copyright united-kingdom
What recourse do I have when someone has bought an old domain of mine, and mirrored my content (badly)?
<p>I am based in the UK and I have run the <a href="https://opendomesday.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">opendomesday.org</a> website as a free, non-profit history site for many years.</p>

<p>When I originally built the site, about 8 years ago, I registered it at <a href="http://domesdaymap.co.uk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">domesdaymap.co.uk</a>. After a couple of years, I decided a .org domain was more appropriate for the project since it is non-profit. For several years I paid for the .co.uk address and redirected it to the .org address. </p>

<p>In about 2016 I decided I didn't want to pay for the .co.uk address any more, since all it was doing was redirecting, so let it lapse. </p>

<p>Now I find that someone has re-registered the <a href="http://domesdaymap.co.uk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://domesdaymap.co.uk</a> address. This is not in itself a problem, but the problem is that they have set up a mirror of all my content there. </p>

<p>What can I do about this? The copied content has my name on, and people are contacting me to tell me that the content is broken (which it is).</p>

<p>I don't mind someone else owning that domain, but I do mind my content being on it and being broken.</p>

<p>I have tried contacting the registered owner of the .co.uk domain without success.</p>

<p>What can I do?</p>

<p>If they are reusing your content then that is copyright violation.</p>

<p>If they are holding themself out to be you then that is the tort of passing off. If they are doining it for financial gain then that is also criminal fraud.</p>
