People from all over the world have used software to steal or copy websites. If you are using statcounter.com you may see in the browser column “Ripper” or “Rippers 0” or something in a similar naming convention. To prevent some of this activity you can try the following javascript code that I have found on the statcounter.com forums.
var browser_type=navigator.appName
var browser_version=parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
if (browser_type==”Rippers”&&browser_version>=0)
window.location.replace(“http://www.google.com”)
var browser_version=parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
if (browser_type==”Rippers”&&browser_version>=0)
window.location.replace(“http://www.google.com”)
It appears to work for me.