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Exquisite Gold & Gems Inc. of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It has come to our notice that at least one page on the website operated by:

• Exquisite Gold & Gems Inc.
  Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
  on their web site: http://www.exquisite.on.ca

• Allergies to gold Jewelry
  http://www.exquisite.on.ca/allergies.htm
  This page is copied from a similar page on this and at least one other of our websites. Their page is written in such a manner as to suggest that the content is their own, and would lead most people reading is to believe that they, Exquisite Gold & Gems Inc., had expertise in the particular subject. Their is no acknowledgement of the original source of their information. Whilst we could not or would not seek to prevent other parties from learning from and making use of our published material, we strongly object to plagiarism, and the fact that they have used our headings and large portions of our text by copying them in their entirety.

Breach of Copyright is Theft
The unauthorised use of images or text created and belonging published by others is theft of intellectual property and rights. We invest considerable amounts of time and money in creating the content of our websites. We regard the theft of our work as a very serious matter and will take appropriate action against any party using our material without our prior written consent.

Designs By Day
448 Brock Street East, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, P7E 4H7
The above company claims to be the web site designer of Exquisite Gold & Gems Inc.' website. It is not yet clear to us whether they or Exquisite Gold & Gems Inc. were responsible for copying our copyright material.

Lack of Integrity
We would have thought that the unlawful copying of copyright material shows a distinct lack of integrity!

Bravenet Web Services
The "Exquisite Gold & Gems" web site appears to be hosted by Bravenet Web Services
www.bravenet.com

Results
As a result of our polite but firm request, this company has now removed the plagiarised pages from its website.

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