,000 unique visitors per day, with most of their traffic from the South Florida area but with significant readership across the state.
The Pink Life is also a GLBT website, which has been in development for about one year, and had their soft launch coincide with Miami Beach Gay Pride in early April, according The Pink Life owner Lesette Figueroa.
Haines recently sent a 22-page copyright infringement letter to EZOT, Inc., former host of the The Pink Life. In his complaint, Haines states, “The website http://thepinklife.com was clearly based on the work of Mark’s List and is littered with content copied directly from Mark’s list.” The letter then goes on to demonstrate 17 examples of content that Haines says The Pink Life stole off of his website. He said that is only a small portion and not an exhaustive list.
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