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Is it legal to copy website design?
<p>Is it legal to copy a website design?
I'm a developer not a designer, and I found a very cool website. </p>

<p>I made an exact replica of the website every shape, navigation is in the same place that the original, the two website look to be the same.</p>

<p>But I coded it from nothing, I never copied a line of code or any images, icons, text, font from the website. The only thing I used from them is their colors.</p>

<p>I don't know if it's important but the original website come from a U.S. company and my company is based in France.</p>

<p>This is copyright violation. The layout of the website is protected by copyright: you can't copy it without permission.</p>
